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FF: Waiting for the 196

Oct 26, 2006 00:59

Title: Waiting for the 196
Author: Ellie
Rating: G
Summary: “He tried to remember the last trip he’d taken with his mother.”

( Foreman sipped his coffee, too hot still... )

fic, foreman, house

Comments 8

roga October 26 2006, 15:10:30 UTC

Oh, this was so sad. Reading housefic, it's so easy to forget about Foreman, and what he's going through. Beautiful POV piece.

elliestories October 26 2006, 18:39:33 UTC

Foreman doesn't come up much, does he? I'd never written him before this, and it was interesting to get inside his head a little.

mercaque October 27 2006, 01:02:20 UTC

I liked that a lot. It was painful but in a very adult, mature, bittersweet way. Poor guy - that was a really lovely one-shot.

elliestories October 27 2006, 01:53:54 UTC

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it!

anonymous October 27 2006, 19:05:32 UTC

This is gorgeous, honest, and true to a complex and deep character. I loved the fleeting reoccurance of the red backpack at the end of the story: Foreman is simultaneously the professional man of the present and an ineffectual little boy in the face of his mother's gruesome illness.

elliestories October 27 2006, 19:21:05 UTC

Thank you. For everything he's been though, he's still her son, and I wanted to keep that parallel in some quiet way.

leiascully October 28 2006, 12:52:50 UTC

Lovely. The setting is well crafted and the characterization is exquisite. Poor neglected Foreman.

elliestories October 28 2006, 19:06:40 UTC

Thanks! It was nice to explore someone different, who feels a bit unplumbed on the show.