then you

out here it’s like i’m someone else - T (5,030 words)

It's been three years since Patrick has been back to his hometown and with a high school reunion coming up, Patrick has the perfect reason to go back. He'll see some old friends and family that he'd neglected since he left. But, more importantly, he'll get to show off David and show everyone how much he's changed for the better.

Unfortunately for Patrick, not everyone has changed since high school.

(let me tell you a secret) about a father’s love - G (1,506 words)

Johnny Rose loves his children, he always has. But he was just too busy, too preoccupied, to be the father they needed. So he delegated the task of raising them to nannies and assistances, thinking that one day he would have time to step up and be a real dad.

But one day kept getting pushed back and pushed back and pushed back until one day David and Alexis were grown and they didn't need a dad. And then they lost their money and he was able to get to know who his children had become without his help. But he could never shake the feeling that he had failed them somehow.

One late night conversation with Clint brewer makes Johnny realize he might not be the only father who carries guilt.

if i could write a letter to me - G (779 words)

Patrick loves the life that he has, even if it wasn’t the life he expected for himself. Or, maybe, that makes it all the better.

Sometimes, though, he wished he could have known his future when he was seventeen.

dust off your highest hopes - T (15,608 words)

When David Rose ran away from New York, it felt like the world was ending. When his brand new car broke down in rural Ontario, it felt like the universe was out to get him. When he had to stay in a run down motel in a town called Schitt's Creek, he was certain that he was being punished for some unforeseen wrong.

But when David Rose met Patrick Brewer, everything changed.

(i could drink) a case of you - T (1,599 words)

After his talk with Mr. Rose, Patrick suspects there was more his father-in-law wanted to say. He has the chance to ask him when they have to drive to pick up a drunk David and Moira.

forehead kisses, tuberculosis, and chicken soup - T (1743 words)

David is sick. David hates being sick. And Patrick is there trying to make him feel better. But it's all Patrick's fault that David is sick in the first place.

don’t make me fall in love (if he won’t be there) - T (1114 words)

Christmas was a lonely time for David Rose. The gifts were lavish, the parties were grand, the alcohol and drugs were plentiful, and company was always around. But it was all empty.

Because in the secret corner of his heart, David wanted. He wanted so much more than he knew he was ever going to get.

And then he met Patrick Brewer.

the christmas surprise - T (11216 words)

Patrick says that he can’t come home for the holidays because he’s busy with the store. So Marcy and Clint take it upon themselves to make a surprise visit to Schitt’s Creek. Except Patrick’s reason for staying was a lie and now he has about a week to figure out how to come out to them on his own terms before they leave.

merry christmas, patrick brewer - T (3343 words)

Patrick's new life is so different than his old one that it's easy, sometimes, to forget everything he left behind. But now it's Christmas and he finds himself longing for parts of his old life.

At least he has David.

B-L-I-P-P-I - G (1155 words)

Patrick babysits Roland Jr and David discovers what a Blippi is

the shape of your name - T (2197 words) collab witb @stereopticons

The first time Patrick Brewer said David Rose’s name something warm settled itself in his chest and he wanted to hold onto that feeling. So he kept saying David’s name.

posion on your lips - G (1493 words) cowritten with @alienajackson

David will eat anything. Even things that could kill him.

Or: the one where Patrick suffers so much because of his husband's stomach.

i’m not the one (but i wish i was) - T (2141 words)

David knows that he's an acquired taste that most people don't have. And that is especially true for snippy business majors who wear straight leg, midrange demin and talk in sports metaphors. No, David Rose would never be someone Patrick Brewer would want.

Even if David can't stop thinking about him.

braced myself for the goodbye (cause it’s all i’ve ever known) - T (1918 words)

The thing about David Rose is that he’s used to getting left behind.

Everyone always leaves David. He’s too loud. He’s too dramatic. He’s too much.

So when Patrick enters David’s life, he’s just waiting for him to leave. But David doesn’t know what to make of the fact that Patrick wants to stay.

pat vs patrick - T (3859 words)

Before Patrick Brewer was Patrick, he was just…Pat. Pat Brewer had a life that most people envy — good friends, a comfortable job, and a woman who loved him. But Pat wasn’t happy so he became Patrick and found a reason to live in a small town hours away from everything he’s ever known.

But now Patrick is back in the town that built Pat and he doesn’t know if there’s enough room inside of him for both of them.

more in common than you’d think - G (1083 words)

there must be people out there who say yes to getting married because they can’t say no and then what happens? and then they’re stuck for the rest of their life with the same wrong sweet person right?

or: the one where patrick and alexis have one very specific thing in common

don’t mess with alexis rose’s brothers - G (1394 words)

Alexis Rose had spent most of her life being too self absorbed to see how desperate her brother was for love. But now she had two brothers taking up space in her heart.

And God help anyone who tried to hurt them.

touch me, love me, can’t get enough - T (1372 words)

Life is lonely when you’re David Rose. So he numbs the pain with alcohol, with drugs, with the touch of a stranger whose name he won’t remember in the morning. He likes the attention, revels in it, but it’s all empty. No one stays. No one cares.

But when someone does care, when someone wants to stay, David doesn’t know what to do.

right where he left her - G (1317 words)

It didn’t matter what happened in the in between, Rachel was always right where Patrick left her. Because he always came back. It didn’t matter what other girls he dated, Patrick always came back to Rachel, who was always waiting.

Rachel would have never anticipated David Rose.

two pieces from different puzzles - G (2426 words)

Patrick had left. But that was okay because Rachel knew how to bring him back. Redraw the picture, manipulate the puzzle until the pieces fit. They were RachelandPatrick, PatrickandRachel. It was the way it was supposed to be. It was right.