Not Again, Not With You, My Friend

[citron_presse]

Title: Not Again, Not With You, My Friend (1/1)
Characters: Kelly Severide, Matt Casey, Gabby Dawson, Leslie Shay
Relationships: Kelly + Matt, Matt/Gabby, Kelly + Leslie, Kelly + Gabby
Rating: R
Word count: 5257
Warnings: Drug addiction, borderline suicidal thoughts
Spoilers: Up to and including episode 1.12
Disclaimer: HereSummary: Eight months

Comments

[waltzmatildah]

Hello! Look at me, all late to the party!

Though, is it possible to be late to a fic party if you betaed said fic? Maybe that saves me? Maybe so, but it does NOT excuse me. I am the slackest. This is not news.

Aaaannnyyyyway. You know how much I loved/love/will continue loving this. If you include my beta reads, I'd have to say I've read it 12 times at least, and each time there's a different part that gets me the most. Beta reading is quite different to enjoyment reading, and it has been awesome to do both for this because it's meant I've managed to get a nice understanding of the nuances of specific lines and choices that you've made [Considering the day this all started, the day you in fact did kill someone, you were one hundred per cent fit and drug free.... for freaking example. Because, yes, BAM. HIT ME WHERE IT HURTS WHY DON'T YOU].

And that whole section where he's basically asking if it's cool for him to shoot up in Matt's bathroom?

Man, oh man, oh man.

And your Gabby is also fabulous. FABULOUS, I SAY.

In short, thank you so much for writing this! And for trusting me to beta it for you :) Maybe I'm biased, but I think it turned out perfectly!!

eta: Forgot to mention what you already know, Shay's arrival? ALL MY TEARS.

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In other news, I spent the better part of today in a nostalgic Old School Grey's cloud. It was the best/worst. FYI. There was even Mark involved. True story.

[citron_presse]

Oh, wow! ♥ You had already made so many incredibly cool comments about this, I wasn't expecting another one, so no excuses necessary. But THANK YOU! This is an awesome bonus!

So, basically, this wouldn't have been written without you; and if it turned out perfectly, that is down to you. Partly because of your suggestions; partly because, once I had your blessing on the first part, I got inspired! So, I am very happy (understatement!) that you like it enough to read it again for enjoyment after all your brilliant work . . . and at least 12 times ♥

BAM. HIT ME WHERE IT HURTS WHY DON'T YOU
Yep - that would be the MO of this fic! I love that you picked out that line: the structure of it quite intentionally underlined the impact of what he was feeling - I'm glad something like that came across.

that whole section where he's basically asking if it's cool for him to shoot up in Matt's bathroom?
Oh, God! You'd think the show had already done enough to Kelly, wouldn't you? (Well, except that they've probably retracted it entirely, except Andy's death, which they've just forgotten about.) And yet I found more to lather on!

your Gabby is also fabulous
Thank you! I found her to be a total pleasure to write. I might write her again, purely because I like being in her head and writing her lines!

Shay's arrival? ALL MY TEARS.
♥

Again, THANK YOU. YOU ARE THE AWESOMEST!

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Old School Grey's! Mark! Clearly I'm not over it, as just that statement started to give me feelings.

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In my other news, I just wrote one of your prompts for the Katherine ficathon. The thing is, it's ungodly long and bordering on the, uhm, fluffy . . . so, I'm a little undecided.

Which reminds me . . .

[waltzmatildah]

Clearly I'm not over it, as just that statement started to give me feelings. NGL, Izzie made me cry. She wasn't even doing anything specific. Just being Izzie. And suddenly my throat was all tight and my screen was just a liiiittle bit blurry and, alas, there goes my dignity.

CRYING OVER A FICTIONAL CHARACTER WHO HASN'T EVEN BEEN AROUND FOR YEARSSSSS.

Woe.

I just wrote one of your prompts for the Katherine ficathon. Aaaaand, bam. There goes the woe and it's all rainbows and sunshine again!! DO NOT BE UNDECIDED! I WANNA READ IT!!!!

Though, it reminds you of what...? /confused by that bit.

And yet I found more to lather on! This is how I often feel about Alex and what I do to him in fic!! You are making me feel better about my life choices!

[citron_presse]

Though, it reminds you of what...? /confused by that bit.

That I hadn't come back to comment the fic you wrote for me yet. Rectified :)

ETA:

DO NOT BE UNDECIDED! I WANNA READ IT!!!!
Then I will blame you ♥ If you were worried about Katherine being too cruel (which she wasn't incidentally) in your fic . . . this will be the counterbalance, I assure you!