Dan is different. He's learned to accept that. Well, as best he can anyway, considering he's never really had much of a choice. It's been this way for as long as he can remember, the constant runaround process of trying to feel normal. His life is built around it, trying to trick both himself and everyone he interacts with into seeing him as your average person. The isolation as he desperately tries to keep others from finding out, the bitterness that wells up inside of him each and every time he's reminded that he'll never be like everyone else, the fear that nothing will ever change. He's fated to be this way forever; a misfit from society. Isolation can only go so far though, so when he's struggling to make ends meet and he's faced with the option of looking into a serious job or taking on a roommate, he opts for what seems like the easier option at the time. It doesn't seem so easy ten failed roommates into the process, or when he sits down at a table to meet with prospect number eleven and ends up with a coffee spilled all over his lap. Potential roommate number eleven, Phil, turns out to be an insufferable optimistic ball of sunshine that Dan wants nothing to do with. His options are running out though, as are the savings he's been using to pay his rent, so he finds himself begrudgingly agreeing to let the other man move in. Neither of them have any way of knowing just what they've gotten themselves into as they shake on the matter, but time will tell.

This is a fanfic and im just being way too crazy , Ok Bye.

A/N: THIS STORY MAY UPSET SOME READERS, AS THIS MAY BE TRIGGERING AND SENSITIVE CONTENT. (This Story has a lots of Angst) "You honestly... Damn... I can't describe it, can't I? You really make me feel... Safe... And At home... You made me feel special and... I just... I... Thank you." Serj, Shavo and John find something different in Daron. Something is different, and it is not okay. Serj decides to take action, and save his crush from whatever kind of time he is going through. Note: None of this happened in real life. This is all fiction. Note 2: This isn't to disrespect anyone. If it is, I'll take it down. This is my first time writing, so it may not be the best. Note 3: Serj is 32 in this story, Daron is 29, Shavo is 30, John is 31.

Read the title

basically the lamb to the slaughter but the characters are replaced with daron and serj along with other peeps....

Serj and Daron share New Year's with each other and their bandmates. (Cross-posted from my archive of our own, lorisquill)

Daron's pissed and it's Serj's fault.

two troubled teenagers meet under odd circumstances

These will probably be silly and stupid, haha. But I'll try my very best!

Daron receives an invitation from Shavo to rehearse with all the members of the group. They're preparing for the Sick New World Festival. Will they agree this time?