threedimensions: (jack: half)
Dimensions: [2]
Timeline: Early July 2017
Title: Try
Summary: Jack attempts to interact with Mark, though things are still a little awkward between them.
~2.4k



break a few eggs )
threedimensions: (mark: head to you)
Dimensions: [2]
Timeline: June 2017
Title: Puzzle
Summary: Brandon and Mark finally talk about the poly/V idea; they also discuss with Jack and make some decisions.
~26.5k

>Warnings




a pattern of pieces in place )

threedimensions: (Default)
Dimensions: [2]
Timeline: May 2017
Title: to wish or long for
Summary: Brandon and Jack talk a little the first night after everything changes; about Mark and about how their relationships might soon change.
~2.5k

>Warnings



solve for x...then later, y )

threedimensions: (jack: half)
Dimensions: [1 → 2]
Timeline: May 2072 → May 2017
Title: Timeless
Summary: At the end of his life, as things literally go to black, Jack reflects on opportunities missed and mistakes made. Then he opens his eyes again and finds himself somewhere he's been before; somewhere they all have. As he realizes that this is now his present, and that he can make new or different choices than he had in the past, Jack alters the timeline for everyone, creating tentative hope where previously there had been devastating loss.
~13k

>Warnings




you go back, Jack, do it again... wheel turning round and round )

threedimensions: (brandon and mark: at the bar)
Dimensions: [1-2]
Timeline: Early May 2017
Title: Backfire
Summary: John Allgeyer doesn't like that his son is still so low, and sets up a half-band performance at his bar with just Mark and Brandon. Mark makes a decision.
~2.5k

>Warnings




and silence brings no peace )

threedimensions: (mark: shoulder it all)
Dimensions: [1-2]
Timeline: Late March 2017
Title: Silence
Summary: Mark has an awkward dinner with his parents and refuses an even more awkward conversation with his father
~500



wrong relief )
threedimensions: (brandon: lit)
Dimensions: [1-2]
Timeline: January 2012; Summer 2012; Summer 2013; October 2016; April 2017
Title: Dealer's Choice 4/4: Ambitus
Summary: Of Brandon's relationship with drugs; the highs and the lows
~3.5k
Notes: ambitus - range between the highest and lowest note




the guy/the band/the...quiet )
threedimensions: (mark: shoulder it all)
Dimensions: [1-2]
Timeline: Late February 2017
Title: Distance
Summary: Brandon and Mark finally talk a little about the situation, but it's strained and there is too much unsaid and unsettled.
~2.5k



there's so much to say but no words to convey the lonliness building with each passing day )
threedimensions: (jack: half)
Dimensions: [1-2]
Timeline: February 2017
Title: Critical
Summary: Jack forces Brandon to discuss the situation, including asking if he should leave.
~3k



remember the time you asked me to let go? )
threedimensions: (mark: mndlifuain?)
Dimensions: [1-2]
Timeline: February 2017
Title: Everything/Nothing
Summary: A journalist is ordered to try to get Mark to talk about the pictures; he succeeds, but isn't that happy about it.
~3k

>Warnings




truth: not a four letter word )

threedimensions: (mark: on stage)
Dimensions: [1-2]
Timeline: February 2017
Title: Crashing
Summary: Mark has a realization, and neither Jack or Andrew know what to do.
~1.3k



de nile all dried up )
threedimensions: (jack: half)
Dimensions: [1-2]
Timeline: Early March 2012
Title: Check
Summary: Andrew may have found the answer. (So what if no one else knew it was a question yet.)
~1.5k



...and mate? )
threedimensions: (brandon: f u)
Dimensions: [1-2]
Timeline: January 2017
Title: Futile
Summary: Mark attempts to talk Katelan out of posting the pictures; Brandon joins, and it goes less than ideally.
~4.7k
♫ "Choke" — I DON'T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME ♫


wasted time )
threedimensions: (mark: shoulder it all)
Dimensions: [1-2]
Timeline: January 2017
Title: Show & Tell
Summary: The day the world begins to drop out from under Mark begins with a knock
~3.2k


talk about a rude awakening )
threedimensions: (brandon: f u)
Dimensions: [1-2]
Timeline: December 2016
Title: Icing
Summary: Katelan has an idea for revenge and decides to put it to action.
~950


mix the chemicals right, dear )
threedimensions: (brandon: concert)
Dimensions: [1-2]
Timeline: Summer 2015/Summer 2016
Title: Open
Summary: Brandon wrestles with his decision to keep his sexuality under wraps once the band goes on another tour.
~5k



on my own terms )
threedimensions: (brandon: concert)
Dimensions: [1-2]
Timeline: Autumn 2014
Title: Trap
Summary: Brandon has Feelings™ about changing the pronouns in a song.
~1.2k
Notes:This song is cut from the final track list of the album, which is why it doesn't come up during Open or why no one comments on the idea that not everyone in the band might be straight after they release these albums and it doesn't come up until 2016. In the [1]st Dimension after Mark dies, Brandon releases all the demo versions of songs NNB never released so the fans can have them when they disband and it's one of them. In the [2]nd Dimension, it ends up on their fourth album. In the [3]rd dimension Brandon doesn't write the same song, though Mark does notice he uses an almost identical riff in a different song.



a trap that I set to catch myself )
threedimensions: (andrew: crown)
Dimensions: [1-2]
Timeline: April 2014
Title: Moth to a Flame
Summary: Brandon hosts a party at his and Jack's apartment to celebrate the band signing a contract and playing Warped Tour soon; Andrew mingles and is excited.
~4k



like a heat-seeking missile on crack, really )
threedimensions: (brandon: f u)
Dimensions: [1-2]
Timeline: Late summer 2013
Title: What's This Button Do?
Summary: Brandon gets obsessive when it comes to recording/mixing their first EP.
~2.5k
Notes: I know very little about recording and studios and the process, so I make it up. If you know better, please let me know so that I can rewrite and incorporate something more realistic.



what do you want it to do? )
threedimensions: (brandon and jack: half time)
Dimensions: [1-2]
Timeline: Summer 2013
Title: Find
Summary: Jack realizes that he has the means and the opportunity to get the ball rolling on Brandon's dream
~3.2k
Rating: R (m/m sex)


not lost but found )
threedimensions: (eddie's)
Dimensions: [1-2]
Timeline: December 2012
Title: All Smoked Up (Eddie's Place)
Summary: How the hangout came to be, and how the regulars generally hang out
~8.7k


where everybody knows your name )
threedimensions: (jack: half)
Dimensions: [1-2]
Timeline: April 2012
Title: Blocked
Summary: The first time Jack agrees to hang out with some of Brandon's friends at Eddie's, Mark finally gets why Brandon likes him so much.
~2.2k


it's like nothing at all.. nothing at all.. nothing at all.. )
threedimensions: (mark: face)
Dimensions: [1-2]
Timeline: February 2012
Title: Lead & Rhythm
Summary: This time, Katelan isn't even there.
~3.2k
Rating: NC17 (m/m sex)


could we dim the sun and wonder where we've been )
threedimensions: (Default)
Dimensions: [1-2]
Timeline: January 2012
Title: Idea
Summary: Mark's girlfriend convinces (?) him to ask Brandon to mess around with him in front of her so that she can watch.
~8.6k
Rating: NC17 (m/f sex)


bang the doldrums )
threedimensions: (brandon: wants it again)
Dimensions: [1-2]
Timeline: 2008 (January/Summer/October)
Title: Dealer's Choice 3/4: Scordatura
Summary: Of Brandon's relationship with drugs: return to the guy; a chance to go big; going too far
~3.5k
Notes: scordatura - italian, out of tune
Rating: NC17 (m/m sex)

>Warnings




strung up )

threedimensions: (terry: smile)
Dimensions: [1-2]
Timeline: May 2008
Title: New York/New Life
Summary: Terry leaves his "family" behind and makes a break for New York.
~1.9k


bye forever )
threedimensions: (andrew: crown)
Dimensions: [1-2]
Timeline: February 2008
Title: More
Summary: Why restrict yourself when you can have more? Andrew dabbles...and finds that he has some figuring out to do.
~7.8k
Rating: NC17

>Warnings



...and I like it )

threedimensions: (Default)
Dimensions: [1-2]
Timeline: November 2007
Title: Resistance (is useless)
Summary: Brandon can't sleep after Terry leaves. Or...maybe he can. A little.
~1.3k
Notes: Mark's POV.

and dream of... what? )
threedimensions: (mark: sleep like the dead)
Dimensions: 1, 2
Timeline: November 2007
Title: See If I Care
Summary: After Terry's family leaves, Mark hangs out with Brandon and tries to get him to sleep.
~1.2k
Notes: Brandon's POV.


whatever it takes )
threedimensions: (terry: smile)
Dimensions: [1-2-3]
Timeline: Spring 2007
Title: Babysit
Summary: Terry is surprised to find several small children in Brandon's room when he goes up to see him. He is further surprised when he is left with the children, "in charge".
~3.3k



about them shoelaces... )
threedimensions: (brandon: lit)
Dimensions: [1-2-3]
Timeline: 12/05; 04/06; 05/06; 08/06; 07/07
Title: Dealer's Choice 2/4: Crescendo
Summary: Of Brandon's relationship with drugs: diving back in.
~5k
Notes: crescendo - gradually increasing in loudness

>Warnings




growing (i.e. progressively louder) )

threedimensions: (brandon: only thing)
Dimensions: [1-2-3]
Timeline: August – December 2005
Title: Dealer's Choice 1/4: Anacrusis
Summary: Of Brandon's relationship with drugs; the beginning.
~4.1k
Notes: anacrusis - one or more unstressed notes before the first bar line of a piece or passage

>Warnings





a note or sequence of notes, a motif, which precedes the first downbeat in a bar in a musical phrase )

threedimensions: (young gary or shane)
Dimensions: [1-2-3]
Timeline: May 2001
Title: Order For The Stork
Summary: A colleague of Gary's asks him to donate genetic material so that she can have a baby.
~7.5k

>Warnings




dinner/david/...dad? )

threedimensions: (Default)
Dimensions: [1-2-3]
Timeline: March 3-10 2001
Title: Change
Summary: Gary gets a phone call that changes his life: his ex has recently passed away—does he want their son to come live with him?
~2.8k



change changing places...root yourself to the ground )
threedimensions: (erin: :D)
Dimensions: [1-2-3]
Timeline: Summer 1996
Title: Lurking
Summary: Erin's family moves and she finds that she and her sister are not alone in the playhouse.
~1.5k


property dispute )
threedimensions: (mark: shoulder it all)
Dimensions: [1-2-3]
Timeline: Summer – Winter 1995
Title: Clairvoyant
Summary: Mark starts to realize that how he can feel things—what he can do—is unusual.
~650



feels like you can read my mind/tell me when you learned to read a dead language )
threedimensions: (jack: half)
Dimensions: [1-2-3]
Timeline: September 1985
Title: Named
Summary: Lilly and Jack are born; it is an extremely bad omen in their parents' Order that they are opposite-sex twins.
~1.2k

>Warnings





to live is to die )

threedimensions: (young gary or shane)
Dimensions: [1-2-3]
Timeline: September 1972
Title: Empty
Summary: Gary finds that Jake is gone has abandoned him.
~1.9k

>Warnings




this kid's empty )

threedimensions: (young gary or shane)
Dimensions: [1-2-3]
Timeline: Autumn 1970
Title: Fire
Summary: 9yo Gary Hayes is shown something new by his older brother.
~1.7k

>Warnings




burnout )

threedimensions: (Default)
Dimensions: [1-2-3]
Timeline: May 2006
Title: That's The One
Summary: Brandon goes to an instrument store to scope out a birthday present and meets Mark.
~3.7k



the one )
threedimensions: (mark: head to you)
Dimensions: [2]
Timeline: Autumn 2032
Title: Had A Dad
Summary: Terry's father is found dead and he has a lot of Feelings about it; Mark goes to keep him company and thinks a lot about his own experiences
Rating: Hard R/NC17 (m/m sexual content)
~9.7k

>Warnings





he was the one made me what i am today...it's up to me now, my daddy has gone away )

threedimensions: (Default)
Here is a short-ish summary of most of the biggest things that happen in the story for those interested enough to see if you're interested. The full timeline can be found via the link in the profile/bio. Like the full timeline, there are many spoilers here (go to full timeline and start at the beginning to take in the story as it happens for fewer spoilers) and Warnings for mentions of su*cide, major character death, [not sure what else ask to tag basically]

summary )
threedimensions: (Default)
The story is called "Three Dimensions", which stems from three 'timelines' that certain of the characters experience. It is a story of, above all, second chances. There is a rock band, time travel, traditional and poly relationships, and regret; there is also the opportunity for change. This story mainly follows four people and explores how the choices they make impact their lives, each others' lives, and the lives of everyone around them.

See "cast" post so that these names/relationships make more sense
just bc it's in the timeline doesn't mean there's a Whole Thing about it, it's literally just my timeline to keep continuity tho some of course are Whole Things
big shit is mostly all here, lots and lots of little shit left off, sometimes more things are added in as the story/timeline grows. all fic/chapters with titles are written but may not be uploaded/posted right away since i'm gonna try to get more relevant stuff up first

+ = especially plot relevant
^ = author fav
all fics rated g/all ages through pg13 unless marked with R/NC17 + reasons
If a story has a WARNING at the top, hover to see OR scroll down to comments, the first comment will be the warnings. Currently warnings are placed for: sexual situations harder than PG13, child abuse, underage drug use, content involving s*icide


world enough... and time.... )
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