Title: Alphabet City Alphabet
Author: ello luv
Summary: A look into out favourite Bohemians' lives
Disclaimer: I do not own Rent. Many thanks go out to Jonathan Larson for creating such a wonderful masterpiece. If only he could have seen his dream come to fruition.
A/N: Back to angst, I'm afraid
R is for RentIt had always been easier to pay before everything had happened, before the year that had changed their lives. Not that he wished none of it had happened, I mean, it had brought Angel and Mimi into their lives, hadn't it? But still, before it had all happened, before Benny had gone to the dark side, as Collins would joke, things were easier.
They had all been living together: Benny, Collins, Mark, Maureen, and Roger, all living a cramped, yet cozy, life in the loft. The few hundred dollars per month didn't seen too much when split between five job working, money earning people.
Then it had all happened.
She had intruded into their world – Muffy – Alison – and had taken Benny away; Roger's band split up and April laid a double whammy on the rockstar in the form of a note and a knife, leaving the singer jobless and depressed; Maureen had moved on to bigger and greater things – and sexual preferences; and Collins had taken and out-of-town job as a way of dealing with a particularly nasty breakup with his boyfriend – ex-boyfriend – Peter.
So this left Mark to handle not only the money situation, but also Roger's very messy and violent withdrawal, all on his own. Sure, he had the checks from Collins that came through every third month to look forward to, but, other than that, the filmmaker was on his own in terms of rent.
Looking back, Mark knew that he should thank God – Christ, Allah, Buddha, whatever – for helping his through. And, although they were all happier in the end, Mark couldn't help but wish that it had happened in a different way.
