stuck (Panic! at the Disco)

[laughingtale]

Title: stuck
Author: wordsaremyfaith
Fandom: Panic! at the Disco
Pairing: Gen
Warnings: None.
Word Count: 383
Disclaimer: I do not know these people, this never happened, I am making no money off of anything.
A/N: Sheer fluff. For 1/16/07 at we_are_cities. Thank you to xingou for the beta.


Setting Brendon loose in a toy store was a very, very bad idea, which was what Ryan had said all along. Jon said, "No, come on, it'll be fun," but what did Jon know, anyway?

Spencer had to get a present for his cousin Alex. That was how this started. Alex was turning eight next week, and he needed to buy something now so he could ship it to her from the road. "Do eight-year-olds still like toys?" he'd asked them.

"I still like toys," Brendon had said. Ryan had rolled his eyes.

After a short pause, Jon had said, "I think so. As long as it's not, like, blocks or something."

So Spencer had enlisted Jon to help him pick out his gift, and Ryan was stuck with Brendon, who wandered all over the store, wanting to try everything out.

Currently, he was focused on a bunch of viewfinders. He'd pick one up, click through it for a while, and then grab another. It was like watching an ADD kid in a field of shiny things.

"Hey, Ryan, this one's got Disney princesses!" Brendon stuck a viewfinder in his hand. "Look!"

"That's really okay," Ryan said. "I'm fine just standing here."

"No, but look," Brendon said. "You just put it up to your eyes and click. It's really cool. Try it."

Ryan sighed. He was probably never going to get out of there if he didn't just do what Brendon wanted. He put it up to his eyes and clicked a few times. Cartoon princesses smiled out at him.

"Neat, huh?"

"It's all right, I guess."

"Oh, are Disney princesses not your thing? This one's Winnie the Pooh." Brendon handed him another.

Ryan took it. Spencer owed him big time for this.

***

A few days after her birthday, Alex called Spencer.

"Hey, Spencer," she said. "Thank you so much for the charm bracelet and the puppy puzzle! I love them."

"I'm glad," Spencer said. "My friend Jon helped pick them out."

"THANKS, JON," she yelled into the phone. Spencer winced. After he'd hung up, he turned to Jon and said, "I hope you heard that."

Jon nodded.

"See?" Spencer asked Ryan. "Something good came out of that errand."

"At least Brendon didn't buy anything," Ryan allowed, but he was smiling, just a little.

Comments

[bestthingaround.livejournal.com]

brendon would soooo go for the disney princesses. This was cute.

[laughingtale.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked this. :)

[yetunknown.livejournal.com]

heee, dude. that snippet is so adorable. Brendon loves Disney.

[laughingtale.livejournal.com]

Thank you! He really does, which makes me happy. :)

[bruisesonguitar.livejournal.com]

So at first I read the first line to mean Brendon was in a sex toy store. So I had a gigglefit.

But seriously, after I got my mind out of the gutter and focussed, I really enjoyed this fic, it was amusing and their characters came across strong and true to canon.

Any mention of Brendon and Disney makes me flail so this is a definite win! :D

♥

[laughingtale.livejournal.com]

Hee! That's kind of hilarious. I can only imagine.

Thank you! I worry a lot about characterization, so that's seriously one of the best compliments on my writing you could possibly give me. ♥

Yay! I agree, for sure. :D

[http://users.livejournal.com/_soapy/]

Brendon was in a sex toy store
Someone must write this, STAT!

[fauxaffliction4.livejournal.com]

freaking adorable. guh. <3

[laughingtale.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[stillabet.livejournal.com]

Aw, toy store! Plus, I LOVE those little viewfinder things, and I love Brendon being all "it must be the SUBJECT of the viewfinder, not the viewfinder itself that Ryan finds unappealing - here, try Winnie the Pooh!" Hee.

[laughingtale.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked this. :)

Brendon would totally do that, I think.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_soapy/]

it must be the SUBJECT of the viewfinder, not the viewfinder itself that Ryan finds unappealing
LOL, yes!

[fizzyblogic.livejournal.com]

Brendon in a toy shop = insanely adorable. Someone should take him to Hamleys (http://www.hamleys.com/) :D

[laughingtale.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I think so too. :) And, oh, yes, someone really should!

[xingou.livejournal.com]

XD

[laughingtale.livejournal.com]

Thanks! And thanks for the beta. I know it didn't need much, but I hadn't posted anything in a while and wanted to make sure it was okay. You were really helpful.

[xingou.livejournal.com]

I'm glad I helped even a little.

[pressdbtwnpages.livejournal.com]

I realize that "Oh, darling Brendon" is not necessarily the moral of this particular story, but I think that might be one of those universal right answers along with "cuddling", "Patrick", "Oh, Pete", and "Oh, boys".

Good fluff.

[wordsaremyfaith.livejournal.com]

Hee, that is totally a universal answer. :)

Thank you!