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rareslashTitle: Wonder Boy and His Brainy Sidekick
Fandom: Another Gay Movie
Pairing: Griff/Jarod
Rating: PG-13
Notes: Yeah, I'm supposed to be writing a half-dozen things, but this slipped to the head of the line. My first Another Gay Movie story.
Disclaimer: Not my characters. No profit made, please don't sue. Done with love.
They met on the first day of second grade, on the playground. A pale boy with glasses was getting shoved off the swings by a young Muffler when Jarod ran by, with his cape tied around his neck.
"Stop, evildoer. I'm Wonder Boy and you can't push him off this swing." Jarod said this in a very serious, solemn tone.
"Um, yeah." The boy said, not very helpfully.
Muffler looked at the two of them, and socked Jarod in the mouth.
After Muffler was taken to time out by the P.E. teacher, Jarod said through a split lip. "Hi, I'm Jarod. Or Wonder Boy." The smaller, pale boy grinned, then looked down.
"Hi. I'm Griff."
And that was how their friendship started.
***
Jarod would admit cheerfully that he was a bit of a problem child before he discovered sports. In fact, he was probably slightly ADD. Sports gave him an outlet. Where before Griff and Jarod had run all over the playground together, now Jarod was playing baseball.
Griff started hanging out near the baseball field, reading. He nearly failed out of gym for not doing anything, but he didn't care. Jarod teased him once about the books. "Why aren't you at least watching me, huh?"
A smile and shake of a head. "I don't have to watch. I know you're good."
***
It was eighth grade and Griff cracked first. "I have to tell you something."
Jarod was changing out of his sweaty practice clothes, and stood in front of Griff without a shirt on. "Yeah?"
Griff hesitated for just a minute, then took a deep breath and started. "Now, I can't be a hundred percent certain, I haven't really tried to prove the hypothesis, but I think my theory is sound..."
Jarod interrupted. "Griff, spit it out."
"I think I'm gay."
Wow.
"Yeah? You really think so?" Jarod stood there blinking.
Griff nodded. "I'm about ninety-five percent sure."
"Only ninety-five percent?" Jarod had to smile at that. Even standing in front of him, telling him that he was, um, gay, Griff never stopped being Griff.
"Well, I can't be one hundred percent. I haven't done anything. It's all theoretical." Griff sounded slightly annoyed.
"Well," Jarod sat down on his bed, close to where Griff was standing. "Do you ever think about girls?"
"Other than 'I hope Muffler doesn't give me a wedgie', not really."
"Ever jerk off to them?"
Griff's face screwed up. "Ew!"
"I guess not. It sounds like you are gay, then." Jarod looked up at him.
Griff had really beautiful eyes. They were looking at him with what seemed to be barely disguised fear. "So. Are we weird?"
"Huh? Why?"
"Because. I'm a fag." Griff mumbled it, face red. Jarod grabbed his arm.
"Look at me. Don't say that word, not like that. Not like it's something to be ashamed of. Griff, man, think for a second. Have you ever seen me with a girl?"
"Well. No, but you're busy with baseball and stuff, and hanging out with me, and..." his voice trailed off. "Wait, Jarod?"
Jarod just smiled at him.
Griff drew his fist back and punched him in the arm. "You bastard! Why didn't you say anything?"
Jarod fell back on the bed, laughing. "Wasn't a hundred percent sure, hadn't tested the hypothesis." He grinned up at Griff, who was straddling him on the bed.
"Fucker. When did you start thinking, you know, you might be?"
"A couple of months ago." He wasn't telling the whole truth, which would be more like "that night you stayed over and spooned me in your sleep." But he wasn't going to tell Griff that. It was...embarressing.
Griff looked serious. "You should have told me."
Jarod nodded. "I didn't want us to be weird."
Griff rolled off him, lying on the bed next to him, legs dangling off. "You didn't have anything to worry about. You're my best friend."
"You didn't either." Jarod got up. "Um, I'm gonna finish getting dressed and then let's go to the movies?"
"Okay."
That little fucker didn't even pretend not to be looking while Jarod got undressed this time. Jarod was three shades of red when they took off on their bikes to the multiplex.
***
Even after all that, Griff sometimes got adorably insecure about their friendship. Like every time the rumor got started that Jarod only hung with Griff for help with his homework.
"That's such bullshit anyway. I do fine. You only help me in calculus." Jarod handed the bag of chips over to Griff. They were sitting on the bleachers, as the sun set and the lights around the field came on.
"I know, but it's like...you're still Wonder Boy. And I'm just your brainy sidekick." Griff licked potato chip crumbs off his fingers.
"Fuck that. You're not anyone's sidekick." Griff looked over in surprise, Jarod's voice had lowered and he was glowering.
"You're a fuckin' genius, Griff. If anybody's the sidekick, it's me. You're gonna make a million dollars, and I'll be lucky if I hit the minor leagues. You know it, I do too."
"That's not true. You'll make it. You're a shoe-in for a athletic scholarship." Griff looked straight at him, like he believed it with everything in him.
"Nobody's a shoe-in. I could wreck my knee tomorrow. That's why I've always kept my grades up. Just in case." Jarod took the bag of chips back. "Fuck, why'd you get vinegar and salt chips? Gross."
"So I could eat most of them." Griff took the chips back, smiling.
***
Jarod had to question a lot of things in his life-his sexuality, his status as an athlete. He thought later that might be why he never questioned if his friendship with Griff was anything more. Although he damn well should have, probably. Because when Griff looked at him and said "I'm in love with you. I have been for a long time", it all...just made sense.
Oh.
He'd been in love for years. Why didn't anyone tell him?
Fandom: Another Gay Movie
Pairing: Griff/Jarod
Rating: PG-13
Notes: Yeah, I'm supposed to be writing a half-dozen things, but this slipped to the head of the line. My first Another Gay Movie story.
Disclaimer: Not my characters. No profit made, please don't sue. Done with love.
They met on the first day of second grade, on the playground. A pale boy with glasses was getting shoved off the swings by a young Muffler when Jarod ran by, with his cape tied around his neck.
"Stop, evildoer. I'm Wonder Boy and you can't push him off this swing." Jarod said this in a very serious, solemn tone.
"Um, yeah." The boy said, not very helpfully.
Muffler looked at the two of them, and socked Jarod in the mouth.
After Muffler was taken to time out by the P.E. teacher, Jarod said through a split lip. "Hi, I'm Jarod. Or Wonder Boy." The smaller, pale boy grinned, then looked down.
"Hi. I'm Griff."
And that was how their friendship started.
***
Jarod would admit cheerfully that he was a bit of a problem child before he discovered sports. In fact, he was probably slightly ADD. Sports gave him an outlet. Where before Griff and Jarod had run all over the playground together, now Jarod was playing baseball.
Griff started hanging out near the baseball field, reading. He nearly failed out of gym for not doing anything, but he didn't care. Jarod teased him once about the books. "Why aren't you at least watching me, huh?"
A smile and shake of a head. "I don't have to watch. I know you're good."
***
It was eighth grade and Griff cracked first. "I have to tell you something."
Jarod was changing out of his sweaty practice clothes, and stood in front of Griff without a shirt on. "Yeah?"
Griff hesitated for just a minute, then took a deep breath and started. "Now, I can't be a hundred percent certain, I haven't really tried to prove the hypothesis, but I think my theory is sound..."
Jarod interrupted. "Griff, spit it out."
"I think I'm gay."
Wow.
"Yeah? You really think so?" Jarod stood there blinking.
Griff nodded. "I'm about ninety-five percent sure."
"Only ninety-five percent?" Jarod had to smile at that. Even standing in front of him, telling him that he was, um, gay, Griff never stopped being Griff.
"Well, I can't be one hundred percent. I haven't done anything. It's all theoretical." Griff sounded slightly annoyed.
"Well," Jarod sat down on his bed, close to where Griff was standing. "Do you ever think about girls?"
"Other than 'I hope Muffler doesn't give me a wedgie', not really."
"Ever jerk off to them?"
Griff's face screwed up. "Ew!"
"I guess not. It sounds like you are gay, then." Jarod looked up at him.
Griff had really beautiful eyes. They were looking at him with what seemed to be barely disguised fear. "So. Are we weird?"
"Huh? Why?"
"Because. I'm a fag." Griff mumbled it, face red. Jarod grabbed his arm.
"Look at me. Don't say that word, not like that. Not like it's something to be ashamed of. Griff, man, think for a second. Have you ever seen me with a girl?"
"Well. No, but you're busy with baseball and stuff, and hanging out with me, and..." his voice trailed off. "Wait, Jarod?"
Jarod just smiled at him.
Griff drew his fist back and punched him in the arm. "You bastard! Why didn't you say anything?"
Jarod fell back on the bed, laughing. "Wasn't a hundred percent sure, hadn't tested the hypothesis." He grinned up at Griff, who was straddling him on the bed.
"Fucker. When did you start thinking, you know, you might be?"
"A couple of months ago." He wasn't telling the whole truth, which would be more like "that night you stayed over and spooned me in your sleep." But he wasn't going to tell Griff that. It was...embarressing.
Griff looked serious. "You should have told me."
Jarod nodded. "I didn't want us to be weird."
Griff rolled off him, lying on the bed next to him, legs dangling off. "You didn't have anything to worry about. You're my best friend."
"You didn't either." Jarod got up. "Um, I'm gonna finish getting dressed and then let's go to the movies?"
"Okay."
That little fucker didn't even pretend not to be looking while Jarod got undressed this time. Jarod was three shades of red when they took off on their bikes to the multiplex.
***
Even after all that, Griff sometimes got adorably insecure about their friendship. Like every time the rumor got started that Jarod only hung with Griff for help with his homework.
"That's such bullshit anyway. I do fine. You only help me in calculus." Jarod handed the bag of chips over to Griff. They were sitting on the bleachers, as the sun set and the lights around the field came on.
"I know, but it's like...you're still Wonder Boy. And I'm just your brainy sidekick." Griff licked potato chip crumbs off his fingers.
"Fuck that. You're not anyone's sidekick." Griff looked over in surprise, Jarod's voice had lowered and he was glowering.
"You're a fuckin' genius, Griff. If anybody's the sidekick, it's me. You're gonna make a million dollars, and I'll be lucky if I hit the minor leagues. You know it, I do too."
"That's not true. You'll make it. You're a shoe-in for a athletic scholarship." Griff looked straight at him, like he believed it with everything in him.
"Nobody's a shoe-in. I could wreck my knee tomorrow. That's why I've always kept my grades up. Just in case." Jarod took the bag of chips back. "Fuck, why'd you get vinegar and salt chips? Gross."
"So I could eat most of them." Griff took the chips back, smiling.
***
Jarod had to question a lot of things in his life-his sexuality, his status as an athlete. He thought later that might be why he never questioned if his friendship with Griff was anything more. Although he damn well should have, probably. Because when Griff looked at him and said "I'm in love with you. I have been for a long time", it all...just made sense.
Oh.
He'd been in love for years. Why didn't anyone tell him?
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Date: 2006-12-14 12:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-14 05:04 pm (UTC)But yeah, even though it is wall to wall gay sex jokes, there's this sweet relationship between Griff and Jarod. If this movie ever gets an actual fandom, it's going to be OTP driven.
And thank you! Thank you thank you! I hope to write more, after I get the dvd. (I tend to write a hell of a lot more RPS than FPS, but maybe this will be more than a one-story fandom for me. Let's hope.)
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Date: 2006-12-14 09:20 pm (UTC)And yes, write more :D I like to read, regardless of RPS/FPS battles, etc.. If it's well written, chances are, I'll read it :)
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Date: 2006-12-14 10:55 pm (UTC)I love this movie though, and will put it on my wishlist as well. I already have another idea or two for more fics.
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Date: 2006-12-18 07:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-18 07:50 pm (UTC)Now I want to write another story from Griff's pov, he always knew he was in love.
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Date: 2006-12-26 07:36 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-12-26 08:09 am (UTC)I have an idea for another fic from Griff's POV this time. I should get to work on that.
(Also, I wonder if anyone would be interested in a comm for slash about canon gay characters/gay themed movies. The Brokeback people would be all over it, but we might get a good forum for Another Gay Movie and others as well. It's a thought.)
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Date: 2006-12-26 08:33 am (UTC)Yay! A Griff POV would be awesome.
I really like that idea. I always thought it was interesting how it often seems like it's difficult to find slash about canon pairings, outside of bigger fandoms like QAF or Brokeback Mountain. The little fandoms need love too!
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Date: 2007-01-18 05:51 pm (UTC)Another Gay Movie is in my top favorite gay comedies. Right up there with Adam and Steve and A Touch of Pink. ee! Gorgeous and you write my Jarod and Griff so perfectly. They were my favorite couple.
I still can't believe the guy who played Griff played evil!spiteful!pink posse founder! Cody from QAF.
He makes a pretty girl as well...
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Date: 2007-01-18 06:52 pm (UTC)I love that movie, I'm going to buy it on Amazon when I get my birthday money. (So far I've only seen it twice, at the theater. I'm so proud-I saw a movie with wall to wall dicks in a movie theater in Birmingham, Alabama.)
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Date: 2007-01-18 07:48 pm (UTC)I had to d/l mine. Hehe ^_^. One day I'll buy! When I was at Borders I was going to buy AGM and Adam and Steve, but they only had A&S, so T_T..But I <3 Adam and I <3 Steve. Hehe ^_^
My fave scene is Griff in drag, he makes such a pretty girl~! Oh! And the one when they wake up together..eee the scene makes be squee every time
eee! look its Tuff!Boy Griff
http://youtube.com/watch?v=0RQXioSkftQ
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Date: 2009-03-24 11:29 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-25 06:23 am (UTC)I haven't seen the sequel, and I'm not sure I want to. I've heard not-good things. But I would like to write them more.