Bromance Story Big Bang

Challenge
Name:	Bromance Story Big Bang
Date(s):	2013
Moderator(s):	nickygabriel
Founder:	nickygabriel
Type:	Big Bang - Fanfiction, Fanart
Fandom:	Multifandom
URL:	bromancestory
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The Bromance Story Big Bang was a multifandom big bang challenge, focused on close friendships, also known as "bromance". Authors had to write a minimum of 7000 words, and artists were free to create a piece from a medium of their choosing.

Masterlist

Title: Creating Worlds
Author(s): Concupid
Artist(s): Ohyeahthat
Fandom(s): The Mighty Boosh
Type: slash
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 20,000
Characters/Pairings (if any): Howard/Vince
Warnings/Spoilers: language, dealing with depression
Summary: Vince is a lonely and miserable boy when he applies to the Zooniverse. Although everything about the application process leads him to believe he's probably going to be murdered... it's still better than going back to school. He immediately develops a crush on his mentor, Howard Moon, and desperately craves his attention. Oddly enough, Vince finds that he suddenly has the power to get someone's attention. Vince is changing and the Zooniverse seems to be changing with him. No one will tell him what's going on, but it's clear the Zooniverse is well named. Reality does not apply. For some, like Vince, it is a place to break free from reality and be someone better. For Howard, it's a place where all his worst fears come true on a daily basis. For Bob Fossil, it's a place where he can dance like in that movie. You know, the one with the leg warmers and she takes off her bra without showing her lady bits and the bucket of water? It's like that.

Title: Don't Touch Me
Author: castie67
Artist(s): thx4theether and concupiscence66
Fandom(s): The Mighty Boosh

Cover art by nickygabriel for Stories of survival

Title: Stories of survival
Author(s): PamyMex3girl
Artist(s): nickygabriel and SusanMarieR
Fandom(s): Supernatural
Rating: PG
Word Count: 16051
Characters/Pairings (if any): Dean, Benny, Castiel, mentions of Sam, Lisa and Benny, Alistair, Lenore, Gordon, implied Lisa/Dean and mentioned in chapter 6
Warnings/Spoilers: some spoilers for season 8 in case there's somebody that hasn't seen it, imlied torture since there is a chapter with alistair
Summary: One shots telling the story of Dean and Benny's friendship as they travelled through purgatory. With stories and figths, demons and allies from the past and a Djin that makes a wish come true it's definitly eventful. Eventually they team up with Castiel and attempt to escape.

Title: A Case of Mistaken Relationship
Author(s): x_disturbed_x
Artist(s): walkthatwalk
Fandom(s): Original
Type: (Gen, Het, Femmeslash or Slash) There’s a little bit of everything in here.
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 7,005
Characters/Pairings (if any): Original characters
Warnings/Spoilers: Some swearing
Summary: Frankie and Elliot are just friends. Gavin and Izzy used to be married but now they're also just good friends. The same can be said for Eddie and Sarah. In this one shot you'll meet five pairs of friends who all have one thing in common: everyone around them thinks they're in a relationship.

Title: Let Us Together Closely Lie and Kiss
Author: Dryad
Artist: nickygabriel
Fandom: Lewis
Type: M/M
Rating: PG13
Word Count: 9200-ish
Characters/Pairings: Lewis/Hathaway
Warnings/Spoilers: AU
Summary: I spy - with my little eye -

Title: No Hiding, No Safe Covers
Author(s): patientalien
Artist(s): nerd_girl1138, AKA Rin AKA lady-anakin-skywalker
Fandom(s): Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Type: Gen
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 7446
Characters/Pairings (if any): Anakin Skywalker & Obi-Wan Kenobi
Warnings/Spoilers: Spoilers to the end of Season 5 of The Clone Wars
Summary: Anakin and Obi-Wan are captured (as ya do), but the Force-inhibitor they are given has a strange effect on Anakin. Obi-Wan is forced (heh) to examine what he knows about his friend, and Anakin is forced to channel and control his powers in order for them both to survive.

Title: Saru mo Ki Kara Ochiru
Author(s): hanakoanime
Artist(s): nickygabriel and hanakoanime
Fandom(s): Prince of Tennis
Type: Slash (implied)
Rating: PG
Word Count: 7140
Characters/Pairings (if any): Genichirou Sanada/Yukimura, Rikkaidai Team
Warnings/Spoilers: N/A
Summary: Many circumstances come to bring them together, but Genichirou questions whether he deserves the company of Seiichi. An introspective look on Genichirou and his take on the relationship between him and Seiichi.

Title: What A Tangled Web
Author: fortesomniare
Artist: nickygabriel
Fandom: Lewis
Rating: Mature
Word Count: 45,992
Characters/Pairings: James Hathaway/Robert Lewis, Jean Innocent, OMCs
Warnings/Spoilers: References to physical/mental abuse of a child.
Summary: When a secret from Val’s past is revealed, Robbie’s world is turned upside down. The way Val talked, I always thought I was her first, her only boyfriend. Her one true love, you know?

Title: Contrary Virtues
Author(s): Allie, aka hutchynstarsk
Artist(s): mella68
Fandom(s): The Sentinel
Type: Gen
Rating: PG
Word Count: 8287 words
Characters/Pairings (if any): Jim and Blair, no pairings
Warnings/Spoilers: takes place after "Smart Alec"
Summary: Takes place after the events of the episode "Smart Alec." Blair is grieving for his dead friend and mentor. Jim tries to help while dealing with his own issues, namely, his senses going haywire while he worries about Blair.

Title: Breathe
Author(s): kriadydragon
Artist(s): susanmarier
Fandom(s): Merlin
Type: Gen
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 9,647
Characters/Pairings (if any): Merlin, Arthur, Gwaine
Warnings/Spoilers: Scene of non-explicit torture
Summary: Merlin saves the day - yet again - when he manages to get an injured Arthur and knights to safety. But Merlin's troubles are far from over when an investigation into what had happened to the king and knights leaves him in a bad way, and now it's Arthur and Gwaine's turn to be there for him.

Title: Tales of the night
Author(s): PamyMex3girl
Artist(s): susanmarier
Fandom(s): Once Upon a Time
Type: Gen
Rating: PG
Word Count: 8118
Characters/Pairings (if any): Belle & Huntsman (friendship), Belle/Rumplestilskin, Emma/Graham (Huntsman), The Huntsman/Regina(evil queen, implied)
Warnings/Spoilers: some spoilers for the series but nothing specific, canon-compliant character death, imlied non-con
Summary: There are two prisoners inside the castle of the evil queen that are kept close. One is a huntsman who spared the live of her rival and lost his heart, the other a girl who fell in love with the Dark One and lost her freedom. Together they form a friendship, over many nights, that helps them battle the worst parts of their captivity.In the end both will escape but only one will truly gain freedom.

Title: Long Way Up
Author(s): rise_your_dead/Missy
Artist(s): rose_malmaison
Fandom(s): Burn Notice
Type: (Gen, Het, Femmeslash or Slash): Gen with a het leaning
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 7,055
Characters/Pairings (if any): Mike/Fiona; Sam, Madeline, Jesse and OCs
Warnings/Spoilers: General show spoilers; AU after season 5; Violence
Summary: Sam tries to snag Michael and Fiona the perfect wedding gift, which leads to a hostage situation and a rescue mission.

Title: If you should fall (I will catch you)
Author/Artist: nanoks
Fandom: SPN, RPF
Type: Slash
Rating: PG-R
Word Count: 7,895
Characters/Pairings: Jensen Ackles/Jared Padalecki
Warnings/Spoilers: cursing, slash, hurt/comfort, schoomp, cuddling/snuggling, angst, and mention of past abuse & attempt non-con
Summary: Jared and Jensen were best friends, like brothers. They have an unbreakable friendship, one that has stood strong all these years. What it means to be a friend and brother; to always be there for one another and to catch the other should they fall. No matter who large or small the struggle is, they always have each other’s backs.

Resources

• The was an A03 collection that has since been deleted, but is archived here