FF: Snapshots Left on the Negative -- Final Part (First Half)

[cypanache]

Title: Snapshots Left on the Negative (Final Part)
Word Count: ~15,200 (posted in two sections again)
Rating: R
Timeline: Up through 3x08 "Camping"
Author's Note: And we're out.  I bet you all thought this day would never come (I know I did). But here we are. At the end. I hope it meets your expectations. Also, I want to say a huge thank you to

Comments

[drphungus]

Oh my goooodness! I have been checking your page like crazy hoping for an update and it is HEEEERRRE. And it's almost over, but it's been so wonderful, and somehow you are still able to keep up the tension and make it feel great and hurt at the same time.

On to specifics, I love the part where Ann calls Leslie out on her dreaming for everyone else. I loved the part earlier in this story when Ben tells her he's willing to stay for her and that staying is what will make him happy so long as she wants him here. And I believed it then as I do now--and I'm so glad Leslie is seeing the light. It can be such a common trope in stories where one character does end up resenting the other for this kind of decision even when they say then won't, as it's just a way to keep the tension going--but in real life? I think sometimes you can choose love over work while work is still important. We all find our different paths to happiness, and there's no one formula for all of us. I'm glad to see that's how you've taken the story here.

Now on to the final part! Eee!