Title: Let’s See How Far We’ve Come
Author: ilytheira @ usedtoshine
Rating: NC17
Pairings/Characters: Kradam (Kris Allen/Adam Lambert) and brief Kris/Katy, with cameos from a variety of S8 contestants.
Written For: forbiddenromanc
Prompt: Absolutely *anything* based off of this: “They put me with the cute guy. Distracting! He’s the one guy I found attractive in the whole group on the show: nice, nonchalant, pretty and totally my type — except that he has a wife. I mean he’s open-minded and liberal, but he’s definitely 100% straight.” Preferably with Kris/Adam ending, but like I said, anything.
Summary: Adam just laughs and shakes his head, “Yeah. Yeah, Kris Allen’s definitely worth it.”
Disclaimer: Neither Kris nor Adam, nor any of the variety of people featured below, belong to me. I’d also like to stress that this fic, in its entirety, is a work of fiction, and that the events described and information given below absolutely did not happen. The title of this fic comes from Matchbox Twenty’s “How Far We’ve Come.”

Author’s Note: I spent the longest time trying to see if I could fall back into third-person point of view, but alas, that's no longer my comfort zone anymore. This fic has also turned out to be much longer than I'd anticipated - everything I've been writing lately seems to have gone down this path, too - so thank goodness for the extended deadline, because the one I'd posted, I was not pleased with it.

This fic was written for the paintedboys Fic Exchange.


( Pleasure to meet you, Conway’s Kris Allen. LA’s Adam Lambert. )

(Originally posted 15th June 2009.)

Title: One Moment in Time
Author: ilytheira
Pairing: Kradam (Kris Allen/Adam Lambert)
Rating: PG13
Summary: ‘There’s a four-by-six of Kris and Adam at their opening show in Portland taped on the back of the door of their bus.’ Kris, Adam, and moments during the 2009 Idols Tour.
Notes: Hm. So I’ve come to realize that writing Kristopher comes much more easily to me than writing Adam, so the majority of this piece is written from Kris’ point of view. =D Also, this was written before Matt’s revelation of his bromance with Danny (why, Matt?). Ahem.
Disclaimer: Neither Kris nor Adam, nor any of the people or songs featured below, belong to me. :) The title is partially taken from Whitney Houston’s “One Moment in Time.” =D


All 5,020 words of this fic are dedicated to supermeklot and chosenfire28 because you girls are just so damn amazing. I don’t even have words. ♥. I’ve been planning this fic for a good two weeks now, and I planned on getting it posted some time last week, but graduation and end-of-the-year festivities took place, so I had absolutely no time to dedicate to anything else. LOL.


( Really, Kris is surprised that he’s even aware of his existence right now because everything that’s happening right now is so surreal. )

(Originally posted 28th May 2009.)

Title: Not Even Breathing Room
Author: ilytheira
Pairings: Kradam (Kris/Adam)
Rating: NC17
Summary: 'See, you don't know what it is that makes well, isn't that kind of like cheating on me if he's having a bromance with Matt, too? run through your head [...], but you're dead-set on maiming whatever it is that makes you say it out loud.'
Notes: Written in response to the jealous!Kris prompt on kradam_ai, based on the night of Matt's elimination. Also, although Breathing Room occurs in the same timeline as One View, they are not part of the same series.
Disclaimer: Neither Kris nor Adam, nor any of the people featured below, belong to me. The title comes from Aerosmith's "Cryin'."

This fic is dedicated to onthepowerlines, because she's sweeter than butterscotch and cuter than a basket of puppies. :D Ilu, bb! ♥.

The picture referenced in the first few paragraphs can be found here.

( a simple look from him would send shivers down your spine; must be a remote control or something, a sort of 'press here to send shivers down Kris Allen's spine' button that he abuses and abuses, that you would let him abuse and abuse. )

(Originally posted 21st May 2009.)

Title: Completion
Author: ilytheira
Pairing: Kradam (Kris Allen/Adam Lambert) + Kris/Katy
Rating: R, for references to sex~
Summary: ‘He’s hard of breathing for a moment as he takes it in watches Kris take it in as they all soak it up and treasure it and dwell only in the moment and not care about yesterday or tomorrow.’
Notes: There’s not much to say. I love these boys, I love them to death, and I’m proud and happy and elated for the both of them. <3
Disclaimer: Neither Kris nor Adam, nor any of the people featured below, belong to me.

And now, a quick twenty-minute piece, give or take a few, in celebration of tonight.

( He’s at peace, and this is how they should be. )

(Originally posted 18th May 2009.)

Title: One View
Author: ilytheira
Pairing: Kradam (Kris Allen/Adam Lambert), Kris/Katy
Rating: PG13
Summary: ‘Stunned is the closest word to her reaction that night. Stunned dumbfounded surprised aghast openmouthed wide-eyed overwhelmed the feeling of I should’ve known no, why should I have known? damn it, I should have known!’
Notes: All the response everyone’s given to this fic is amazing – thank you so much. ♥. Writing this series has been a fantastic ride – it’s broken my writer’s block of nearly nine, ten months! – so I’m so happy with your positive feedback. :D One View is the final installment for this series, so I hope you’ll enjoy it!
Disclaimer: Neither Kris nor Adam, nor any of the people featured, or any of the songs below, belong to me.

All right. I attempted to break View into the normal five parts a la the first two installments, but then I realized, you know what, maybe not with this one. One part is enough. (:

Missed the last part? Check out Three Kisses!

( She’d seen heard felt breathed took in his pain and emotion [...], seen heard felt breathed took in the blatant honesty of his song, of his voice, of his eyes, and she knew without a shadow of a doubt that he’d won. )

(Originally posted 9th May 2009.)

Title: Three Kisses
Author: ilytheira
Pairing: Kradam (Kris Allen/Adam Lambert)
Rating: PG13
Summary: Forty-nine voices in your head are screaming obscenities, are protesting, but there are fifty-one voices in your heart that egg you on, that whisper soothing nothings that allow you to melt perfectly into him until you’re both just there and holding on to each other.
Notes: Same deal as the other installments, bbs; I recommend reading the previous one—Two Catalysts—before reading this one. As with Catalysts, Kisses is split only into three parts, and its three sections are written in order. Also, take note that Entanglement is not a part of this series.
Disclaimer: Neither Kris nor Adam, nor any of the people featured, or any of the songs below, belong to me.

Where the last one was Kris-centric, this little piece offers alternating points of view. I apologize for the delay—it’s been AP testing these past two weeks, and aside from that, I’ve been swamped with projects, more tests, and homework. So fun. LOL.

I usually spot all of my mistakes a day or two after posting, so if you see any mistakes, I apologize; please don’t hesitate to point them out to me.

Missed the previous part? Check out Two Catalysts! :)


( ‘Bill Withers made up for it, though.’ Adam nods, and Kris goes on, ‘And so will Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova.’ )

(Originally posted 30th April 2009.)

Title: Entanglement
Author: ilytheira
Pairing: Kradam (Kris Allen/Adam Lambert)
Rating: NC17, to be safe. (:
Summary: 'You fell because you had known that nothing is impossible. That no one is infallible.'
Notes: Well, wasn't that an interesting results show? This is a product of a second viewing of the whole Matt-Adam-Kris bottom three, written in about 25 minutes, give or take a few. If it's incoherent and jumbled up - it's a perfect reflection of how I was. LOL. I apologize for any mistakes. (:
Disclaimer: Neither Kris nor Adam, nor any of the people featured, belong to me.


( For a moment, you have become the knot Alexander will never undo can never undo can never ever undo. )

(Originally posted 25th April 2009.)

Title: Two Catalysts
Author: ilytheira
Pairing: Kradam (Kris Allen/Adam Lambert) with a side of Kris+Matt and Adam+Matt bonding.
Rating: R (because Matt loves dropping cuss words)
Summary: The object of Kris’ fixation straightens himself, looks directly at him, lips slightly pushed out and eyes quite clearly ‘come hither,’ and he gulps as Adam begins to gently sway his hips.
Notes: As with Heartaches and my suggestion to read Seven Minutes before it, I suggest you read Heartaches before reading this one. (: All three ficlets occur after the events in the previous installment, and in the same day. A difference between the previous two and Catalysts is that this one is split only into three parts, and are written in order.
Disclaimer: Neither Kris nor Adam, nor any of the people featured, or any of the songs below, belong to me.

This one’s very, very Kris-centric, and it’s got a whole lot of Matt in here.

Missed the last part? Check out Five Heartaches! :)

( Doll, I’d love to play strip poker with you, but Allison isn’t old enough and I’m quite sorry to say that Scott won’t be able to appreciate you once you’ve lost the game—and your clothes. )

(Originally posted 17th April 2009.)

Title: Five Heartaches
Author: ilytheira
Pairing: Kradam (Kris Allen/Adam Lambert) with a dash of Kris/Katy.
Rating: R
Summary: 'And of course, Adam understands. He knows his place.'
Notes: It's not technically the iTunes fic meme per se since I'm not starting and stopping the same time the song does, but it was inspired by it. I chose five songs and wrote five ficlets inspired by the song a line from the song. This is a follow-up/companion fic to Seven Minutes; it might be helpful to read that one first as certain things I could not fit into that 'fic, I put here (I, II, and III occur during the Seven Minutes timeframe, IV and V are set after it.)
Disclaimer: Neither Kris nor Adam, nor any of the other people featured or any of the songs below, belong to me.

This one gets a little emotional for both boys, folks.

Missed the previous part? Go check out Seven Minutes! :)

( Kris can feel his heartbeat rise, can hear it in his ear he's so nervous, before Adam takes a step forward and he takes a step back. )

(Originally posted 13th April 2009.)

Title: Seven Minutes
Author: ilytheira
Pairing: Kradam
Rating: R
Summary: 'Uhm. Megan - uh, Megan wants to play seven minutes in heaven.'
Notes: iTunes fic memes seem to be floating around nowadays. This one goes a little something like this:

1. Pick a character, pairing, or fandom you like.
2. Turn your music player on and turn it on random.
3. Write a drabble/ficlet related to each song that plays. You only have the length of the song to finish the drabble; you start when the song starts and stop when it's over. No lingering afterwards!
4. Do five of these and post them.

Disclaimer: Neither Kris nor Adam, nor any of the other characters featured or any of the songs below, belong to me.


( It is only after they exit the pantry that Adam realizes he'd said that out loud, too. )