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All the tours had been a fucking joke. No one able to hear a thing; they’d gotten worse and worse over the years until they packed it in for good. How they ever became anything at all, John has no idea. He brushes against Yoko’s shoulder and she hums, pleased, only for him to hear. This is what’s right. He’s exactly where he’s supposed to be.
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Or: New York, the 70s versus 1964. A little something I wrote for sleeper9's beautiful John in New York zine.
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“Earlier, John said --” He clears his throat roughly, starts over. “When did you know -- when did you know you were. . .”
“Queer?”
Paul nods, still half hidden under the covers. “Mm.”
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1967: Paul comes to Robert seeking guidance, and more practical advice. Robert implements it in a way that's beneficial for John and Paul both.
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John had hoped, when Paul had agreed to go with him, no mates, no girlfriends, that it might mean something. A ridiculous and hopeless sort of feeling rises suddenly in his chest, a need to do something. Make a fucking memory.
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John's birthday trip to Paris, 1961. A photo booth and close quarters.
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Paul nods, lighting a cigarette. Puffing on it for a second, he clears his throat, pauses, “It’s not going to be like last time, y’know?”
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Paris, 1966: On a break from filming 'How I Won The War' John, with Neil Aspinall, meets up with Paul, Maggie McGivern, and Brian Epstein for a short holiday. John revisits Paris' past.
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For a second, he doesn’t believe it’s Paul.
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Or: Paul invites John to New Orleans in 1975 whilst Wings are recording Venus and Mars and John is woefully unprepared for what he finds there.
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John goes to sleep in Rishikesh, and wakes up in London, in a world where he and Paul have been together for years. Part of him is unsettled by it, even a bit put off — but another part of him is helplessly curious. He does his best to navigate a life that could almost be his own.
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13 Sep 2025
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Autumn of 1960.
Two boys in a local band go missing. Ringo makes a new friend.Bookmarked by tsars
25 Aug 2025
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“Well, I’ve got to get a proper job, haven’t I?” he says, hands in pockets, eyes flickering elsewhere. Ridiculously, John’s first instinct is to remind him that he was the one that said better paying gigs were just around the corner. But it’s a stupid thing to say, it’s a gateway to begging. Anger flares, dark red and biting, within the flurry of confusion and hurt now blooming painfully. But it all gets stuck in a lump in his throat, the pill too hard to swallow or spit out.
“You’re giving it up?” is all he can muster.
“I’m trying to tell you-” Paul shifts his weight on his feet, still not looking John in the eye, “Yeah… I- I have to.”-
Paul leaves the band in 1960 to build a life with Dot and their baby. John carries on alone.
They stumble across each other four years later. In a queer bar.Bookmarked by tsars
25 Aug 2025
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On the Avenue by madgezimmer for caesdoublesteps
Fandoms: Rock Music RPF, The Beatles (Band), Bob Dylan (Musician)
04 Jan 2024
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George is so full of love, he doesn't know what to do with it.
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09 Mar 2024
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Fill for this fic-a-thon prompt:
Someone in John’s staff sells his diaries to the press in the 70s. They’re printed in the papers. They contain his feelings about Paul. They are him pining over Paul. Paul reads them.