Fathers of Daughters 1/1 Oz: Beecher/Stabler - Someone Like You bonus track

[drsquidlove]

Fathers of Daughters
by Dr Squidlove
drsquidlove@livejournal.com

Toby is reminded that being a dad is much more difficult than it looks in the brochures, and that Elliot's pretty much faking it, too.

This is a brief bonus-piece to Someone Like You http://drsquidlove.livejournal.com/56096.html. It will make sense without reading that story, but

Comments

[vanillalime]

Oh, what a delight to once again wake up to a "Someone Like You" story to read while eating my breakfast! This was funny, and awkward, and bittersweet, and sexy, all at the same time. It was just like the old days! :)

I was a little nervous at first, because the end of SLY was so perfect, and I was afraid that this could change my impression of that. But I loved this slice-of-life look at their lives post-SLY. The awkward moments have progressed from serial-killer-ex-boyfriend comparisons and convicted-felon-and-addict revelations to facing a daughter's normal biological development. In the grand scheme of things, this should be no big deal!

But of course, it IS a big deal, because our Holly now has one more thing to deal with.

"I hate..." Her voice dropped so low, Toby barely heard, "blood."

And I suspect there is a very good reason for that. :((((

But I loved Elliot's initial reaction, and how he had to clue Toby in. He's not a detective for nothing! And bless him for going out to the store for supplies!

But this...

"... You're joining the... the sisterhood of women."

Oh, God, Toby. *cringe* I died a little bit on Holly's behalf with that. LOL But, really, Toby did a remarkable job handling this, all things considered.

Loved, loved, loved the ending, as Holly casually outs her father (and Elliot) to her friends and the mother. Loved imagining Elliot's face-- the sitting-on-a-cactus analogy was perfect!

So, thank you for such a beautiful follow-up! It was great to spend time with these characters again and know that they're (better than) okay!

(Also, Olivia is PREGNANT?!!! Whaaaat? You're just going to leave that hanging?) o_O

[drsquidlove]

But also, a Someone Like You story that's short enough to read over breakfast!

Don't worry; this isn't the story where Kathy dies some terrible death and the grief-stricken Stabler kids and the broken Beecher kids are united in a gay Brady Bunch dystopia as Elliot shuts down emotionally and Toby starts secretly wearing lacy panties under his work suit. Not this story...

I'm sure Chris still wedges himself into conversation on occasion, and felon stuff awkwardly crops up when they'd rather it didn't. Now they just get to fold in Toby's daughter's uterus as well! And then Elliot gets to be all wise and full of comfortable advice, before he races gratefully out of the house to do the shopping.

lol. It is the duty of parents to make everything corny and awkward. I think he did pretty well, too.

The cactus face! It's the face of that moment Casey Novak asks if any of his kids are gay. I love that face so much.

Well, maybe she's pregnant? Who knows? Maybe she was just on antibiotics.

Thanks, vanilla! So happy you liked it, and that I didn't ruin your parting impression of the story.

S.