Spiral: Chapter 16

[lux_apollo]

Title: Spiral
Author: lux_apollo
Rating: R for language, violence, drugs, drinking, mild sexual situations.
Pairings: Bobby/John, Justin/Aleks
Summary: Bobby and company go to the bar. John runs out of gas while on the run. Justin wakes up, and is his usual unstable self.

Notes: Thanks to sarahlu81 and miss_bushido for beta. This fic is cross posted at x_slash and

Comments

[mayachain]

Yay, friday update!

No-one like John to give someone a reality check :)
*wants to hand the boys a phoooone*

Jubilee teasing Bobby is great
Aleks better just be distracting himself *scowls*

When will they all meet? when?
*re-reads and resumes waiting*

[lux_apollo]

Patience, patience. It will all come to bear soon enough.

[train_diskense]

Aleks flirting, Jublilee being all 'I want a guy now!' and John kissing Justin! Le gasp! x.x And is it wrong of me to want a foursome? JohnBobbyJustinAleks....mmmh....Sounds nice... O_O;

I like how you make Justin and John interact. It's fun. I love you. When's the next chapter out? *saves to memories*

[lux_apollo]

Friday as usual.

As fun as a foursome would be, I can't quite see it happening. Something tells me that John doesn't like to share, Bobby would be a little too freaked out, and Justin would probably feel endlessly guilty.

I'm glad you liked the J&J interaction. Since many aspects of Justin were meant to mirror or foil John, it makes for something really fun for me to write. I'm still trying to decide whether or not they actually get along, lol.

[train_diskense]

Well it makes for a nice image, no? And you are right it wouldn't really work out. ^-^ A girl can fantasize.

Yeah I noticed that. I think they will be friends who snark and snap and annoy each other to no end. ^-^

[lux_apollo]

BTW, I have uber-love for that icon.

[talktooloose]

That was awesome. I love how you used the setting-out of gas in the woods in winter-and how you used the telepathic high and the horniness. It's also funny the two "solutions" to Justin's dilemma. Bobby's all happy because it turned out Alecks had wanted the connection and therefore Justin didn't do anything wrong. John, on the other hand, just tells him, "Yeah, shit happens; deal with it."

I'm not sure I know which is the better way for Justin to deal with it..

If I had one complaint, I feel Pyro's speech to Justin was a bit too perfect. It was an appropriate moment for all those revelations coming together and for him to articulate it, but it all came out a bit rehearsed. I think I'm just talking about a minor tone change. IMHO.

Great work and I thank you for bringing this fic into the world.

[lux_apollo]

I agree with you about the speech, looking back. Perhaps if I had Justin break up John's spiel a bit with arguments, that would make things seem a little less 'set up'.

Eh, in terms of Justin dealing with his problems... I don't think a simple solution will work. Even when presented with it, I think that part of him will remain locked into that guilty mode. It's just the way he is, I think. Healing for someone like him takes a long, long time.

One of my favourite things about this dual solution setup is how distinctly fit they are for the characters who espouse them: Bobby finds this ideal, 'everything is okay now' solution whereas John presents a more realistic but harsh 'get over it'. It's true to their characters, I guess, with Bobby finding something naive but good and John finding something cynical but survival-aiding.

As always, thanks for reading! I appreciate everything you have to say.

[mandlebars]

I can't think of some long review. I really like how Bobby still has feeling toward Rogue, it would be weird if he felt totally numb toward her.

The whole John/Justin thing was stellar but wise sage John? A bit OOC innit?

[lux_apollo]

Hmm. I dunno. John has just sort of gone through a major personal change. Sure, that doesn't make him all sage and stuff, but what it has given him is some new insight into his own life

[mandlebars]

It makes perfect sense, and now you explin it all I get it more. I should have got that being a language/lit major. But w/o interjections he did come across a bit Xavier-like....and for John that's a bit weird.

With that said resolute John in combination with the Aleks/Justin?bobby situation seems like the best is yet to come!

Hugs

[anonymous]

Congratulations, You Just Made My Whole Fucking First Week Of School A Lot Nicer...That was relieving since both John and Justin were out of danger...the whole conversation shit was really, really good...you know, a john/justin and bobby/aleks might just work...i don't know, it's still you're decision anyways...

and oh! the whole bar thing? was awesome...the beer drinking and the flirting stuff...i feel like i wanna go at your place and personally give you a card or something to thank you...

awesomeawesomeawesome...and jubilee? she's fun...i like how u write about her...

hope u had a great week 2...

TJ

Re: Hugs

[lux_apollo]

Hey, glad I made your week better!

School doesn't start till next week for me. This week has been all minor hassles and legwork to get things prepped for when my classes start next week. Had training all day yesterday for the labs I'd TA... Anyway, point being my week kinda sucked too, so I'm glad I made someone else's better.

Unfortunately for your request, I'm not going to be doing any cross-pairings. I have a things about writing OCs with canon characters... It just starts to get too Mary Sue/Gary Stu, and Justin and Aleks already qualify as problem characters in some peoples' opinion.

Moving on... I just couldn't resist writing a bar scene! I wish I could have wrote more, but I didn't want it to take away from the plot advancing. Jubilee is a blast to write. Her scenes are always fun to author, just because I have to come up with new ways to keep her fresh and sarcastic and fun. She's such a presence that I really have to be careful so that I get her character right.

Thanks for commenting!