Ghost Towns [Adommy]

"Two souls in a ghosttown"

Note: So this is the second part of "Ghost Towns". Yes, Madonna's song "Ghosttown" (from which the quotations are) is the reason for the plural in my story's title. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction written with entertaining purposes. No offence meant to anyone appearing or implied in the story. Nothing of this is real (as far as I know), except what is, lol. No money was or will be earned on it.

Ghost Towns

"Two souls in a ghosttown"

"Maybe it was all too much
Too much for a man to take
Everything's bound to break
Sooner or later, sooner or later..."

He had no idea when things went south with Adam. Of course, there were signs, but he couldn't pinpoint the one reason. Alright, that's not completely true. There was one big reason, but it was just the tip of the iceberg. Other things came before that. Things that led to the conversation where they both asked for time and space. It hurt fucking much, but at that point they needed it if they wanted to be able to be near each other in the future.

He's been thinking so fucking much about this. And it wasn't really like him to spend sleepless nights with thinking so much with his sleep-deprived brain. (Not that sleepless nights would be rare to him. Thanks insomnia so fucking much!) Sure, he could sink into the darkness and close himself off at times. Music was always a crutch, a safe haven where he could relax and just flow with the notes. At times it became the instrument of delivering what he couldn't talk about. He's never been as good with words and talking about feelings like Adam was. That was part of the reason why it took so fucking long to take things to the next level with the singer.

Now he describes his life as the "pre-Adam Lambert" and the "after Adam Lambert" period. Because seriously, that dude turned Tommy's whole world upside down. His career, his definition of a close friendship, and yes, later things sexually too. Contrary to the common belief, Tommy had some experience with guys in the past, but very few men caught his eyes for more than just a few kisses, some groping or other form of fun. He was human after all, plus having fun or sex was just that. Maybe not bumping into men like Adam made him turn his attention to the ladies. God, he loved them too. He found them beautiful and despite the relationships that ended with break ups, he liked to spend time with them.

But there was a correction needed here: "men like Adam". That was a poor choice of words, because there was only one Adam. Similar guys maybe, but somehow that fucker worked his glittery magic on Tommy and soon he found himself wanting more than just the on and off-stage kisses and hugs. It took some time to admit that even to himself and then there was the whole bullshit 'straight' label – gosh, how he hated labels! – and a few boyfriends came along the way for Adam too and obviously during those times Tommy held himself back, because he wasn't the type who'd ruin someone's relationship.

Despite the occasional pining over Adam, those periods gave him time to think through what he really wanted and when they finally got together, he was sure about himself and could tell Adam that he wanted more. First just the 'friends with benefits' package – though Tommy doubted that there was a time when deeper emotions weren't involved between them – and then it turned into something deeper. A fire that was burning them up. Neither could resist and they dived in.

Tommy should've known that he was going to get burned by the bright sun that Adam was, but he thought it was worth it and he enjoyed each moment he'd spent with his singer. He read a nice metaphor somewhere – maybe one of the fanfictions about them – which compared Adam to a sun and him to a moon circling in his orbit. Or was it a supernova and a smaller star? Anyways, he often felt like that, but he liked to kinda live in the big star's shadow. The only problem was when he got pulled too close to that burning energy. Either way, he just went with the flow, not caring if sometimes things were getting overwhelming and pushing him out of his comfort zone. Being with Adam was intense. Maybe too intense.