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tamingthemuseTitle: The Exception to the Rule
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Rating: PG-13 eventually
Prompt: Vernissage - used the meaning of the word instead though
Word Count: 892 so far
Summary: Kris is having problems with men. Adam, with all his wisdom, helps him out.
Warnings: Total AU. Completely.
Disclaimer: I don't own Kris Allen or Adam Lambert. Pffft. I should be so lucky. Nope, they belong to themselves.
Note: I got this idea because the Alex/Gigi storyline in He's Just Not That In To You is one that I just love. And I couldn't stop thinking that there needed to be a Kradam version of it. So I'm writing one and hopefully, even though I'm using similar situations, I can still manage to keep this from sounding like a carbon copy. :)
This is supposed to be a one shot but I have to get up early so no time to finish it tonight! I'll replace the cut with a link when I do finish it though.
Coming out, Kris decided, had been much easier than this. He glanced around the bar, taking in the way men flirted openly, hands disappearing from sight in some cases, before he turned and let out a sight.
He really sucked at this dating men thing.
Or at least, he assumed he did since it’d been over a week and he still hadn’t heard from Brad after that first date.
To be fair, he hadn’t actually said that he was going to call back. At least, Kris didn’t think he had. He frowned going over the end of the date in his mind, trying to remember what, exactly, had been said. Mostly, he remembered that Brad had been excited over the opening of an art exhibition for a former client of his.
“Damn,” he muttered. He blinked as a glass appeared just in front of him and then looked up to find a man with startling blue eyes staring at him.
“Supposed to be meeting somebody?” the man asked.
Kris felt himself flush and he shook his head. “No.” He paused. “Well, I mean, I was kind of hoping he might be here because he said he comes here and I was, you know, in the neighborhood so I figured I’d just see if Brad was here and if not, then cool.”
“Hey, I know Brad, if you want I can give him a call—“
“No,” Kris protested, shaking his head. “No, that’s okay. Really. It was just a...spur of the moment thing. I mean, it was only one date and he didn’t even say he’d call.” Kris frowned. “I don’t think,” he muttered.
The man raised an eyebrow. “You don’t think?”
“Well, it...” Kris sighed. “It was over a week ago.”
He picked up a glass and moved it to the side, leaning a bit closer. “Okay, first, if I’m going to be offering this advice, let me introduce myself. I’m Adam.”
“Kris.”
“Okay, Kris, if it’s been that long? He’s not going to call.” Adam shook his head. “He’s not interested.”
Kris glanced down. “I guess not.” He lifted a shoulder. “I’m sort of new to this.” He looked back up and met Adam’s gaze. “I’m not really sure what the waiting time is.”
Adam smiled slightly. “Never wait that long for a man to call you. If he’s interested, he’ll call within a few days.”
“Right. And I’m guessing that you shouldn’t call him just to see if he lost his phone or his grandma suddenly died or something.”
“Did you?” Adam looked slightly horrified by the idea.
Kris shook his head. “No but my friend was working on convincing me. And I didn’t say that he’d forgotten something on our date that I needed to return, which was the other thing my friends thought I should try.”
“Good. Don’t do that. It makes you look sad and pathetic.”
Kris blinked at him. “Wow, blunt.”
“Hey, it’s the truth.” Adam shrugged. “Let me give you one other piece of advice, Kris. Don’t listen to the stories.”
“What?” Kris frowned.
“The stories, you know, the ones that your friends tell you to make you feel better. So and so knows a person who dated a guy who was a total jerk and he didn’t call for two weeks but then he finally did call and it turned out, he’d lost his phone for awhile and now they’re just perfectly happy, living together for the past five years and adopting a puppy. Don’t listen to those stories, Kris, because they’re the exception, not the rule. The rule is that if a guy hasn’t called after a few days, you move on.”
“So, what you’re saying is that I shouldn’t believe any of that. That I should just say forget it and move on.”
“Exactly. Because, honestly, if a guy wants you, he’s going to do whatever he can to get you. If Brad hasn’t called, he’s not going to.”
Kris stared at Adam, thinking over what he’d said. It made a hell of a lot of sense actually. It wasn’t complicated as he thought and even though being told flat out that a guy wasn’t interested in him, it was what he’d needed to hear.
He smiled. “Thanks, Adam.” Off of Adam’s look of surprise, he continued, “I think I needed to hear that. I’ve been listening to everything people have had to say and in the end, I was just making it more complicated than it really needed to be.”
Adam laughed and pulled out a card, sliding it across the bar to Kris. “Anytime, Kris. I mean it.”
Kris glanced down at the card and his eyes widened slightly when he read it, going from Adam to look around the bar and then back again. Adam nodded.
“Yeah, mine.” He grinned. “Drink’s on me tonight.”
Kris slid the card into his back pocket and stood, a small smile on his face. “Thanks again.”
“I meant what I said, Kris.”
He nodded. “I’ll remember that,” he said, giving Adam one last smile before he turned and walked out of the bar. As soon as he was out of sight, he pulled out his phone and went straight to speed dial 3. “Hey, Katy, it’s me. Yeah, I did the drop by the bar thing and guess how that turned out...”
Author:
blue_icy_roseRating: PG-13 eventually
Prompt: Vernissage - used the meaning of the word instead though
Word Count: 892 so far
Summary: Kris is having problems with men. Adam, with all his wisdom, helps him out.
Warnings: Total AU. Completely.
Disclaimer: I don't own Kris Allen or Adam Lambert. Pffft. I should be so lucky. Nope, they belong to themselves.
Note: I got this idea because the Alex/Gigi storyline in He's Just Not That In To You is one that I just love. And I couldn't stop thinking that there needed to be a Kradam version of it. So I'm writing one and hopefully, even though I'm using similar situations, I can still manage to keep this from sounding like a carbon copy. :)
This is supposed to be a one shot but I have to get up early so no time to finish it tonight! I'll replace the cut with a link when I do finish it though.
Coming out, Kris decided, had been much easier than this. He glanced around the bar, taking in the way men flirted openly, hands disappearing from sight in some cases, before he turned and let out a sight.
He really sucked at this dating men thing.
Or at least, he assumed he did since it’d been over a week and he still hadn’t heard from Brad after that first date.
To be fair, he hadn’t actually said that he was going to call back. At least, Kris didn’t think he had. He frowned going over the end of the date in his mind, trying to remember what, exactly, had been said. Mostly, he remembered that Brad had been excited over the opening of an art exhibition for a former client of his.
“Damn,” he muttered. He blinked as a glass appeared just in front of him and then looked up to find a man with startling blue eyes staring at him.
“Supposed to be meeting somebody?” the man asked.
Kris felt himself flush and he shook his head. “No.” He paused. “Well, I mean, I was kind of hoping he might be here because he said he comes here and I was, you know, in the neighborhood so I figured I’d just see if Brad was here and if not, then cool.”
“Hey, I know Brad, if you want I can give him a call—“
“No,” Kris protested, shaking his head. “No, that’s okay. Really. It was just a...spur of the moment thing. I mean, it was only one date and he didn’t even say he’d call.” Kris frowned. “I don’t think,” he muttered.
The man raised an eyebrow. “You don’t think?”
“Well, it...” Kris sighed. “It was over a week ago.”
He picked up a glass and moved it to the side, leaning a bit closer. “Okay, first, if I’m going to be offering this advice, let me introduce myself. I’m Adam.”
“Kris.”
“Okay, Kris, if it’s been that long? He’s not going to call.” Adam shook his head. “He’s not interested.”
Kris glanced down. “I guess not.” He lifted a shoulder. “I’m sort of new to this.” He looked back up and met Adam’s gaze. “I’m not really sure what the waiting time is.”
Adam smiled slightly. “Never wait that long for a man to call you. If he’s interested, he’ll call within a few days.”
“Right. And I’m guessing that you shouldn’t call him just to see if he lost his phone or his grandma suddenly died or something.”
“Did you?” Adam looked slightly horrified by the idea.
Kris shook his head. “No but my friend was working on convincing me. And I didn’t say that he’d forgotten something on our date that I needed to return, which was the other thing my friends thought I should try.”
“Good. Don’t do that. It makes you look sad and pathetic.”
Kris blinked at him. “Wow, blunt.”
“Hey, it’s the truth.” Adam shrugged. “Let me give you one other piece of advice, Kris. Don’t listen to the stories.”
“What?” Kris frowned.
“The stories, you know, the ones that your friends tell you to make you feel better. So and so knows a person who dated a guy who was a total jerk and he didn’t call for two weeks but then he finally did call and it turned out, he’d lost his phone for awhile and now they’re just perfectly happy, living together for the past five years and adopting a puppy. Don’t listen to those stories, Kris, because they’re the exception, not the rule. The rule is that if a guy hasn’t called after a few days, you move on.”
“So, what you’re saying is that I shouldn’t believe any of that. That I should just say forget it and move on.”
“Exactly. Because, honestly, if a guy wants you, he’s going to do whatever he can to get you. If Brad hasn’t called, he’s not going to.”
Kris stared at Adam, thinking over what he’d said. It made a hell of a lot of sense actually. It wasn’t complicated as he thought and even though being told flat out that a guy wasn’t interested in him, it was what he’d needed to hear.
He smiled. “Thanks, Adam.” Off of Adam’s look of surprise, he continued, “I think I needed to hear that. I’ve been listening to everything people have had to say and in the end, I was just making it more complicated than it really needed to be.”
Adam laughed and pulled out a card, sliding it across the bar to Kris. “Anytime, Kris. I mean it.”
Kris glanced down at the card and his eyes widened slightly when he read it, going from Adam to look around the bar and then back again. Adam nodded.
“Yeah, mine.” He grinned. “Drink’s on me tonight.”
Kris slid the card into his back pocket and stood, a small smile on his face. “Thanks again.”
“I meant what I said, Kris.”
He nodded. “I’ll remember that,” he said, giving Adam one last smile before he turned and walked out of the bar. As soon as he was out of sight, he pulled out his phone and went straight to speed dial 3. “Hey, Katy, it’s me. Yeah, I did the drop by the bar thing and guess how that turned out...”
