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Ringo goes to meet Paul's family. Unfortunately, Paul didn't tell him he was expected to be a fake boyfriend.
In which Ringo meets (and doesn't meet) Paul's family. Paul snuggles a cat and a baby. And other things go on.
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The Beatles decide Brian needs help picking better men--and they are up to the task!
Basically, the boys want to choose Brian's boyfriends from now on.(Unfinished - could be considered a short character study.)
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Paul has been working at the factory for years now, when he gets a call from his old friend, lover, and bandmate, John.
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Paul is getting harassed in the men's room. Ringo arrives to help.
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There is no way for me to diagnose Paul and I don't really want to anyway, but I want people to be open to the idea that some of the "weird" things about him could be signs of being on the spectrum.
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Something ticked in Paul’s mind as the familiar words washed through him. When he looked at John, his friend was already looking at him. And suddenly, it all became clear: He remembered having that conversation more than 50 years ago. He remembered it too well.
He had been thinking about it for years, wondering what he should have understood, how he should have reacted. If it was as meaningful as it had felt or if his memory had just romanticized it.
“I don’t think a love like that obeys to any rules,” John went on, unaware of Paul’s agitation. “It’s not something that humans have created, not like a societal thing. It’s deeper than that, and that’s what some people are afraid of I guess, because they can’t control it. Whatever laws they create, they can never control it. A white lad will fall in love with a black girl.” He paused. “A lad with another lad. You know.”
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Summer 2019, 77-year-old Paul wakes up feeling surprisingly good. One tiny problem: he is back in December 1965.
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NO TRANSLATIONS EITHER, SORRY.Series
- Part 1 of On our way back home
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28 Mar 2026
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Paul, a successful writer based in London, meets a journalist for an interview about his latest book.
[Alternate universe - No Beatles, early 1970s]"So, how did you become a writer?” John says, launching the small tape recorder he has placed on the table by his pint.
Paul smiles, he knows how to tell the story. Like the lessons he used to teach, repetition makes for a smooth delivery, confident and relatable.
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25 Mar 2026
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It's that time of month. George cramps. Ringo helps.
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23 Mar 2026
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At the words, George glances up, wide eyed and open mouthed, and Brian thinks if Paul’s got the soft look of a deer, George has the knock-kneed one of a foal. All elbows and eyelashes – some fresh born thing still wet behind the ears and uncertain how its limbs work. It had surprised him when they’d met – so taken perhaps by the joint-front of John’s wit and confidence and Paul’s charm and maturity – to find this scrappy little thing behind them, but it’d been impossible to deny his skill with the guitar, just as it’d been impossible to deny John and Paul’s shared and individual affection for him (something he could certainly not say about poor Pete).
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1962. Brian detours while driving George home, and things come to a head. Loosely based on the story from Bob Spitz' biography.
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18 Feb 2026
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1969
“Paul, do you want some sandwiches?”
Paul feels a knowing smile creep up on his lips as he shakes his head and regards George over the photo he’s holding. Sitting across from him in his jeans and striking red boots. Fashionable as always. When did he become so cool?
He chides himself for the silly thought. George had always been cool.Bookmarked by downthepub
16 Feb 2026