Circles and Circles and Circles Again by lalejandra (NC-17)
Fandom: EVERWOOD
Pairing: Bright/Ephram
Author on LJ: lalejandra
Why this must be read: You heard the saying, "Be careful what you wish for...it just might come true." Well, Ephram wished and boy, did he get it! After living in New York for 6 or so years, Ephram realizes he still carries some unresolved issues about his best friend Bright (whom he hasn't seen since Ephram graduated and left Everwood). One night, he has sex with a Bright look-alike...and who do you think it turns out to be?
I thoroughly enjoyed this fic. I felt for Ephram and his love for New York and his aversion for Everwood and the sheer confused fucked-upness of his feelings for the people there, especially now that he actually fucked someone whom he has said feelings for. Aside from that, I also loved the future-Bright that lalejandra created; it's a more grown-up version but without losing the charm of his character canon. Her original characters breathe and feel real and so do the little nuances and details that she gives to the characters from canon -- I smiled at her Andy and especially at her teenaged Delia. And I was laughing the whole time I was reading this. It's really hard not to, when you find so many funny, little gems like this exhange between these two:
"I thought you said you’d eaten Indian before?”
“Mangoes, dude. And Gemma was half-Syrian.”
“Syrians are not the same as Indian.”
“It’s all falafel, dude.”
Or how about this? --
“Ha ha. You’re funny.”
“I know. That’s why the chicks dig me and the dudes think I’m cool.” Bright pawed through the bag of doughnuts, took the chocolate covered one first again. “Dude, you’re gonna spoil me. Have you thought about coming back to Everwood and being my bitch for the rest of your life?”
Go. Read. Now.
Circles and Circles and Circles Again, Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Pairing: Bright/Ephram
Author on LJ: lalejandra
Why this must be read: You heard the saying, "Be careful what you wish for...it just might come true." Well, Ephram wished and boy, did he get it! After living in New York for 6 or so years, Ephram realizes he still carries some unresolved issues about his best friend Bright (whom he hasn't seen since Ephram graduated and left Everwood). One night, he has sex with a Bright look-alike...and who do you think it turns out to be?
I thoroughly enjoyed this fic. I felt for Ephram and his love for New York and his aversion for Everwood and the sheer confused fucked-upness of his feelings for the people there, especially now that he actually fucked someone whom he has said feelings for. Aside from that, I also loved the future-Bright that lalejandra created; it's a more grown-up version but without losing the charm of his character canon. Her original characters breathe and feel real and so do the little nuances and details that she gives to the characters from canon -- I smiled at her Andy and especially at her teenaged Delia. And I was laughing the whole time I was reading this. It's really hard not to, when you find so many funny, little gems like this exhange between these two:
"I thought you said you’d eaten Indian before?”
“Mangoes, dude. And Gemma was half-Syrian.”
“Syrians are not the same as Indian.”
“It’s all falafel, dude.”
Or how about this? --
“Ha ha. You’re funny.”
“I know. That’s why the chicks dig me and the dudes think I’m cool.” Bright pawed through the bag of doughnuts, took the chocolate covered one first again. “Dude, you’re gonna spoil me. Have you thought about coming back to Everwood and being my bitch for the rest of your life?”
Go. Read. Now.
Circles and Circles and Circles Again, Part 1
Part 2
Part 3