Okay so it has come to my attention that many of you have not received gifts from previous events I have held, if that is so please fill in this questionnaire. I’ll try get back to you about it as soon as possible. I’m very sorry about that.
Hello @anotherhystericalqueen I'm your A Night At The Fandom Anon tee hee~~~ 😉😉😉
I decided to draw Bri for you since you say that he inspire you to become a confident person. thank you for telling me that darling, I'm so proud of you, and I know every single person in this fandom feel the same thing as me, keep it up ❤❤❤❤❤
I really hope you Like my gift, I apologize for the delay ><
have a nice weekend bby❤❤❤
nb: just ignore the manjuu! Bri and manjuu! Rog, they like to Judging my drawing lmao
“The Best Laid Plans” / Queen / Bohemian Rhapsody Fan Fiction
Written for A Night at the Fandom Fan Challenge. My Secret Santa was @runningfortocome . Surprise! Tagging also @dtfrogertaylor
Summary: It’s John’s birthday, and the boys have planned everything perfectly...until John wakes up sick.
Rating T for totally Tame
Pairing: It’s Poly Ya’ll
Words: 1360
Also at AO3
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Freddie stared at the oven in hopeful anticipation. This was the first time he had made anything, and it was a birthday cake at that. The soft swell of dough over the cake pans looked promising…no explosions yet, and it smelled terrific.
He untied his apron and went about cleaning the kitchen. It was John’s birthday, and he and the boys were doing everything to make sure it was one he would remember. Freddie was taking care of the cake while Brian and Roger shopped for presents. They had planned a picnic in the park as a surprise for John followed by a visit to their favorite pub. John was sleeping in.
Freddie hummed as he worked, wiping down counters and washing dishes as he nervously checked on the cake. He wanted everything pristine by the time John got up. It was his big day, after all, and he didn’t want him worrying about anything, least of all a dirty kitchen. John always liked things tidy.
The kitchen timer went off, and he pulled the cake layers out of the oven. He tested each layer to see if they were done. Satisfied, he lay them out to cool and set about making the sandwiches for the picnic.
It wasn’t long before Brian and Roger returned from their shopping trip. There was an excited air about them as they tumbled in the door only to be quickly shushed by Freddie so as to not wake John. They rushed in and lay their wares on the newly cleaned kitchen counter.
“Everything is set,” Brian beamed proudly. “We found the perfect picnic spot.”
“And we bought him so great stuff,” Roger interjected. He set a bag of clanging objects on the bar, and Freddie winced at the loud noise.
He frowned. “What is that?”
Roger laughed. “It’s a busted radio we found at a junk shop. Deaky’s going to love putting it back together.”
Freddie smiled. For their mechanically inclined boyfriend, that really was a thoughtful gift.
“Brian, what did you get him?”
He opened up a small box. “New picks for his bass. He’s always breaking them.”
“Ohh, that’s lovely.” Freddie worried his lip.
Brian frowned. “What did you get him, Fred?”
“Oh, nothing really.” He thought of the little gift he had tucked in the nightstand of their bedroom. “I can’t show you…it’s in the room with Deaky.”
“Speaking of, is he still asleep? That’s not like him to sleep so late. Should we check?” Brian asked worriedly.
Roger frowned. “Maybe he’s just tired, the old sod. He is a year older today.”
Just then, they heard a sneeze.
The three of them looked in the direction of their bedroom.
“Deaks?” Roger called out.
“In here,” came a miserable voice.
They looked at each other in concern before heading back to the bedroom.
John lay red-faced in a pile of pillows, nose red and swollen. He smiled weakly when he saw them.
They immediately crawled into bed with him, surrounding him on either side. Freddie reached up to touch his fevered brow. “Darling, you’re sick.”
John nodded his head. “I guess so.”
Brian pressed a chaste kiss to his lips. “Happy Birthday, Deaky.”
John shied away. “Don’t love, you’ll get it too.”
Brian kissed him again, this time more purposeful. “You think I’m afraid of whatever you’ve got?”
Roger took that as a cue to nuzzle into his neck, kissing him softly on the throat. “Happy Birthday, love.”
“Thank you,” John said miserably.
“We’ve uh, we’ve got an exciting day planned,” Roger said hesitantly. “If you’re feeling up to it.”
John sneezed violently, and Freddie reached for the tissues, wiping his nose for him. “I’m afraid not boys. I’m hurting all over.”
Freddie’s face fell as he looked at Brian.
Brian kissed his head. “Change of plans then, angel. We bring the birthday celebrations to you. Right Roger?” Roger nodded excitedly while stroking John’s arm. “We had planned you a picnic in the park…lots of sun and fresh air.”
Roger moved to the window of their flat and opened the curtains, then the window, letting in the breeze. “Guess we’ll just have to improvise.”
The cool breeze did feel good to John’s stuff nose, and the warm sun on his face soothed his aching head. Freddie left for the kitchen while Brian and Roger propped him up on pillows. When Freddie returned, he was carrying a picnic basket.
He began spreading a blanket on the bed. John managed a stuffy giggle as Brian and Roger helped Freddie unpack the basket. There were sandwiches and finger foods and John’s favorite beer. With the blanket and the breeze and the sun, it was a bit like being at the park.
“I love you,” John said around a bite of sandwich. “I have the best boyfriends in the world.”
Freddie rubbed his leg through the blanket. “We do, birthday boy. You deserve this.”
John’s face burned, but his eyes were bright.
They finished their meal, and Freddie cleared the picnic. He was gone for a long time, but when he returned he had presents.
He handed him the brown paper back folded down at the top. Roger grinned. “That one is from me.”
John looked at it curiously, even giving it an experimental shake. When he heard the rattle, he frowned. “Blimely, Roger, did you break it?”
Roger giggled. “No!”
John opened the bag, and his eyes lit.
“It was already like that,” Roger said sweetly. “Now you can fix it.”
John reached for Roger, pulling him into a deep kiss. “I can’t wait to,” John said into Roger’s hair. “Thank you my love.”
Brian cleared his throat and shook a little box at him. John laughed, taking it from him and opening it slowly. He gasped when he saw all of the new picks inside. “Brian, darling, thank you so much.” He kissed Brian gratefully, pulling him close. “You know I’m always breaking mine.”
Brian stroked his hair where it still stuck up a little from sleeping in. “I know love. Now you have extras.”
Freddie had disappeared again, until he emerged from the kitchen. They heard his sweet voice singing Happy Birthday, then he emerged carrying a lovely birthday cake with pink frosting and a single candle.
The boys all ooed over the cake as Roger and Brian joined in on the song. Freddie finished walking in and laid it gingerly on the nightstand.
“Freddie, did you bake that yourself?” John’s eyes were large and full of love.
Freddie nodded sweetly. “I wanted to do something special for you on your special day. Now make a wish, darling.”
John could barely speak around the emotion welling in his throat. He closed his eyes and made a wish, then blew out the candle. Freddie was sure to cut the birthday boy the first piece.
They were enjoying Freddie’s cake when something suddenly dawned on John.
“I never received your gift, Freddie.”
Freddie blushed. “I wasn’t sure I wanted to give it to you,” he said quietly. “The other’s gifts were so perfect. But if you insist.”
He pulled open the nightstand and withdrew a drawing and gave it to John. John held it in his hands, his eyes going over it reverently. It was an elaborate depiction of the four of them performing on stage in front of thousands of people. He one of their likenesses were depicted perfectly…John holding his bass, Freddie upfront singing, Brian on guitar, and Roger on his drums. John had never seen anything so amazing.
“This is…Freddie this is so beautiful,” John muttered.
All the boys leaned in to look at the drawing, admiring Freddie’s skill. Freddie began to blush.
“Nevermind that, darling. You have to tell us what you wished for.”
John blinked at them. “But, it won’t it come true if I tell it, right?”
Freddie laughed, waving his hand. “An old wives’ tale. Tell us, darling.”
John looked to all of his boyfriends, and then down to the paper in his hands. He held it up. “This,” he said with stars in his eyes. “I wished for this.”
Hey guys so I have all the matches done and will start sending them out tonight!
Here are a couple of reminders before I do that:
Please remember and check that you have asks and anons on
You must remember to stay anonymous until you post your gift [a.k.a do not tell your ‘secret Santa’ (I feel weird calling it that when it’s the middle of July) who you are!!!]
You can use a tag or emoji at the end of your asks so your ‘secret Santa’ knows who you are (’-secret Santa’ or ‘-emoji of your choice’)
Please check your asks regularly so you can reply and send them regularly and read the answers
AND MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL HAVE FUN!
I have tagged (or at least tried to) everyone who has entered and that I could find under the cut so hopefully nearly all of you will see this.
And finally one last request; since Tumblr only allows me to message a certain amount of blogs a day, if you could please message me first that would mean I could message more people that day since I’m not the one messaging first, so if you can please message me a simple ‘hi’ or something and I will send you your match another questionnaire so you have a rough idea of what they’d like as soon as I can.
If your ‘secret Santa’ does not answer your asks within the next 5 days or you do not get any asks sent within the next 5 days please message me and I’ll try to find you someone else.
Once again thank you to you all for participating and I hope to be able to do similar events in the future so if you’d like to follow my blog for that please do!
If your username is in bold I cannot tag you but I can find your blog:
Hey so I’ve received a fair few messages about people not getting asks from their secret Santa or the asks they've been sending aren't getting answered and I'd like to say a couple things;
Events like these only work if people read the rules and follow them, they are there for a reason.
There is only so much I can do other than remind people to do what I asked, this is very time consuming and tedious and I have things to do outside of Tumblr.
So if by now you have either received no asks, or your asks have not been answered message me and I’ll try find out what's going on. Also remember that Tumblr is an unreliable site and a few people have told me their asks get eaten so if you are sending asks maybe send them a couple times and hope they receive them.
Now I’m hoping I won't have to do this but if people do not adhere to the rules set in place without a valid excuse I will have to exclude them from future events as these only work if everyone involved does their part. Sorry.
Okay so since I sent out the matches around a day or two a go I have gotten a steady influx of messages telling me that people do not have their anons turned and therefor your secret Santa cannot contact them, and I don't mean a few messages, I mean close to half of you.
So I have had to check every single person who entered to see if they had it on, and since there’s 88 of you, that did take quite the while. Setting up an event like this takes a lot of time and effort and only work when people read and stick to the rules, so if you enter, please read and stick to the rules, they’re there for a reason!
I already made a reminder asking everyone to do this, so this one is a little less polite, sorry.
Now while I was checking everybody’s blog to see if they had their anons on I’m gladly surprised that most of you have fixed this and now turned them on, however there is still a good few of you who have not, and there is even a couple of you who don’t have asks abled.
If you are tagged in this post that means YOU DO NOT HAVE ANONS ON, so if you could please turn them on that would be great. Thank you.
As far as I’m aware you can only do this on Tumblr desktops here is a step by step guide on how to turn your anons on to help you:
click here if you do not know how to turn anons on
Hey! Just reminding everyone that the deadline of the event is coming up in a few days, if you still need extra time please tell the person who you are making your gift for, and everyone please be understanding!
On the 9th August (or whenever you finish your gift if you need extra time) simply post your gift and tag who you made it for and say that it is for this event (feel free to tag me too, I’d love to see what everyone’s come up with) and also send the person an ask off anon revealing yourself as their ‘secret Santa’, if you are posting it on a sideblog and don't want your main to be know you can send the ask on anon but tell them the name of your blog.
I hope you all enjoyed participating and I'm going to make a feedback questionnaire and post it the day after the deadline, I’d really appreciate it if people filled it in so I can make the next event better. Thank you!