Nightingale (And Not the Lark)

Title: Nightingale (And Not the Lark)

Band(s): FOB, PATD (minor characters from various bands)
Pairing(s): Pete/Patrick (background Brendon/Ryan and Jon/Spencer)
Word count: 35,500
Rating/Warnings: NC-17 / underage sex, minor character death, some BDSM
(General warnings for everything CSI: dead bodies, crime, creative serial killers, years of UST, complete disregard for the actual workings of the American legal system and/or laws of physics and probability. Some references to murder, torture, incest, prostitution and rape in cases being investigated, but nothing graphic or actually shown in-story. No creepy crawlers either. Gil Grissom Ryan Ross does not get to hatch larvae from a dead pig.)

Summary: CSI AU. Ryan Ross's CSI team joins up with Detective Pete Wentz to investigate a string of unusual murders.

One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Seven | Epilogue

Bonus tracks/Enhanced content:

Fanart:
Story banner by ohfreckle

Fanmixes:
Burn So Pretty by alchemywow
Fanmix by beachan18

Fanvid:
If You're Not the One by me

Thanks to: blindmouse and lariopefic for outstanding beta, to the BBB mods for a job very well done, and to chicken_cookie, ivesia19, tristafantastic, afterxbirth, fannyt, reni_days, behindthec and cynicsandsaints for awesome help bouncing ideas, developing plotlines, convincing me to write even more Peterick sex and generally making my first BBB experience really great. ♥

ETA: This fic has undergone a few, minor edits in preparation for the mirroring stories to be posted. Main changes are (very spoilery): 1) Changing the killer’s last name from Trohman to Keanes. Because I felt really guilty about making Joe a killer. 2) VickyT now works in a classy strip club instead of a seedy one. Because I love her and she’s awesome and deserves the best of everything, including imaginary strip club working places. 3) The Spencer/Ryan scene at the end of chapter 5 has been rewritten to fit the Spyro companion that I wasn’t planning on writing when posting the Peterick arc. (All details and reasonings on this here if you’re interested).

( Chapter One - Kindness )

Nightingale (And Not the Lark) - Chapter Two

( Chapter Two - Patience )

Nightingale (And Not the Lark) - Chapter Three

( Chapter Three - Charity )

Nightingale (And Not the Lark) - Chapter Four

( Chapter Four - Humility )

Nightingale (And Not the Lark) - Chapter Five

( Chapter Five - Diligence )

Nightingale (And Not the Lark) - Chapter Six

( Chapter Six - Temperance )

Nightingale (And Not the Lark) - Chapter Seven

( Chapter Seven - Chastity )

Nightingale (And Not the Lark) - Epilogue

( Epilogue )

This is why I don't believe in astrology

You don't even want to know how bored out of my mind I need to be to do an astrology quiz. Bored out of my mind or drunk enough to find it hilariously funny. Drunk is for tomorrow, though (Valborg--the traditional night of bonfires, beer and making out in parks), so right now, I'm just bored. This thing said it would tell me all about the inner workings of my being. This is what it told me:

( Red: 17387954984573498457, astrology: still 0 )