figure eight

your first concert

your last concert

your next concert

until the day i die

aurbb posting day is finally here! it has been an honour and an absolute blast to work on this beast with the incomparable duckyboos, who is not only SO much fun but also a powerhouse that blew me away chapter by chapter. i only hope i have done this story some justice!!

trust me, friends. comrades. you don't wanna miss this one.

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when young Dean Winchester met a guitarist in a dark alley one fateful night in Illinois, he lucked into a hyper-competent, wholly compatible creative force to be reckoned with, and a best friend besides.

now, a decade and change and a lot of paid dues later, Band Name Here is finally hitting the big time. trekking state to state via tour bus, they're not so much rockstar glam as they are gas station coffee chic, but it's hard to complain when their shows are selling out and there's a plucky journalist on their heels penning a spread for Rolling Stone.

except their professional breakthrough is taking Dean dangerously close--like, Titanic, meet iceberg close--to a personal one, and the lines between best friend and something-else but not-quite are getting blurrier by the sound check.

if you love it when Dean manages to be charming while also conducting unimaginable psychological warfare primarily against himself, with predictable fallout, you'll wanna grab your tickets now!

[ LIVE IN CONCERT ON AO3 ]

aaand, the art:

(apologies for lack of tattoos, above was the submitted piece!)

I’m an angel.