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1. This Is How It Started by Bob_Dyson9

   Fandoms: Led Zeppelin (Band)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   15 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Jimmy Page/Robert Plant
   • Robert Plant
   • Jimmy Page
   • Charlotte Martin
   • John Paul Jones
   • John Bonham
   • Peter Grant (Rock Music RPF)
   • Richard Cole (Led Zeppelin)
   • Maureen Plant
   • Scarlet Page
   • First Meetings
   • First Impressions
   • Pre-Led Zeppelin
   • Pre-Relationship
   • First Kiss
   • First Time
   • True Love
   • Self-Doubt
   • Denial of Feelings
   • Emotions
   • Pining
   • Mutual Pining
   • Angst
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Eventual Smut
   • Tearjerker
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional Roller Coaster
   • Not Actually Unrequited Love
   • Porn with Feelings
   • Self-Acceptance
   • Slow Burn
   • Crying
   • Eventual Sex
   • Canon Compliant
   • Coming Out
   • Fear of Vulnerability
   • Slight Sex Phobia
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Oral Sex
   • Explicit Sexual Content
   • Drama
   • Jimmy and Robert navigating their relationship in Led Zeppelin throughout the years
   • 1968
   • 1969
   • Early 1970s
   • 1974
   • 1975
   • 2003
   • Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Pangbourne Boathouse
   • Jimmy embarks on a sexual exploration journey
   • Protectiveness
   • Drug Use

   Summary

   Robert Plant and Jimmy Page meet for the very first time. They hit it off straight away; feelings arise, and the band forms. But the road leading to the confession and eventually, the progression of their relationship is anything but smooth—laced with self-doubt, shame, denial, complicated feelings, and a lot of crying, all against a backdrop of homophobia.
   Slow burn.

   *This story covers 1968 - 1975 plus a 2003 epilogue, and includes real events that happened according to interviews, stories pulled from pictures we've seen and attempts to re-create moments from their past that seem to indicate something more than friendship.

   I hope you all enjoy as I poured my soul into this!!

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