Once upon a time, a loopy author deep into her deadline bought 35 80s songs at 1 am in the morning while writing a novel and then joked that it sounded a little off for Adam Parrish to be singing Mr. Mister and 90% of the fandom laughed and 9% of the fandom decided this meant canon Mr. Mister and 1% formed a dreamy-memory of something involving Ronan and synthesizers and that was the last time the author ever tweeted after midnight again.
an adam parrish birthday ficlet; 2.5k, adam/ronan, fluff+friendship (thanks to @theamagician for betaing – all remaining mistakes are mine!)
‘Cause we’re the masters of our own fate We’re the captains of our own souls There’s no way for us to come away ‘Cause boy we’re gold, boy we’re gold – “Lust for Life”, Lana del Rey
Adam Parrish hadn’t always disliked his birthday. Some of them hadn’t been terrible – not great, but he didn’t have much to compare them against – which meant he could vividly recognise just how bad the terrible ones had been.
When he was three, his grandmother came to visit for the first time. He remembered her only very vaguely, because his three-year-old self was much more impressed by the cake she had brought. It had blue icing on it, and tasted better than anything Adam had ever had, which wasn’t saying much.
When he was four, his grandmother came to visit for the second and last time. She only made it as far as the door of the double-wide before she ran into his father. Adam didn’t know, at the time, what “being drunk” meant, but he could remember the screaming and anger and the sound of a bottle thrown. After that, his grandmother stopped visiting. His mother was the only one who still got to speak to her, in hushed and resentful tones on the phone.
The only thing Adam had left of her were the five envelopes that she had sent between his fifth and tenth birthdays. There had been no card for his eleventh. Adam didn’t know why they stopped – if she’d died or just stopped bothering. He’d never dared ask his mother, for fear that it would be the latter. After a while, it hadn’t seemed to matter anymore.
adam is very serious and very driven and very introspective but he is also a geekass nerdbaby so let’s talk about that
literally our introduction to his friendship with ronan is that they’re both covered in scabs because they were dragging each other behind a moving car on one of these things
instead of trying to break up ronan & declan’s fight, he finds a bouncy ball with spongebob printed on it and hangs out in an alley playing with it
goes full on Notice Me Senpai the moment a hot teacher walks in. put your hand down, parrish
he is taking a SCIENTIFIC METHOD EXTRACURRICULAR. who does this. who
the transformer toy??? oh my god??
stares blankly at helen gansey when she asks if he wants to go into whole foods
that time he got stressed out and the narrative was saying “adam melted into the seat” and “adam slithered down even farther into the seat” son please
that time he absolutely lost his shit and started giggling and letting out helpless wails of laughter because of malory’s pigeon show
sees gansey looking at the aglionby dean and mouths “yee-haw” SHUT UP
when gansey decided he was going to wingman adam and adam covered his entire face and was So Embarrassed
his general attitude of “ronan lynch is an ASSHOLE who is HANDSOME and BEAUTIFUL and SUCH A DICK” that started literally with his first paragraph of narration
rmr when the kids brought gwenllian back to fox way and adam/ronan hid in the hallway like babyass cowards and then desperately scrambled out of the house at the first opportunity?
when ronan confessed that he’d dreamt cabeswater into being and adam is internally doing this
“adam wanted desperately and masochistically for tad to ask him where he’d summered”
that time he slept for twenty-four hours and then woke up and drank an entire jug of pomegranate juice before leaving
that other time he slept all night and then woke up and ate two hamburger buns and drank all of ronan’s milk straight out of the jug
his helpless laughter when noah is like “u do have nice legs tho” and blue play-slaps both of them
flirting with his crush by using his psychic connection to a forest to make shitty EDM music play out in the open
smiling cheerily when his crush calls him an asshole
“the two-minute disparity aged him prematurely”
i am so here for this
when ronan comes to the garage to flirt with him very badly and adam is like “hmph! some of us have homework!”
in trk when maggie is describing how aurora talks to the kids about what interests them and for adam she asks him scientific and logical questions and he tries to get her to answer them too LIKE
the picture of an honest to god male model in his glove compartment
at fox way when he lays out all the tarot cards and spends ages studying each of them…. he is so scientific about everything he does my son
“other classmates complained about the work. work! work was the island adam swam to in a stormy sea.”
“shuffled his ambitiously laden messenger bag onto his other shoulder” what a nerdy phrase
when ronan called him einstein. he truly is
my favorite thing about the tarot cards at fox way is that he’s leaning on his elbows on the table and keeps shuffling around to keep looking at them? that’s so cute?
ronan also calls his science guy and i love it
i can’t believe i forgot this the first time but: LOOKING AT BLUE THROUGH THE LITTLE STONE WITH A HOLE IN THE MIDDLE; that entire scene is so sweet
when everyone was going wild in the pig and blue was shouting along to the engine and noah was playing the drums on ronan’s headrest and adam tried his best to “not appear unwild” so that he wouldn’t ruin everybody’s fun
“he wondered if he was going to go through each year of his life thinking about how stupid he had been the year before”
Imagine the first time Adam is mentioned in the papers: Aglionby Academy student Adam Parrish graduates valediction on scholarship
Imagine Adam rolling his eyes when Ronan cuts it out and keeps it in his wallet
Imagine Adam getting mentioned in science journals for research he does at Harvard
Imagine Adam being reported on by both Cambridge’s and Henrietta’s local TV news stations when he graduates Harvard top of his class again
Imagine Adam’s valedictorian speech where he talks about living in poverty and working hard to achieve dreams (If you never saw the stars candles were enough) circulating Facebook and other social media sites
Imagine Adam signing a contract right after graduation to work for a company that creates medical technology to treat hearing loss and other disabilities
Imagine Adam getting his own research published in science journals
Imagine Adam and Ronan’s wedding being reported on by Henrietta’s TV news stations: Aglionby alumni Adam Parrish weds Singer Falls farming company founder Ronan Lynch at St. Agnes
Imagine Adam’s satisfaction in mailing that wedding invitation to Robert Parrish
Imagine Adam making it on Forbes 30 Under 30 (science section of course)
Imagine Adam’s Forbes profile being reported on by Henrietta’s TV news stations that urge the public to buy copies and read it
Imagine Adam being reported on by Henrietta’s TV news stations every time an invention of his breaks new ground
Imagine a framed picture of Adam being hung on Aglionby’s famous alumni wall so that every teacher and every student can’t ignore or forget his accomplishments
Imagine Adam being able to afford his own car, his own house, his own clothes
Imagine Adam being embarrassed when Ronan insists on saving every journal and newspaper he’s mentioned in and hanging them on the walls of their home
Imagine Adam being incredibly embarrassed when Ronan insists on buying physical CD copies of the segments he’s mentioned in from TV stations
Imagine Adam being recognized by other engineers and scientists on the street and being told how his research inspired theirs
Imagine Adam being acknowledged at fancy events where he gets to wear nice tuxedos that he doesn’t have to worry about affording
Imagine Adam being begged by other companies to come work for them
Imagine Adam starting/giving to charities that give scholarships to low-income STEM students
Imagine Robert Parrish seeing Adam every time he turns on the TV
Imagine Adam still being humble even with popularity and fame
Imagine Adam Parrish finally getting the recognition and life he deserves
adam parrish isn’t UNATTRACTIVE he’s just weird hot. like when u first look at him u don’t register that he’s hot. and then u keep looking and ur like hmm. I can’t decide if he’s weird looking or if he’s hot. is he weird or is he hot? and u continually vacillate between the two because he’s both. he’s WEIRD HOT.
adam parrish with cabeswater as a part of the ‘raven boys with ominous things lurking behind them’ series i’ve somehow started. ronan is here and gansey is here (gansey is probably getting recolored so consider it a hold spot). seriously y’all read these books and let’s dish.
ya’ll rlly be thinking adam parrish has brown hair?? that boy is A GINGER virginia red clay! “your hair’s the color of dirt” !! BITCH! LOOK AT THIS VIRGINIA DIRT!
bullshit central 
