rory flanagan

How's everyone else doing lately?

I’m doing well, lad. I am taking some time off to pretend I understand anything about sports. What about you? Besides going to big-shot premieres, I mean.

its your hometown as much as it is ours, you did have a home there with us. but yeah, i've been selfish. next tour we'll go back home

derry is my hometown. ma wanted to me to get an education in america and it was fun to go on an exchange program every year, but none of the downs i stayed through high school feel like hometowns to me. but it’d still be fun to visit if you’re comfortable doing it, just don’t do it because of me.

hmm. maybe. we'll put it to the rest of the band yeah?

it's okay. maybe one of the guys is secretly in love with me.

...wait, what? oh my god, rory, i can't believe you're telling me this now! the amount of times i would be in my bedroom back home with my boobs out, and you're telling me you were just a forgotten knock away from death?

to be fair, i pretended to grant wishes because i wanted to shag ya. i would’ve deserved to immediately combust, but you know, that’s the burden of being an overcompensating closet case. 

if you're coming to me for life advice, you might be better off just checking yourself into the nut house, dude.

earn it? i thought i just had to walk to the end of the rainbow. ...oh my god. that's a gay sex thing, isn't it? this whole time, it's been code for gay sex. my mind is blown, holy shit. nah, i'm not there yet. i've got some meetings and shit this week, but i'll be flying in next weekend. i'm pretty excited, honestly. i love spaghetti. what, like a groupie baby? don't do that to some poor kid.

...you were serious about that?

you’d be the best person to go to for advice. you probably have the most life experience out of all my friends. you could at least tell me what not to do.

yes… leprachauns trick people into gay sex for gold. you figured us out and now i have to kill you. i can’t let you tell the world.

reschedule your meetings and get your arse in here already. the city’s abuzz, it’s so much fun. there’s tons of stuff to do. mick jagger had groupie babies and they’re doing fine. why would i joke about it? i only regret not being brave enough to tell you when we were in school. guess i missed my shot now, with your two lovers and all that.

no, but it still affected my brain. even if my body is still young and sexy, my brain feels a lot older, i think. at least sometimes.

see, i didn't think so, but the way you were saying it had me wondering. nah, i'd be asking you to help me find your pot of gold, actually. or at least some of those little colorful marshmallows. ...fair point. that's why they invented the word dilf, right?

who said i'm straight? you really didn't watch my show, huh?

nah, it's cool. i don't talk about him much, you didn't know.

hey man, jake's a total catch. i'm not bothered, i think you'd be very lucky to wind up with a guy like him.

your little brain is old and tired? i will come to you when i need sage advice that only grandpas can give.

you don’t just get my pot o’ gold, puck. you have to earn it. marshmallows, now that i can do. are you here in paris? i’ll bring you some in the morning. maybe i should have a child just to get upgraded to dilf status. i only have musician going on for me and it’s not as sexy.

… okay, i’m definitely watching this show now.

it was a joke, puck. have i not made it obvious that you’re the pilf (puckerman i'd like to fuck)?

yeah people are, my parents are. really? shit. they have more respect for us than i thought. i'll think about it okay?

you could visit your hometown without visiting your parents. that would show them how much they messed up. okay, let me know. i’d love to visit after the olympics.

way to make me feel old. we’re not that close to our forties so you still get two decades to misbehave.

it’s naughty as hell, dude! i still feel ashamed to this day but it was hot. but tell me a naughty thing you’ve done then, bigshot. show me up.

 you’re not wrong. if i had money to spend freely as a child i probably would have had a smurf army. are you kidding me? you’re the coolest dad. there’s no way the wee girl is embarrassed.

i was more of a pokémon lad. but i did have a massive crush on gohan. i remember he took his shirt off in this one episode, it was my sexual awakening.

that won’t be an issue because parents love me. maybe i should just date dads. is your dad single?

maybe. i think having a kid aged me.

you know how many of my friends' moms i've hooked up with? because i don't, i lost track. that's how many. idk, having a kid with my best friend's girl is pretty up there. plus, i went to juvie.

...like smurf toys, or actual smurfs? because i didn't think those were real. you think? you're not just saying that cuz you think i'm sexy?

you know he's a drawing, right? ...actually, i can't talk. princess jasmine did something to me, too. still does, a little bit, i can't lie.

i have no idea what my dad is, besides an asshole. we don't talk.

you didn’t have the kid, her ma did. you just planted the seed. i can’t imagine that’s too taxing on the body.

really? you’re a literal motherfucker, dude. i guess that makes me feel a little less bad about sleeping with a friend’s dad. none of those things are new to me though. it’s supposed to be something i don’t know about you.

… smurfs aren’t real. have you been spending time with brittany? next thing i know you’re asking me to grant you wishes. i think you’re sexy but you’re still a good dad. both of these things can be true.

you’re so painfully straight sometimes. aladdin was so much sexier than aladdin, puck.

sorry about that. and it was a joke. there’s only one puckerman i’d sleep with.

jake.

tummy hurts? is it about a stomachache? is it a jingle for an antiacid brand or something?

yeah, maybe. but i think it might be a good thing, that i got a lot of it out of my system while i was young. reckless behavior ain't so cute when you're like forty, no matter what other puckermans might try to tell you. i'll try my best to survive, ig. for you.

...that's it?

i send her presents, but not money. i made a savings account for her instead, for when she's older, you know? otherwise she'd probably just blow the whole thing on like, a bazillion barbies or a ferret farm. her parents are pretty well off anyway, so she's good for now, i think. yeah, i guess. i just hope i'm making her proud. or at least not totally embarrassing her.

really? that'd be dope. the bros take japan, i can see it now. i always thought goku was super badass when i was a kid, so ig it'd be cool to see the guy's hometown.

nah, that's kind of outdated at this point, i'm pretty sure. even my ma wasn't too bothered about the ink i've got, and she's pretty strict about this stuff usually.

i guess. some people do. but it's not totally up to me, it's my ma you've gotta win over, and i don't know how she'd feel about that.

way to make me feel old. we’re not that close to our forties so you still get two decades to misbehave.

it’s naughty as hell, dude! i still feel ashamed to this day but it was hot. but tell me a naughty thing you’ve done then, bigshot. show me up.

 you’re not wrong. if i had money to spend freely as a child i probably would have had a smurf army. are you kidding me? you’re the coolest dad. there’s no way the wee girl is embarrassed.

i was more of a pokémon lad. but i did have a massive crush on gohan. i remember he took his shirt off in this one episode, it was my sexual awakening.

that won’t be an issue because parents love me. maybe i should just date dads. is your dad single?

a hometown hero? please, my parents would make sure that i wasn't. i'm never going back. why do you think i keep avoiding doing gigs there? i know you all want to go back but i can't. wait did you go to our school? did they a picture of us?

never say never, dani. things changed since we were in high school. people are a lot less hateful now. and yeah, it was a picture of us playing the o2.

well, maybe, but i've been known to live pretty recklessly. not so much anymore, but i still go a little too wild sometimes. even a dude as swole as me could get into an accident, life's crazy like that, man. naughty, duh. why would i want a sad one? you tryna bum me out?

it's not that hard, when all i've gotta do is send her letters and cards a few times a year. ...then again, i guess that was too much of a challenge for my old man to manage, so... maybe i am. i'm a better one than him, at least. got it. wasn't planning on going over there anytime soon, but i guess i could use more culture or whatever. the only other country i've ever been to is canada, and i don't think that even counts. 👀

really? it's not like i'm secretive about it. i guess i don't really practice it or whatever too much anymore, though. mostly just around holidays. eh, i think if they were gonna kick me, they would have done it by now. i think i'm good on that front, but thanks for looking out. hanukkah kicks ass, dude. why settle for just one day of celebrating when you can get eight? try a latke and then get back to me.

i think your only mistake was starting to live wildly too soon. people wouldn’t have bat an eye if you got someone pregnant post-high school. don’t die on me until we’re older. i don’t want to have to deal with all that.

okay, i slept with a friend’s dad once. and said friend still doesn’t know about it.

i assume you send her money and that’s not nothing. at least she knows you care. some parents are with their children every day and they don’t care as much as you do. i’m sure you are loved loads, puck.

i’ve been to so many that i’m starting to lose count. let me know when you go to japan, i’ll try to put it in my schedule. i’d love to go back and i could show you the best spots. canada was fine… just felt like a washed down version of the united states. 

it’s not that you’re secretive about it, it’s just not on my mind often. aren’t you not supposed to get tattoos if you want to be buried in a jewish cemetery? how will we ever get matching ink now? 

but you guys don’t have the caroling or the tree or santa! i love santa! can i do both?

why would i go back home? you know that brings up horrible memories for me

not too crazy, just boobs. i wasn't even trying to take a sexy picture when i took the photo. i was taking a picture of a cool bug that was in my room and i just didn't have a top on and the bug was sitting on my mirror.

free the nipple, i guess. i hope the picture doesn’t come up for me because you know how it works, i can’t look at boobs as a gay man. if i do, i’ll immediately combust.

maybe. ig i wouldn't know. but if she only gets one, she should be fine, right? ...damn, that's fucked up. do they not realize what year it is?

...you said it, not me.

that seems like kind of a mouthful when i'm just gonna keep going by puck anyway, but... sure. idk, i think it's jewish. never really looked into it.

you’re a great dad, puck. she’ll be fine, murderous otters or not. do not take weed with you if you ever visit japan. but i definitely recommend going, it’s one of my favorite places.

and i’m not even joking.

i forget you’re jewish sometimes. don't let them find out you made a deal with the devil. they'd have to kick you out from the jews. i’d miss christmas too much, i think i’ll have to stay catholic, future hubby.