#HIS ROCKSTAR GLASSES I CANT HANDLE THIS

[healyh8ter]

he literally broke character

[sarinataylor]

I'm a sucker for angst, do you have any sense of how Roger'd handle John's drinking problem? I can't see it ever having been an intervention bc duh rockstar life and all the other shit they went through, but I see it as little things Roger does to keep an eye on John when things get bad and I'd uh.... love ur thoughts on the matter x

ok so.... different universes get different answers, ya feel?

so canon!au: it’s not really an issue until the late 80s when rog himself starts to slow down. rog starts to slow down mainly bc of freddie, i’d say. whereas john starts to speed up for exactly the same fucking reason. and both are understandable. but i can see that one turning ugly: a lot of shouting on both sides. john’s just trying to get through it whatever way he can, and roger’s the same but he can���t understand why john wouldn’t want to be wholly present with freddie while he can. john, of course, can’t face being wholly present with freddie while knowing that freddie is d****.

mpreg!au: i can see john giving up drinking, mostly, for the first 5-6 years. roger’s pregnant or he is, it’s.... just easier really. but once they get into the early-mid 80′s where it’s mostly adoptions and also their touring schedule is more hectic? yeah, the drinking becomes a bit of an issues. he’s a good dad, the best dad, but also when he’s not around the kids he’s drinking a lot and it puts a strain on his relationship with roger more than anything. roger would never not trust him with the kids, fuck knows he’s off doing all sorts of shit when the kids aren’t around himself, but there’s a sense of desperation that seems to cling to john when he gets a hand on a drink that roger just..... doesn’t understand. their first rough patch is in the late 70′s when john begins to buy into the media hype about roger being sort of “trapped” in their relationship by their first pregnancy (regardless of the fact that roger kept said pregnancy from john for a fair few months so that he didn’t trap him), but theire seond ru=ough patch hits around ‘84 when roger (post their last adoption possibly?) starts to question if this is what john really wants. because, yeah, he loves his kids. but is this what he would have chosen?

modern!au: john drinks more when he’s stressed. it becomes enough of an issue that roger has to specifically ask for him to let him know when he’s drinking. there’s a point (e.g: fist through glass door), where roger won’t come home with him. not because he’s scared of him, but because he can’t be complicit in that sort of behaviour. he cant say he loves john and then let him do that kind of shit. john ends up getting help after the glass through door incident, when roger won’t come home for weeks. coming home means he’s moved past it, and roger won’t let him think that at any point he’s moved past him inflicting that sort of harm on himself.

[arnoldjaime13]

Blog Tour- ENEMY ZONE by @AlexLidell With An Excerpt & #Giveaway! @RockstarBkTours

 I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the ENEMY ZONE by Alex Lidell Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway!

  About the Book:

Title: ENEMY ZONE (Trident Rescue Book 1)

Author: Alex Lidell

Pub. Date: January 8, 2021

Publisher: Danger Bearing Press 

Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook

Pages: 296

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, TBD, Bookshop.org

I know all about guys like Cullen Hunt.

Gorgeous. Wealthy. Powerful.

I just fled New York to escape one.

But when I reach Colorado, it’s either take a job at Cullen’s Trident Rescue or become homeless.

And Cullen? He’s worse than I thought.

Controlling. Demanding. Jerk.

A grenade always teetering on the edge.

  He’s also hot as sin and makes my toes curl.

I hate that I dream about him.

Kissing me, holding me.

He has dreams as well.

Nightmares that only I can tame.

  I know all about guys like Cullen Hunt.

I’m smart enough to stay away.

Aren’t I?

  Amazon top-hundred author Alex Lidell delivers a page-turning enemy-to-lovers stand-alone romance, with a spunky heroine, a powerful Navy SEAL, and heart-wrenching PTSD that only love can heal.

Enemy Zone is the first book of the Trident Rescue Series, which follows a group of Navy SEALs who return home to Denton Valley, Colorado, and start a search and rescue team called Trident Rescue. The books can be read in any order.

  Pre-order ENEMY CONTACT, book 2 in the Trident Rescue Companion Series now!

Excerpt:

Cullen lowers his phone, his attention shifting fully back to me as he weighs me with his gaze. Instead of being offended, I get a strange sensation that the man is pleased with my reply. Or rather, that he’s pleased to have gotten under my skin. As if he’s trying to make up for that hint of a smile he gave me earlier, to make it really, really clear we aren’t friends and never will be.

I shake my head. “You’re a horrible human being, you know that?” I say, getting to my feet in hopes of finding a better place to read. “You’re rude, quick to make faulty assumptions, and you enjoy treating people like shit.”

Cullen leans back in his chair, the sneer spreading over his face somehow managing to make his chiseled jaw only more unjustly beautiful. He’s like one of those carnivorous flowers that look nice outside just so it can digest you more efficiently.

“Well, princess, the thing about glass houses is that you have to be careful about stone casting. From where I sit, anyone working for Denton Uncovered lacks either integrity or brains.” Cullen stands, taking a single step toward me as his voice drops. “Which is it?”

Seriously? My heart pounds, my jaw clenching so hard, my teeth hurt as Cullen takes up all the air and space in the room. We’re standing there inches apart, the world at the edge of my vision flickering with red anger. The most terrible part of his ridiculous accusation is how true the last half of his statement is. Or was. Because back in New York, I was a stupid, naïve girl, thinking I knew the man I thought I loved. Thinking the US Navy gave one lick about the truth.

Cullen snorts, shaking his head as he looms over me, his mossy-green gaze cold. Degrading. “As I recall, I made your probationary period a month. You won’t last that long, Reynolds. Christ, I don’t think you’ll last the week.”

“You shouldn’t think so much, Cullen. You’ll sprain something.” I clamp my jaw shut, my lungs filling with Cullen’s scent with every inhalation. Standing so close to him, I can make out each detail of his too-perfect face, from his closely shaved skin, to the small scar that cuts the underside of his square jaw, to the full lips that are near enough to me that my head spins.

“Don’t bait what you can’t handle.” Heat radiates off Cullen’s body in waves, each rushing down my skin.

My thighs clench together, my treacherous body waking to his presence.

“Tell you what, little girl.” Cullen takes a step toward me, a predator claiming his territory, demanding I get the hell out of his way. When he speaks again, his baritone drips with command and challenge. “Prove me wrong. Get through a month here, and I’ll give you the equivalent of a month’s salary as a bonus.”

I straighten my spine and hold my ground, even as my chest brushes against his, my breasts too large and achy for my bra. “Fine.” The word spills from my lips, my gaze locked on the green eyes that stare down at me as if nothing else in the world exists. It’s probably the kind of stare a bug gets before being squashed, but it rivets me to the floor.

Without thinking, I lift my index finger to trace along his scar, longing to feel its irregular texture.

Cullen freezes, his heart beating so hard, I can see his pulse in the soft hollow of his neck. His pupils dilate, the shifting material along his groin bulging against the zipper. My fingertip is a hair’s breadth away when he moves too hastily for me to see, grabbing my wrist in midair.

“Don’t,” he says.

I gasp, taking a step back so quickly that I lose balance when Cullen lets go and crash into the table. Radios fall from their charging cradles to the floor, a stack of papers following suit.

Holy hell. What the hell are we doing? What the hell am I doing?

Shaking my head to clear it, I crouch to pick up the mess on the floor and feel rather than see Cullen marching away. By the time I look up, the man’s gone.

  About Alex:

Alex Lidell is the Amazon Breakout Novel Awards finalist author of THE CADET OF TILDOR (Penguin, 2013) and Amazon top 100 author and KDP-all star winner for POWER OF FIVE and LERA OF LUNOS (Danger Bearing Press, 2018). She is an avid horseback rider, a (bad) hockey player, and an ice-cream addict. Born in Russia, Alex learned English in elementary school, where a thoughtful librarian placed a copy of Tamora Pierce’s ALANNA in Alex’s hands. In addition to becoming the first English book Alex read for fun, ALANNA started Alex’s life long love for fantasy books with strong heroines. Alex lives in Washington, DC. Join Alex's newsletter for news, bonus content and sneak peeks: www.subscribepage.com/TIDES 

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1/6/2021

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