#rowyso

ROWYSO Liverpool, 10 June 2015

'...Not only do they have a huge following, they also have the vocal and instrumental talents to back it up which seems to be quite a rarity on the boy band scene...'

Review: 5 Seconds of Summer at the ECHO Arena (Liverpool Echo)

Butterfly (ao3) - merlypops Pairing: Luke/Ashton, Michael/Calum

Summary: Luke is depressed and Ashton makes him feel loved (and maybe Luke returns the favour too). Also Malum. Yes.

I'm Just The Drummer (ao3) - xdistorted_cliffordx Pairing: Luke/Ashton

Summary: Nobody ever gives a shit about the drummer.

Jealous (ao3) - radioactive_pizza Pairing: Michael/Luke

Summary: //the one where Michael and Calum are joking around and flirting and Luke is honestly sick of it

Lucky Charm (ao3) - jbhmalum Pairing: Michael/Ashton, Calum/Luke

Summary: during the european leg of the rowyso tour, michael is pining after ashton, and he finds himself on an interesting journey with luck

Luke Sucks Balls (ao3) - JetBlackHeart Pairing: Michael/Calum

Summary: It all begins in the intermission of 5 Seconds of Summer's ROWYSO show in Manchester. Michael makes a hilarious joke - probably the best of his career. Not only is it about his favourite thing ever (balls), but it's at the expense of his second favourite thing ever (Luke).

Meanwhile, Ashton sings pretty well, Calum is oblivious, and Luke can't stop leaking into his underwear.

there's no way that we could rewind (ao3) - bisexual_jace Pairing: Michael/Luke

Summary: The smug smirk reappears on Luke’s face. “I didn’t sleep with her. We made out for a while, that’s it.” He wraps his legs around Michael’s waist, using his strength to push their crotches together again. “You’re the one I want to fuck, Michael.”

Michael’s heart stutters. He can read the sincerity in Luke’s wide blue eyes, practically feel the arousal thrumming through him that matches Michael’s body perfectly. Still, he hesitates. Michael is a more cautious person than he lets on and he can see the dangerous slope he and Luke are heading down. There is definitely a rule somewhere that it’s against the band code to fuck your bandmate. Ashton could probably recite it to them.

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Or this is what happens when Michael and Luke hook up over the course of the ROWYSO tour and pretend they aren’t in love.

unlikely lighthouses (ao3) - asymmetric Pairing: Michael/Calum

Summary: The thing that's messing with him is that it hadn't felt like a dream. The details haven't spun together as the day goes on, and the colours and voices and sensations hadn't been off in any way. His room had looked exactly like he remembered it looking when he was a kid, and Calum had been even wearing the right pair of soccer shorts—the ones with the number “1” peeled off on one leg so that his right said “19” and the other just said “9”. It hadn't felt like a dream; it had felt like a memory.

Michael may feel fucked up sometimes, but he knows that's impossible. Obviously it's impossible. He could never have forgotten something like that. He never propositioned Calum when they were fourteen.

(in the middle of the North American leg of the ROWYSO tour, Calum builds a friendship bracelet and Michael starts to have dreams of another version of them)

Wanted You All Along (ao3) - MCRmyGeneral Pairing: OT4

Summary: For as long as he could remember, Luke had an annoying habit of putting things in his mouth.

Or, Luke deals with his oral fixation, and also with the issue of him being in love with all three of his bandmates. Ironically, the two issues overlap in the most coincidental way.

we'll never be as young as we are now (ao3) - merlypops Pairing: Luke/Ashton, Michael/Calum

Summary:

We'll never be as young as we are now It's time to leave this old black and white town Let's seize the day Let's run away Don't let the colours fade to grey We'll never be as young as we are now As young as we are now

'Fighting to stay calm, Ashton sank down onto one knee. The balcony erupted in excited whispers and Luke’s eyes became as round as saucers as he stared at Ashton, his mouth opening and closing as no sound came out. “Lucas Robert Hemmings,” Ashton began and he was thrilled at how steady his voice sounded. “I have been in love with you since 2014, and I have fallen a little more in love with you every single day since then. Would you do me the absolute honour of marrying me?”'

Ashton feels like everything is slipping through his fingers, and he needs Luke, Michael and Calum more than he's ever needed anyone.

We were trying to make it work (ao3) - outlawofideal

Summary: “Morning.” Luke rasps, taking Michael away from his thoughts. “Morning.” Michael smiles and caresses his cheeks softly.

or Michael and Luke have been in a relationship for the longest time but now they are on tour, their relationship cracks into pieces under high levels of stress

Wrapped (ao3) - stelleshine Pairing: Michael/Luke