Fic: You'll never know unless you try (1/1)

[dreigiau]

Title: You'll never know unless you try
Fandom: Murder Call
Characters: Tessa Vance, Steve Hayden, Dee Suzeraine, Lance Fisk, Imogen "Tootsie" Soames
Prompt: 080. Why?
Word Count: 5250
Rating: PG-13 (T)
Summary: How many times hadn’t she wanted to buck up and capture those lips of his, just to try it out, to see if what she felt was real? Not

Comments

[tempe_brennandr]

OMG!!! This was #ClassicTessa!!! I just loved the whole build up and Steve being a complete mystery without us knowing exactly what he was thinking... keeping his cards close to his chest.
But the bit in the pub had me on the edge of my seat! The tension was so thick, you almost needed an industrial saw to cut it with! Then finally, we get the kinda awkward kiss! Hahaha love how you've written it like this, I remember my first kiss and it was nothing like a fairytale!!! LOL it was almost a shy peck that was intended for a cheek, but *someone* moved their head and lips landed on lips... hahaha kinda funny to reminisce about now that I think about it! OOOH I should turn that into a fic!!! There we go, our next challenge, turning our first kisses into T/S fics! Hahaha this is going to be highly amusing!!
Anyways!
Dee... Always in the wrong place at the right time... that's our Constable Suzeraine!! Hahahaha I'd love to see a mini short where the betting pool goes off!! LOL now that would be funny. Tessa and Steve could end up coercing Dee into handing over a percentage of her winnings or something like that since she was given "insider tips"! But OMG! You could feel Dee's excitement bouncing off the page and smacking you in the face! So well done there!! Dee had to be the bubblest character to write!!

[dreigiau]

Thank you so much!! LOL, you won't believe how nervous I actually was as to whether you'd like this story or not. I felt it was a bit rushed or overdramatic, but at the same time, I really wanted to get write something that felt as real as possible. And as you say, we've all had awkward first kisses! LOL. I remember mine was something along the same lines as yours... It was a hug that turned into a kiss on the cheek that turned into a real (hot, flustered and completely teenager-awkward) kiss sometime between class ending and the school bus leaving. I can still remember that giddy feeling! (OMG, I've just realised most of my T/S fics are about first kisses (and more)!! Maybe I'm trying to get something unresolved off my chest. Hahaha!) But yeah, maybe that should be one of our challenges. :D

As for Dee, she just kinda jumped into my head at that point in the story because I felt like ending with "Steve smiled and kissed her again" was too...plain maybe? Or unresolved? And so the rest of the story was born, complete with neurotic Tessa, confused Steve and the eventual confrontation. :P It was sheer joy writing Dee, though! For some reason, I can't see her being able to *not* let her delight shine through even if she's trying to preserve someone's privacy. LOL.

Hmm, the betting pool might be a nice follow-up... Gotta think of how I'd write that first, though. Maybe Tessa and Steve getting a long lecture from Fisk in his lab, and Dee comes storming in waving cash around, demanding he pay up too. I can just picture Fisk stuttering in awkwardness and try to deny his involvement in the whole thing, with Dee revealing bits and pieces of comments he'd uttered (in confidence, of course). And then the whole thing could end with Tessa and Steve not showing any surprise and instead just accepting a cut of Dee's winning, before awkwardly leaving the lab and Dee wondering what kind of date they'd spend that money on. (Aww man, now I've done it. It won't be a surprise anymore if I wrote this. :P)