ROYJAMIE BIG BANG 2024

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For my very lovely wife @ninewesternstars for the Roy/Jamie Big Bang 2024, please check out her fic!

building me a fence, (building me a home)

(summary below the cut)

Written as part of the 2024 @rjbigbang

With artwork by: @nashapixie

“In penance for their uprising, each district shall offer up a male and a female between the ages of 12 and 18 at a public "Reaping." These Tributes shall be delivered to the custody of the Capitol. And then transferred into a public arena where they will Fight to the Death, until a lone victor remains. Henceforth and forevermore this pageant shall be known as

The Hunger Games.”

-- Suzanne Collins, The Treaty of Treason, The Hunger Games

Jamie Tartt, youngest ever victor, District Four. Roy Kent, victor of the 50th Hunger Games and the second Quarter Quell, District Twelve

In the 75th Hunger Games, the tributes will be reaped from the existing pool of victors, forcing Jamie Tartt and Roy Kent to meet. To meet in the games, to fight in the games, perhaps to die in the games.

41k Words

Tags:

Roy Kent/Jamie Tartt, Hunger Games AU, Canon Typical Violence, Violence, Injury, Angst, Like HEAVY on the angst, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, James Tartt Sr is a bad dad, Emotional Abuse, Referenced Sexual Abuse, There’s A Happy Ending I Promise,

Betaed by Izzy

Cheered on by Dap, Belle, Rosie, and Leah

Playlist:

Achilles Come Down, Gang of Youths

Man Made Lake, Barenaked Ladies

my tears ricochet, Taylor Swift

Fool, DJO

Rocketman (It's Gonna be a long long time), Elton John

The Fall, Imagine Dragons

Safe and Sound, Taylor Swift ft. Joy Willaims and John Paul White

In the Woods Somewhere, Hozier

Next to Me, Imagine Dragons

Francesca, Hozier

In a Week, Hozier ft. Karen Cowley

Last Pitch Effort

Artwork collaboration for the RoyJamie Big Bang 2024 in collaboration with slagathor99’s incredible fic

You should wait a bit longer. You should ask him about next season. You should know it won’t be that simple. You shouldn’t get your hopes up. You should be careful. You should have figured your shit out sooner, because now you’re too fucking late. Well. It’d be nicer, in that Keeley Jones way of hers, but the gist of it is there. Either way, however the sentence would have ended, she tried. He just didn’t listen.   Almost immediately, three dots appear on his screen, and her response comes moments later.

Roy sighs, passes a hand over his face. He honestly doesn’t know if it helps, knowing that Jamie almost didn’t go, or if it hurts, knowing that he decided to go after all. But it doesn’t matter, because it’s what Jamie wants, and it’s what he deserves, and it’s what will make him happy. He doesn’t need Roy having all these… Feelings about it. Besides, Roy would never forgive himself if Jamie decided to back out because of him, or the way he feels. In that moment, he promises to himself that he’s not going to mention anything about it to Jamie. His feelings, his fears, how much he’s going to miss him… None of it. But to Keeley—

He laughs to himself. Keeley fucking Jones, indeed. He’s lucky to have her.

While they’re doing that, the official statement— which had been carefully crafted by Keeley and Jamie— goes out on Jamie and Richmond’s official social media accounts. By the time the party wraps up, the entire football world knows Jamie Tartt has played his last game at Richmond.

So Roy shoves it down. He stands in the corner of the room and puts on a brave face the way he’s supposed to. He can’t quite help it, though, if his stomach turns while he watches Jamie sign the contract with a wide smile. If the cracks in his heart grow.Stay, he wants to say, cameras and press and Ajax be damned. Stay with me.Instead, he hugs Jamie when it’s done, and ignores how his heart shatters.He and Jamie leave together and there’s only one thought in his head, echoing with every step.Sixteen.Sixteen, sixteen, sixteen.

the vastness between

"You’re fucking incredible, babe, you’ve got no idea. I love you so fucking much.”

Roy never thought a love confession could rip his heart out and yet here he is, crying because Jamie is crying while saying he loves Roy, and he doesn’t fucking understand what’s going on. He doesn’t understand why Jamie sounds so anguished, why he’s on the other side of the room saying this instead of in Roy’s arms, why there’s a sick feeling of dread in his stomach, why why why—

“Jamie, what’s going on? I love you too, why are you—”

“I’m leaving Richmond, Roy.”

or,

roy, jamie, and finding the right person at the wrong time

48.8k || 3 chapters, complete || angst with a happy ending, mutual pining || for @rjbigbang || beta by @beachytablecloth and art by @kentstartt

playlist available here!

Chapter 1: TIME || Chapter 2: ACHE || Chapter 3: YEARN

Everybody Wants to Be on TV

Artwork created for the RoyJamie Big Bang 2024 in collaboration with @abubblingcandle’s amazing fic

Jamie's agent suggests an off season charity revival of Jamie Tartt's reality TV career to get him back into the general public's consciousness. Celebrity Hunted seemed like the best fit but for that he needed a partner. There was only one person he could choose.

The Almost Times (E) 68k It wasn’t supposed to go this way. He doesn’t realise he’s said it out loud until Roy says, too loud: “What wasn’t supposed to go this way?” Jamie just stares at him, mouth opening and closing, and this is - there’s so much he could say. So much he could tell the great Roy Kent about the way things were supposed to be - the way they should have been friends, the things he wanted when he was a kid— Roy’s mouth - Roy’s mouth is so close to his. “Nothing,” he says, voice suddenly flat - and turns, and runs away. -- A series of moments which are almost something else.

“So you thought you kissed your way into that situation, might as well kiss your way out of it?” “Basically!” Jamie cried. “‘S like that old American sitcom, innit?”* Or the one where Jamie can't stop kissing Roy in front of other people. Written for the @rjbigbang! 10.1k [Ao3] Video by MicheleYourBelle under the cut

The way it started was so fucking stupid that Roy could not be surprised at any of the stupid things that followed.

He was sitting at his desk - the one that had formerly been Ted’s - and Jamie was sitting on the corner, chatting with Nate about Mother’s Day plans. It was still early, Jamie having taken a ride to training with Roy, so it was still mostly just the coaches waiting for the rest of the team to fill out the dressing room.

“It’s always shitty being so far from mummy on mummy’s day,” Jamie said, sadly, his feet gently kicking back against Roy’s desk. “But she always likes the flowers I send her. And Simon lets me pick what he makes her for breakfast, so it’s like I’m there.”

“That’s thoughtful, Jamie,” Nate smiled, his own feet kicking back against the bookshelves he always perched on. “My mum never lets anyone cook for her, not even on mother’s day. But I do get her flowers. My niece and I might make her another special box as well.”

“You’re dead good at those,” Jamie told him. “But what does she need all these boxes for?”

“Oh, nothing. They all end up collecting dust in the attic. But we like making ‘em and she likes getting ‘em, so there’s really no harm.”

The first-ever Roy/Jamie Big Bang has been a work in progress since December 2023. Our participants signed up in February, teamed up in June, and now it's finally time to share their works!!! Participants contributed 19 fics (over 675k words!) and 50+ companion artworks (including podfic, digital art, traditional art, videos, and more) for this challenge 🤩