Fic: Lasting Resolutions (Suicide Kings, Brett/Avery, PG)

[carolinecrane]

Title: Lasting Resolutions
Fandom: Suicide Kings
Pairing: Brett/Avery
Rating: PG
Summary: Life on the road gives you a lot of time to think.
Author's note: Prompt #2, this one from duckduck. (Aside to Michelle: It's post-movie; sorry. All my characters are mopey lately, can't imagine why. I might try a pre-movie version eventually.) I'm pretty '

Comments

[duckduck]

I try, sometimes, to figure out what it is about Avery that I identify with so strongly - why it's Avery that pulls me in to this pairing and not Brett, as much - because you're right, everyone should hate Avery, maybe especially Brett, and it makes me wonder why I can relate to someone who did something so unforgiveable.

I think it's because he was trapped and made a split-second decision that he thought, in the end, wouldn't really hurt anyone. He never meant to hurt anyone but he fucked everything up, and for the rest of his life he'll carry that with him. I'm a sucker for a sympathetic story.

Post-movie Avery is just so, so damaged, and it's your fic that saves me from worrying even more about him than I would because no matter what, he's always got Brett, even if Brett feels trapped by the feelings that just won't go away.

I didn't mean for this to turn into an essay, but I'm kind of glad that it did, because I really was able to get my thoughts on the situation in order. I loved this, because I think it fit the poem well, while at the same time staying true to the pairing and the situation, which is far from sappy and super sweet.

And Brett can never, ever leave. Or I'd be an emotional wreck. And Avery would be much, much worse.

I'd like to see what you could do with this prompt pre-movie, but I can wait. :)

Thank you. I loved this a lot. I'm going to go weep uncontrollably now.

[carolinecrane]

See, and that's exactly why I love them so much, because Brett would never, ever leave, no matter how much he wishes he could. And if he did manage it, he'd come crawling back before long, all disgruntled and bitter, and then he'd get pissed because *Avery* would be the one to apologize. They really are chained together for life, but they wouldn't have it any other way, and I love them for it.

I'm really glad you liked this, because I was worried it was too sad. The pre-movie version will be happier, if I manage it.

[duckduck]

While it's true that I love a happy ending, there just aren't that many possibilities for one in a post-movie fic. I've kind of reconciled myself to it, so it's okay.

But yeah. Pre-movie? Generally=happy. Angsty, but happy.