Instant Rec: Rehearsals (Chad/Ryan)

[allyndra]

I know you've been exposed to High School Musical at some point. *eyes flist assessingly* Maybe you watched it on your own, maybe you were forced into it by some young family member. Maybe you were just too lazy to change the channel when it popped up on the Disney Channel. The point is, you know that it's fun and full of plot holes, and you probably remember Ryan, the hat-wearing thespian, and Chad, the curly haired basketball player. And if you've seen High School Musical 2, you probably remember the two of them playing the slashiest game of baseball EVAR.

ETA: If you aren't familiar with these movies and characters, you can read the highly entertaining ship manifesto for Chad and Ryan here.

Whether you liked the movies or not, you need to go read Rehearsals by fools_game right now. It is not only one of the best HSM fics I've read, it's also done a brilliant job of getting inside the head (and body) of a teenage boy discovering his sexuality and falling in love for the first time. It's honest and fun and full of the confusion, joy, and angst that high school romances can offer. Really delightful. Go read now!

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[allyndra.livejournal.com]

See, I spent ages not reading HSM, because I was worried it would all be juvenile angst and OOC schmoop. Then I stumbled on paperclipbitch's The Other Side of You while reading her Torchwood stories, and all of a sudden I realized there were good authors writing HSM. So you see, when I find a really wonderful Chad/Ryan story, I'm still a little surprised and incredibly delighted. Yours is lovely and deserves to be pimped all over the place.