Hey guys.

It is with some regret that I say this, but I'm bowing out of heartsintact. I don't have the time for it anymore, and I don't read anywhere near enough fic as I need to to be able to update with enough decent recs.

But, don't fret. heartsintact will still continue, guided by the exceedingly able flimsy. I believe she's also planning on bringing someone else on board, but I'll leave that to her to talk about.

So! It's been fun. I hope you enjoyed the ride, too.

Take care, everyone. ♥

Hey folks!

girlintheband unfortunately missed the last issue due to exam preparation and it made us realize how terribly busy with classes and exams/essays/etc we're going to be in the next two weeks. So we're going to have to announce a very temporary hiatus until November, 17th24th (moar exams, sorry about that!), when we'll hopefully be back in business as usual :)

Real life and computer issues kept me, many apologies!!



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Editor's Pick

One for every day of the week by megyal (Pete/Patrick, PG)

The oldest child in the Wentz-Stump household is Pierce Wentz, and who resembles his dad most of all. His dad's smile, his dad's swagger, his dad's compelling stare. He's the one that also gave Patrick the most grief when Patrick finally succumbed to Pete's constant nagging to move into the bigger house; he was unforgivably rude to Patrick, he yelled at his father, terrible, terrible things that sent Pete into red-tinged rages and resulted in slamming doors and the younger children crying quietly in corners until a parent or Christine came to comfort them.

The rest of this will come next week; there's been a lot of lengthy, undoubtedly awesome fic posted over the last couple of days, but I haven't had the time to read it yet, sadly. So I only have four recs right now, I apologise.

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This issue is painfully short, unfortunately. I waited an extra day for late fics yesterday but to no avail! So here's three really fab fics from the past week! :)

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To make this issue a little longer, here's some bandom-related art that we quite enjoyed this month (by any means, not all, just a small selection)!

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Issue number 62, coming right up. Panic-heavy and a little late, but then, what's new?

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Editor's Pick

Swimming Out In The Blue by sunsetmog (Brendon/Shane, R)

When they get to the restaurant Ryan's booked out for his birthday, they're at a table with lots of other couples; Brendon grins at Shane and says, "I think I'm the only single person Ryan knows."

Suggestions can be made over here.

Finally! Sorry for the lateness! Enjoy! :)

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given limits exist by softlyforgotten (Brendon/Ryan, NC-17, circus AU)

“We don’t seem to be too boring for the audiences,” Ryan huffs, and elbows Brendon out of the way (he drops, hanging with his hands curled around the swing) so that Ryan can do a handstand, blinking down at Brendon, screwing up one eye when he accidentally blinks sweat into it. Brendon rolls his eyes.

And here we are, at issue #60.

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Editor's Pick

I'm Sorry I Can't Help Asking It by bluejbird (Johnson/Brendon/Spencer, NC-17)

They're excited. All of them are, even Johnson, although he's trying his hardest not to show it.

Suggestions for recs can be left over here.

Hey guys!

I have to apologize again for missing the issue two weeks ago! Kate did a wonderful job with catching up, though. *is made of massive failboats*

We also wanted to emphasize once more how amazed and thankful we are that you all stuck with us this long. HRTS is more of a family project than an ~official newsletter and we are glad you find it of use.

Cheers!


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If Music Be The Food Of Love by sunsetmog (Brendon/Spencer, R)

The thing is, Brendon is the kid no one talks to in school.

Aside from maybe passing him a pencil or lending him a piece of paper if he asks, Brendon's been in high school for almost two years and most people barely even know he exists.

nova33 held a Toppy!Brendon Meme over here.


Recs & suggestions over here. :)

Hey guys. Not entirely sure where flimsy's post got to last week; I know she's been busy with visitors, though. I'll try to make up for it today.

Oh, and to the anon commentator from last week? Sorry, but we won't be getting another mod. That's not the way we like to do things here. Sorry to disappoint, but heartsintact is not a traditional-style newsletter, it's a recs list. Sometimes things get busy for us and recs don't get posted. dotcoms_refresh does the daily newsletter thing if that's what you're interested in.

Edit: Another anon has said I was being hostile. That's not what I was aiming for. Sorry.

That aside, onto the recs. :)


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Editor's Pick

the ties that bind by longtime_lurker (Panic GSF, NC-17; kink warning)

The first time it's an impulse thing, paid for with the entirety of his first advance check from Pete - money much better spent on rent, gas, equipment, food, and yet here's Brendon, handing it over in exchange for three straight hours of acute pain all up and down his spine.

call me a sparrow and i'll fly by colorofsmoke (Brendon/Shane, R)

beginnings are always simple, if not sometimes rash and impulsive. shane studies the boy in front of him, waiting. he wants to make him his subject, his antagonist, his protagonist, whatever. his star without all the cliché meanings attached.

Suggestions for recs can be left over here.

Apologising is practically becoming cliche for us, isn't it? :( I haven't had the time to read a lot this week - I'm running in my uni's student elections and also preparing to go see Panic, TAI and Cobra Starship twice over the coming weekend, so there's been a lot on my mind. Sorry guys. I feel really bad about it.

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Only Unto Him by disarm_d (Brendon/Spencer, NC-17; Harlequin romance AU)

"But why would they want to marry you?" Ryan asks.

Spencer grits his teeth and rubs his forehead. "They don't want to marry me, chowderhead. I'm just the eldest child. Why are you so incredibly mentally deficient when everything is going to hell?"

So it's times like these when we need your help all the more. If you have any suggestions for recs that you'd like to make, please do so over here. Thank you so much ♥

Sorry for the lateness!


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Loved you first by softlyforgotten (Ryan/Spencer, PG-13)

The last day of the summer holidays, Ryan and Spencer go down to the pool. Spencer wears white flip-flops and Ryan goes barefoot because it’s just around the corner, and he’ll feel silly going in his sneakers. He broke his flip-flops in a bike-riding-at-midnight escapade, split them right in the middle.

As always, recs & suggestions over here. :)

I know, I know. I'm late and without a whole lot of recs, either. :( I'm sorry. I haven't had much time this week, and fear that the next couple of weeks might be the same. I'll try to get more organised in advance next time. I'm also not sure what it says about me that the vast majority of this is porn. Er, enjoy?



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Editor's Pick

felt almost like a home of sorts or something by cocaineflame (Jon/Spencer, R)

Jon has been in the silo for forty-three days when he meets Spencer.

Recs over here if you're into making our lives easier ;)

Hey folks! A little belated because I decided to wait an extra day as there wasn't enough fic :)

girlintheband and I are still planning anniversary funtimes, but with timezones and uni it might take just a little longer.

In any case, here's Issue #53 - first issue of year of two of heartsintact!

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Anyone Perfect Must Be Lying by foxxcub (Jon/Spencer, Frank/Gerard, others, R)

Jon likes to think his problems began when the coffee shop across the street opened up. In all honesty, though, they began the day Frank moved in with Gerard a month before Valentine's Day.

Hello! Sorry this is somewhat late; I started back at uni again for the semester yesterday, and it's been awfully hectic. Apologies!

So, this is heartsintact's 52nd issue! Which, in case you're not so great at numbers, means we're now one year old! flimsy and I are planning some sort of special funtimes celebration post for later on in the week, but right now we'd just like to say thank you to everyone for sticking with us over the last year. ♥ It means a lot that you seem to think we're doing something useful with this little list of ours. Thank you all so much.

And without further ado, onto the recs!


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And Once a Time by disarm_d (Brendon/Spencer, NC-17' castle AU)

"Three days is not a lot of time," Spencer says, doing his best not to panic.

Earl Mikey shrugs. "It's Pete. He said, 'I'm coming up; you should have a banquet for me; how about Tuesday?'"

And we don't normally rec works-in-progress or fics that are not posted in their entirities yet, but I feel this is a worthy exception, especially as it's nearly all posted now. I don't remember the last time I felt this emotionally involved in a fic, and it's our birthday, so. DOWN WITH OUR OWN INFORMAL RULES! \o/

But Not The Song by ignipes & emilyray (Brendon/Vicky-T, Brendon/Ryan, Jon/Ryan, Spencer/Butcher, Ryan/Spencer, Brendon/Spencer, pre-Panic GSF, NC-17; slave AU)

Business at the slave market is slow.

It's been drizzling since dawn and there's a bitter wind across the plains, buffeting the lines of shivering slaves and slicing through Brendon's threadbare clothes. He tries to keep still, mindful of the way the slaves around him hiss and glare when he fidgets, but he aches all over from the cold, and his nose is running and his feet are freezing into the mud, and the merchant walking slowly along the lines is taking too fucking long.

♥ Thank you all once again. The recs suggestions post is over here.

Sort of on time, this time! \o/ And it's the 51st issue already -- only one week left to the HRTS anniversary :D

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Anyone Else But You by zarah5 (Ryan/Brendon, Jon/Spencer, Gabe/William, others, College AU, R)

Brendon suspects he might just be one of the roughly three students on campus who’re actually glad the break is over.

As always, recs & suggestions over here.

Hello! Guess what? This is heartsintact's 50th issue! We're so happy to have made it to the all-important number fifty.

We apologise for the lack of entry last week; Nika was overwhelmed by her exams. We have sort of double issue here to make up for it. There's, uh-- a lot of fic under the various cuts, is all I'll say. So much good stuff recently! I'm still reading big bangs, also, so I think there's a couple of them in here too. ♥ Thanks for reading, as always.



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A couple extra, to make up for things!

But you can't be missed by eleanor_lavish (Brendon/Spencer, R)

"No, I mean. It's like you haven't aged a single day." Ryan steals another glance, and Brendon looks uncomfortably out the window. The back streets of Vegas look a lot like he remembers them. The cars in the driveways aren't really different, people are still dressed the same, dragging their trash to the sidewalk in their pajamas. No one's in some sort of space-age suit or wearing a video visor, or walking a robotic dog. If Brendon was going to be dropped unceremoniously into the future without his consent, there could at least be robotic dogs.

in our bedroom, after the war by sinuous_curve & insunshine (Panic GSF, Brendon/Butcher, Ryan/Chiz, others, NC-17)

Spencer gets into college just as Ryan is deciding that he needs to be done with it.

This is Not the Story of Your Life by foxxcub (Brendon/Spencer, Jon/Ryan, Pete/Patrick, Frank/Gerard, PG-13)

Patrick says, softly, "I'll still have this, right? I mean...I won't forget it all, will I?"

It's not really Brendon's place to tell him how time passes here. No one ever explained it to him, and he'd spent a long time feeling bitter about it until he realized that it wasn't that no one wanted to explain it--it's that no one *could*.

"It's different for everyone," he finally replies slowly, and it's not a lie.

Suggestions for recs over here, as always, if you fancy!

Not too many recs this week, sorry! I'm still drowning in unread big bang fics. /o\

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Go Ask Alice, or, ADD(ict) by miznarrator (Brendon/Ryan, Brendon/Spencer, NC-17; AU, warnings for dark themes)

Brendon bounces out of the kitchen again, shirt hanging open, almost off his shoulders. His bare feet slap on the linoleum, silencing once they hit the carpet. He smiles at Spencer first, then beams at Ryan. Spencer raises his eyebrows again, but neither of them notice. Ryan smiles back before remembering himself and dropping it. Brendon’s fades more slowly but it too, disappears.

“Are you sure you can handle this.”

“What are you talking about, fuck yeah, I can handle it.” Brendon’s shoulders are a bit raised, but straight, as he takes a step in closer to Ryan, bouncing just a little on his toes. Spencer watches Ryan deliberately not flinch, and holds his own breath. The music blares so loud it feels like silence.

“Okay.”

Brendon steps back, cocky smirk back in place, bouncing again. “Okay, I’ll do good, you watch.”

“Be careful,” Spencer says, even though he sounds like his mom. He’s not even sure how he means it.

There's been so much fantastic fic! I had a hard time picking an editor's pick!


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A Brokedown Melody by sathinks (Jon/various, Jon/Spencer, surfer!Jon, R)

There's only three things Jon needs at any given time to be happy when he's on tour: his iPod, which has worn a permanent groove in the pocket of his jeans; his acoustic Ibanez, scuffed up and a little hollow-sounding, but still sweet enough; and his Pentax. Take any of those things away, Jon has learned, and he's not especially pleasant to be around until he gets them back. He doesn't check his guitar on planes any more, even though it costs more to get it stowed at the door.

Suggestions over here, if you like!

So there's a lot of bandombigbang fic I haven't had the chance to read yet; exams abound, unfortunately, and there is much studying and essay-writing to be done. Thus, do not fret if you think your big bang fic should have been recced! I probably just haven't managed to read it yet, but I'll get there eventually, and I'm sure flimsy is doing her part to absorb the thousands upon thousands of lovely words you've all posted, too. So there'll probably be a few retro-recs for big bang fics in the next few weeks' issues, is what we're saying.

Also, rec-wise, probably not your thing this week unless you're into Panic at the Disco. Oops. I didn't plan on it being so slanted, I swear. /o\

Thanks for reading, as always! ♥

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Editor's Pick

Close Your Eyes and Drive by disarm_d (Brendon-and-Spencer mostly gen, NC-17)

Spencer doesn't know what makes him say it, he isn't planning on making the offer, but he opens his mouth and says, "You want me to drive up with you?"

Brendon's head springs up. He looks excited, before his face sinks back into whatever weird fucking tired look that he's had for -- it's been a while, now that Spencer thinks about it. He's been fucking weird in the past couple of weeks, and whatever tired look lives at the corners of Brendon's eyes settled in a while ago.

Brendon quirks his lips up and says, "Thanks, Spence," before dropping his head back down to stare at his candy. Or, to just not look at Spencer.

zarah5 held the Boys-helping-each-other-dress meme over here, while restless_jedi hosted the Gen meme here.


Rec suggestions can be commented with over here, as per usual. ♥