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John Reid wants Elton John, the man, the act, the rising star. He gets much more than he could ever have imagined, including a quietly tenacious Bernie Taupin.
(Or: six encounters between Bernie and John over the years.)
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On the private plane back to London after another US tour, an extremely drunk Bernie finds himself awkwardly, accidentally party to his extremely drunk friend's sexual escapades.
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Elton breaks up with John Reid and spends the next fifteen years avoiding loneliness through the most toxic means possible. Bernie tries to help by giving Elton everything he's capable of, which consists of more than what Bernie suspected but which doesn't quite include everything Elton actually needs.
It may, in the fullness of time, be enough.
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Elton and his very much lover/almost full-time manager at the end of a brief tour through America, where sex is easily had, chemical happiness is plentiful, and John is learning, quite efficiently, how to handle Elton's moods with the least disruption possible to their careers.
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And You Give Yourself Away by theoldgods for intrikate88
Fandoms: The Americans (TV 2013)
24 Dec 2018
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Paige will never be hungry as Philip was as a child, but as the Jennings family implodes, food often feels like the only thing she doesn't lack.
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Mycroft Holmes and Lady Alicia Smallwood are not looking for romance. Release, on the other hand, is just a basic human need, regardless of the psychological trappings it's put in.
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Bernie notices, quickly, that Elton doesn't do anything halfway, especially not his relationships.
Or, a front row seat to the ups and downs of Elton and Reid is not what Bernie wanted. But it is what he got.
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Bookmarked by theoldgods
01 Oct 2019
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Fascinating and quite bitterly funny look at Bernie & Elton & Reid up through the pool scene
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Get a Little Action In by goseaward
Fandoms: Rocketman (2019) RPF, British Actor RPF, Real Person Fiction
18 Aug 2019
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"You know you're flirting with me, right?" Richard says.
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heads up bois, one of his mates from Aberystwyth had sent in their longstanding group text, after he’d listened to Taron ramble on for a good quarter of an hour. He gets carried away sometimes. He knows he does. taron’s got a new man in his life.
Call me Mrs Madden, Taron had written back. Proud and unbothered. Sent a thumbs-up selfie with Richard for good measure.
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A lot of love stories end with a kiss. This one begins with one.
Bookmarked by theoldgods
17 Sep 2019
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Wonderfully written, tender and hot "what if" around the kiss moment up through right around "Your Song"; funny and sweet and generally charming, with some real feelings under the surface too
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Get back to where you once belonged.
Bookmarked by theoldgods
18 Aug 2019