ZPPERverse - Boyband AU

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Listing Series

• Fool's Gold by milesrey

  Fandoms: The Long Walk (Movie 2025), The Long Walk - Richard Bachman  

  • Explicit
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  05 Apr 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Patrick Smith/James Ewing
  • Collie Parker/Zuck
  • Patrick Smith (The Long Walk)
  • Ewing (The Long Walk)
  • Percy (The Long Walk)
  • Rank (The Long Walk)
  • Zuck (The Long Walk)
  • Ray Garraty
  • Peter McVries
  • Tressler (The Long Walk)
  • Collie Parker
  • Hank Olson
  • Clementine Olson
  • Harkness (The Long Walk)
  • Marty Wyman
  • Larson (The Long Walk)
  • Boyband
  • Alternate Universe
  • set in 2010s
  • Title from a One Direction Song
  • Band Fic
  • Friends with Benefits to Lovers
  • Getting Together
  • Childhood Friends to Lovers
  • Sex
  • Fame
  • and all the bullshit that comes with it
  • One Direction References
  • 5 Seconds of Summer Refrences
  • I just reference boybands a lot
  • And use their music as the music they would've written
  • Directioners don't kill me
  • I am one of you
  • Love Confessions

  Summary

  “We should start a band.”

  Patrick groans. He’s just about sick of James and his cryptic shit.

  “I’m serious,” James says. “It would be fun, don’t you think?”

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  A portrait of the years of their boyband, ZPPER, and their relationship, kept under wraps despite the spotlight.

  Series

  • Part 1 of ZPPERverse - Boyband AU

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  97,770

  Chapters:

  20/20

  Comments:

  14

  Kudos:

  21

  Bookmarks:

  4

  Hits:

  345