Frank and Gerard are Americans from Jersey who meet for the first time in 1976 as expats in London. Frank has fallen in with a group of London punks whose noise and rage offer more than the study-abroad year he abandoned. Music has always touched him deeply, but he's reluctant to dredge up the complicated past. Gerard is a struggling photographer and a hanger-on from the art school crowd. He possibly takes too many pills. He may be losing track of where to go next with his art.

1970s Brit punk AU. Remix of Giovanni’s Room, by James Baldwin.

"Did you just put rainbow sprinkles on a mocha?" asks Patrick incredulously.

"Yup," says Pete. "It's a crucial step in my seduction plot. Step two is being amazing at history. Step three, blowjobs."

Gerard is about one month away from graduating college, and the deadline for his final big Art project is getting closer. He’s got one idea for it, but because of what it involves, he’s been procrastinating it an awful lot just because he can’t find the words to ask his best friend to pose for him. Naked. When he does, though, Gerard realizes it’s not only about painting. It’s about their friendship, it’s about fighting for some control. And it’s also about keeping his attraction in silence as the younger boy seems to constantly read his mind.

College life can be stressful. Luckily, Frank has plans.

College AU. Frank hates the internet. Gerard forces him to Twitter while they're apart on Christmas break.