This type of thing has probably been done to death but I was in a music and writing mood tonight so I found a challenge that let me do both.

I have a bunch of themes I am going to choose for each 10 songs because damn it this was really fun.

Rules:
1. Pick a character, pairing, or fandom you like.
2. Put iTunes or equivalent media player on random.
3. For each song that plays, write something related to the theme you picked inspired by the song. You have only the time frame of the song: no planning beforehand: you start when it starts, and no lingering afterward; once the song is over, you stop writing. (No fair skipping songs either; you have to take what comes by chance!
4. Do 10 of these, then post.

(The Artists are listed first, then the title of the song)

Pairing: Shawn and Gus friendship

Songs:

1. Blue Oyster Cult- Don't Fear the Reaper (How could this not be a death fic... C'mon son!)

Gus and Shawn had never really talked about it. Neither had to. It had been a fantasy that both of them would die on the same day, at the same minute when they were so ancient they could barely move. Unfortunately fate, and death do not subscribe to innocent fantasies. Gus always said that if he had to go off on a hunch to take back up. This was the one time he actually listened, and it did him no good. Shawn was always throwing himself into situations headfirst but the sad part of the matter was that this time, he had taken Juliet down with him. The bomb still went off and two lives, two loves and both Gus' best friends were gone in an instant.

2. Powerman 5000- Bombshell(I didn't take the bombshell meaning literally with this one)

"I don't blame you Gus. It had to come out sooner or later." Shawn said without his usual flair. He had been extremely depressed since Gus had accidentally let slip that Shawn was not psychic.

The station had just quieted down at the exact moment Gus had said, "But you aren't psychic Shawn!" Was just fate. Shawn really didn't blame him for it but it didn't mean he couldn't milk the guilt for all it was worth.

"Is there anything else I can do for you Shawn?" Gus asked

Shawn leaned back in his chair. "They have good pineapple smoothies at that new place across town. I could use a couple to lift my spirits…."

3. Butthole Surfers- Pepper(The song is all about what happened to certain people and this popped in my head.)

On the last day of high school Shawn looked around at the other graduates and sighed. It was hard to be able to see so much. It was almost like he was psychic. He could almost see each of their futures by noticing the smallest details of their clothes, tics and attitudes. He saw James, the quarterback. He knew he would be dead in a car crash before he left college. He knew Abigail was going to be a teacher. She was always showing people how to do things and was a very patient person. After all she waited so long for him on that peer…

Gus was a different story. He had been Shawn's friend forever and it was clear as day the man would become president before he was forty. Shawn smiled. Maybe telling the future wasn't so bad at all.

4. Puddle of Mudd- Blurry(The protection part is what really stuck out for me rather than the other person being far away.)

For someone who acted like a child most of the time, Shawn was pretty jaded when it came to how the world works. He had traveled, seen some good things but also some horrible ones too. When he came back he was a different person inside. Gus was the same though. Down to his tap dancing, clothing and speaking habits. So Shawn pretended to protect his friend from the horrors of his past.

They had taken a lot of cases, seen some horrible things together, but Shawn hid the worst from his friend. It crushed him the first time Gus was able to look at a dead body without running away in sickness or terror. He blamed Yin and Yang for that. They took away his friend's innocence, and that is what hurt Shawn the most.

5. Weezer- Buddy Holly(Because some times you just have to stick up for yourselves...)

"Hey Hey whoa! Dudes!" Shawn exclaimed as some rough type guys purposefully ran into him and his best friend Gus as they exited a restaurant.

The biggest guy in the group turned around and glared daggers at the duo. It was times like these Gus wished Shawn had a lick of self-preservation. Gus tried to smooth over the situation. "Sorry, our bad. We will watch where you are going next time."

Apparently the smoothing over didn't go so well. Five minutes later Gus and Shawn were staggering out of the place with a lot of bumps and bruises… and Gus was missing a shoe.

Lassiter was the one to take their statements. "What the hell did you do to make those guys so angry Spencer?"

Smiling Shawn limped over to sit on the exit of the ambulance. "They dissed us." He shrugged.

6. Korn- Evolution(I laughed when this song came up. Pretty perfect for one of the guys' random conversations in the office)

Gus looked over at Shawn who was busy throwing a ball up and down while leaning back in his office chair. Shawn noticed him staring. "What?"

Making a thoughtful face Gus asked, "Do you ever wonder how you are able to do what you do?"

"What do you mean?" Shawn asked puzzled.

"Well, do you ever wonder if in 100 years everyone is going to be able to do what you do? Like you were an early evolutionary jump?"

Shawn laughed, "Like X-Men?" He had never really thought about it like that. "I don't know but if they do I hope they all have the awesome hair to match, it is half the package."

7. Korn- Coming Undone(Shawn has seen some pretty horrible things...)

Sometimes it was so hard to remember everything. The old lady he saw walking the cute Pomeranian down the street last week was just as vivid in his mind as the mass murder case the Chief gave them two years ago.

Since he was a kid he knew this would be the case. Sometimes it got to him, sometimes it didn't. He just had to learn to block it out. Unfortunately sometimes it was too hard. He would have ended up closing himself off for days at a time sitting in his apartment trying to remove the flashing images from his head if Gus was not there to pull him out. Everyone thought they were psychic visions but seeing the knowing look on Gus' face made it just a little more bearable to pretend everything was ok.

8. Modest Mouse- Dashboard(Blueberry Whump!)

"I'm going to kill you Shawn." Gus had his head on the steering wheel.

"Don't be Hayley Joel Osmond on the Sixth Sense Gus. We are going to be fine." Ever the optimist, Shawn tried cheering his friend up.

They had been heading to Las Vegas for the weekend to have some fun after a particularly trying case. Gus had asked Shawn if he had changed the oil on the Blue Berry since it was low and they had a long way to drive. He should have known better. Shawn had put the oil in the wrong place. He had put it where the power steering fluid went because he was in a hurry to get back to watching his favorite TV program.

"It could be worse." Shawn said looking at the smoking hood of the blue car. "We can still listen to the radio while we wait for a tow."

9. Tears for Fears- Call Me Mellow (I was so happy a Tears for Fears song came up!)

Gus was used to Shawn showing up and doing spontaneous things. It used to really make him mad but Gus realized it was just Shawn's way of breaking him out of his shell of comfort. If it weren't for Shawn, Gus knew he would probably would be a boring person. Shawn made him laugh.

People who didn't know how deep their friendship went constantly wondered how he put up with Shawn's antics but in a strange way, they complemented each other, and Gus was just fine being the mellow one.

10. 30 Seconds to Mars- Kings and Queens (This one was hard to write in the allotted time. I had so much more I wanted to put in here.)

Eighteen years ago Shawn and his father had the fight to end all fights. Gus was there to witness everything. Afterwards Shawn sat on the curb and sulked while Gus put his arm around his shoulder.

"Everything will be ok Shawn. You guys fight all the time. Give him a bit of cool off time and talk to him again." Gus was an expert at cheering his friend up after fights with his dad.

Shawn shook his head. "Not this time Gus. I have to leave. You heard him." He sighed. "He always used to be so proud of me. I screw up a couple of times and this is what I get, just because I don't have the same priorities he does."

"I will miss you Shawn…"

END NOTES: Will post more as I can. I needed a bit of a break from my other stories. It is funny, I have another work in progress I started because I needed a break from the main series I was writing... I hope I am not starting a viscious circle... kidding.