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PICK UP THE PHONE!!! Here's a big list of all my Dog Day Afternoon fanfics, listed in chronological order of my headcanon DDA timeline (i put way too much thought into the timeline it's a problem)

When We Were Good - Sonny/Leon - G - 3,410 words

"Sonny and Leon meet on the Fourth of July."

Place in Timeline: (July 4th, 1971)

Kiss Me, Man! Sonny/Leon - M - 3,687 words

"In an hour it'll be 1968, and Sonny's spending the last seconds of 1967 hooking up with some loser named Chuck. Things don't exactly go the way he'd like."

Place in Timeline: (New Years, 1967 (first half), July 4th, 1971 (second half))

A Quick Dip at 3 AM - Sonny/Leon - T - 1,889 words

"Sonny and Leon attempt to go on vacation but the weather isn't cooperating. Now, Sonny can't sleep."

Place in Timeline: (late August, 1971)

Cockroaches Are The New Jesus - Sonny/Leon - G - 3,715 words

"The bank Sonny works at has been infested with cockroaches! Now he's got a day off to spend with Leon."

Place in Timeline: (early September, 1971)

Just Another Night - Sonny/Leon - G - 1,339 words

"Sonny and Leon chat through the evening."

Place in Timeline: (early September, 1971)

Just You, Me, and the Alamo - Sonny/Leon - T - 1,750 words

"Sonny and Leon attempt to have a nice night in the tub."

Place in Timeline: (mid September, 1971)

A Magical Gay Evening in 1971 - Sonny/Leon - T - 4,912 words

"Sonny and Leon are trying to have a romantic evening, but the world has other plans. They're determined to make the most of it, and that means getting absolutely wasted."

Place in Timeline: (late September/early October, 1971)

Kinda Starring Leon Shermer - Sonny/Leon - G - 2,916 words

"Leon's ended up in a local play - kinda not really. But Sonny's made up his mind that he's gonna go."

Place in Timeline: (early October, 1971)

Cover Me! - Sonny/Leon - T - 3,772 words

"It's a rainy day in Brooklyn and Sonny's pissing Leon off, as usual. But, somehow, they're able to turn it around and have a good day, for once."

Place in Timeline: (mid October, 1971)

Mice, Frying Pans and Albania, Oh My - Sonny/Leon - T - 1,818 words

"Sonny and Leon are trying to get it on - but get distracted by a mouse in the apartment."

Place in Timeline: (mid October, 1971)

I Need You, I Need You - Sonny/Leon - G - 3,042 words

"Sonny's sick, and Leon has to take care of him. Sonny's making it more difficult than it has to be."

Place in Timeline: (late October, 1971)

I Haven't Lived, I've Died a Few Times - Sonny/Leon - G - 4,875 words

"Leon's tasked with fixing the heater at the bank Sonny works at."

Place in Timeline: (November 1st, 1971)

I Thought It Would Help Me (But It Didn't) - Sonny/Leon - G - 3,007 words

"Leon hasn't heard from Sonny in five days. Without him, she spirals, with him, she spirals - now she's finally seeing him again and she's stuck between a rock and a hard place."

Place in Timeline: (November 6th, 1971)

The Honeymoon Can't be Worse, Right? (it will be much worse) - Sonny/Leon - G - 1,207 words

"Sonny and Leon are stuck on the side of the highway. And the wedding is tomorrow!"

Place in Timeline: (late November, 1971)

Two Newlyweds at the Psychiatrist - Sonny/Leon - T - 1,706 words

"Leon goes to the psychiatrist."

Place in Timeline: (early/mid December, 1971)

Insomnia, 2002 - Sonny/Leon - T - 3,108 words

"It's been a month since the wedding, since Atlantic City, since the psychiatrist, and it feels like Sonny and Leon haven't spoken since, or slept since. Instead, they've become consensual insomniacs, staying up all night and spending their honeymoon watching a new show, 2002."

Place in Timeline: (late December, 1971)

Hold On Just a Little Longer - Sonny/Leon - G - 671 words

"Leon asks Sonny to come back to bed."

Place in Timeline: (mid January, 1972)

CROSSOVER/AU FICS (AKA Shermline fics)

Even Cigarettes Taste Different Here - Leon Shermer/Arthur Kirkland - ...And Justice For All (1979) Crossover - T - 4,395 words

"In an effort to leave Sonny and her past behind, Leon's moved to Baltimore. It's not quite what she thought it would be. Haunted by Sonny and Brooklyn, Leon's having trouble putting the past behind her. When she runs into a distressed lawyer who looks a little too much like her ex-husband, Leon's feelings begin to change."

Place in Timeline: (January-March, 1973)

Make Her An Offer She (Hopefully) Can't Refuse!- Leon Shermer/Arthur Kirkland - ...And Justice For All (1979) Crossover - T - 6,736 words

"Leon says she's ready for Arthur to propose! Unfortunately for Arthur, he had decided earlier he wants to propose on January fifth. Four days after she said he could. In his mad dash to give Leon the perfect proposal, and the perfect marriage, and the perfect life, Arthur finds himself scared and insecure out of his mind."

Place in Timeline: (January 5th, 1976)

Why Is My Lawyer Rocking Back & Forth - Leon Shermer/Arthur Kirkland - ....And Justice For All (1979) Crossover - G - 5,513 words

"Arthur's overstimulated. The night gets worse from there."

Place in Timeline: (February, 1976)

The Coca Cola Bath Experience - Leon Shermer/Arthur Kirkland - ...And Justice For All (1979) Crossover - T - 5,189 words

"Leon's having a bad day. Now it's Arthur's job to make her feel better."

Place in Timeline: (February, 1976)

Penny For Your Thoughts? Leon Shermer/Arthur Kirkland - ...And Justice For All (1979) Crossover - G - 4,054 words

"It's Arthur's birthday and Leon's giving him what he loves most. Abraham Lincoln! And herself."

Place in Timeline: (January 1, 1978)

A Mother's Woe: The Baseball Woman's Story - Leon Shermer/Arthur Kirkland - ...And Justice For All (1979) Crossover - G - 2,162 words

"Cora keeps lending Leon weird movies, and Leon keeps making Arthur watch them with her. Movie night has rolled around again, and tonight's rendezvous is called "A Mother's Woe: The Baseball Woman's Story."

Place in Timeline: (June, 1979)

Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Leon! - Leon Shermer - little bit of Leon/Arthur - ...And Justice For All (1979) Crossover - G - 1,840 words

"Leon admires herself in the mirror and reflects on her body, her transition, and womanhood."

Place in Timeline: (June, 1979)

Let's Lay Here & Laugh Together Forever Leon Shermer/Arthur Kirkland - ...And Justice For All (1979) Crossover - E - 6,048 words

"Leon and Arthur have sex, banter, and make each other laugh."

Place in Timeline: (August, 1979)

Period, Uh? - Leon Shermer/Arthur Kirkland - ...And Justice For All (1979) Crossover - T - 1,664 words

"In which Leon Shermer wants to cuddle, Arthur Kirkland hasn't slept in three days, and also forgets his wife is trans."

Place in Timeline: (Early September, 1979)

Oh, You Make Me Feel Young Again - Leon Shermer/Arthur Kirkland - ...And Justice For All (1979) Crossover - G - 2,446 words

"It's four AM and Leon's awake, which means Artie has to be awake too."

Place in Timeline: (Mid December, 1979)

Tonight? Friday? Saturday? - Leon Shermer/Arthur Kirkland - ...And Justice For All (1979) Crossover - G - 777 words

"Arthur can't help but say good morning to his lady."

Place in Timeline: (Mid December, 1979)

Nightie-Night, Kirkland-Shermer Household! Leon Shermer/Arthur Kirkland - ...And Justice For All (1979) Crossover - G - 1,197 words

"Leon's gotten home late, and Arthur's fast asleep. Now she's gotta get into bed without waking him up."

Place in Timeline: (February, 1980)

Guess I'll Start it All Again, Y'know I Need You - Sonny "Lou" Wortzik/Max Millan - Scarecrow (1973) Crossover - T - 3,927 words

"Max wakes up early and reflects on his life, his relationship and Lou."

Place in Timeline: (Late February, 1986)

Be A Man and Listen to Janet Jackson - Sonny "Lou" Wortzik/Max Millan - Scarecrow (1973) Crossover - T - 4,864 words

"Lou AKA Sonny is having a pretty average day, until he isn't. Lately, he can't stop thinking about Leon and his past."

Place in Timeline: (Early April, 1986)

Second Place at the Howard Johnson's - Sonny "Lou" Wortzik/Max Millan - Scarecrow (1973) Crossover - T - 3,667 words

"Max has entered himself into an art competition...out of spite."

Place in Timeline: (April, 1986)

NON CANON FICS (fics that exist outside my headcanon timeline):

I'm Dying Here - Sonny/Leon - G - 3,270 words

"Sonny has bad luck with air conditioning."

Sonny Wortzik: A Christmas Caper - Sonny/Leon - G - Uncomplete (5/6) - Christmas Carol AU - Big Lebowski Crossover - 18,337 words

"It's Christmas Eve, and instead of spending the day with family and friends, Sonny Wortzik is robbing a bank. But during his selfish escapade, Sonny finds himself being visited by three spirits, tasked with helping him change for the better. Will Sonny be able to redeem himself, or will he succumb to his own misfortune?"

The movie gives the audience 1 trillion reasons as to Why Sonny is the way he is, like why he's so paranoid and frantic and egotistical and ABUSIVE, like he's obviously fucked up from PTSD from Vietnam, his relationship with his parents is clearly strained ESPECIALLY with his mother who is definitely not all there and is also serving boy mom who also has never listened to a single thing her son has said, it's kinda implied that his ex-wife Angie BEAT HIM and he's in general dealing with being a queer man in a society that doesn't accept him. But what I think is go great about this movie is that in the end all those Reasons are not Excuses. Like. The movie is so Blunt about everything. It's giving us this insanely well crafted well rounded picture of a Man and his Pressures and what they have done to him but particularly what they have MADE HIM DO and the movie says that Sonny is WRONG!

All those things that made Sonny fucked up do not excuse what he did to Leon or to Sal or to ANYONE! Sonny can lament on and on about his pressures and how he's dying but like Leon said HE'S KILLING THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM! and THAT'S what matters!

And that relates to the idea of Changing and Bettering yourself because Sonny is actively NOT doing that because he's SELFISH. Like Sonny KNOWS he's fucked up and EVERYONE knows he's fucked up but he's not DOING anything about it like he chooses to rob a fucking bank in what is in a way an elaborate suicide attempt/desperate cry for help.

That's another thing about Sonny which is more of my personal reading of his character, the vibe that Sonny has is that he has known for Years he's fucked up and everybody around him keeps telling him that but nobody is willing to Help Him because he is so aggressive and angry, and people constantly pushing away what's wrong with him and ignoring it has just built up and made him more and more angry to the point where it all spills over with the robbery, it's like his way of showing the world THIS IS WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO ME!!! Like there's a Sad aspect of Sonny to me and I particularly see this through how his mother talks to him, she talks AT him, same with Angie, like he keeps telling these people "I need help" in the only way he feels he can, like he tells his mother "I'm a fuckup and an outcast" and he says his father is right when he says he doesn't have a son, and to Angie he says his whole "I'm dying" shtick but both of them just move right along and move past it.

Like Leon is really the only one who has ever LISTENED to him, and he fumbled her so bad because he's SELFISH!!! Because like, yes, he needs help DESPERATELY but change needs to start with HIM, but he refuses to do that, he chooses to dig the hole deeper and deeper and sink further into his anger and he takes it out on the people he loves and at a certain point the fact he's dying doesn't matter because he's killing the people around him.

Truly what Sonny needs to change is the world's biggest reality check which he's definitely gotten considering he's lost literally everything from this robbery and he also needs a blunt and a therapist and a laundry list of medication and also he just needs to recognize that he SUCKS! and then he can change! Because there IS the capacity for change in Sonny, we can SEE the good man clawing to survive in this guy, he loves his kids he loves Leon but he's genuinely just been bent backwards by the world and has decided that the rest of the world deserves the same treatment. Bc he's FUCKED! And BAD!

going purely off vibes and also whimsy and joy

RING RING! Court is in session for ANOTHER DDA/AJFA fic PLUS! Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) and Frankie & Johnny (1991)! THE BIGGEST CROSSOVER YET!

Leon Shermer/Arthur Kirkland, Rated T, 6,736 words

I FINALLY GOT FRANKIE & JOHNNY ON DVD AND THAT MEANS I CAN HAVE PHOTOS OF MY BELOVED!!!!!!!!! Cora is the BEST and MOST IMPORTANT character in this movie and i am deeply in love with her. she is my world. she is my everything. i dont rlly like her movie.

and also some bonus Cora x Johnny pics bc baby that is HETSLOP! the movie should have been called Cora & Johnny (1991) what who said that