Someone Like You by iconicklaine (NC-17)
Title: Someone Like You
Fandom: Glee
Pairing: Kurt/Blaine
Categories: Au, angst, romance
Length: Super Epic (113,000)
Warnings: Infidelity
Author on LJ: klaineaddict
Author's website: iconicklaine on tumblr
Summary: Kurt and Blaine keep up their very own version of "When Harry Met Sally" for years, a friendship fraught with sexual tension and longing, until the agendas of Adele (yes, THE Adele), a bored NY socialite and a super-sweet hetero couple bring our boys together. The only problem is... they're both in committed relationships.
Review:
I have been in love with this fic since I read the very first sentence of it. I was drawn in, enthralled, and held captive until the very end. And I read that first sentence two whole years ago.
Now completely updated and finished, I am absolutely certain that Someone Like You is well on its way--if not already there--to becoming one of the fandom must-reads. And I'm not just saying that. Everyone I have spoken to about it has read or plans to read this fic, and is just as spellbound by it as I am. Annie brings us a story written with such passion, integrity and deep understanding of storytelling that it threatens to burst out of the screen and right into our everyday lives, following us and staying with us and giving us literally all the feels.
This is a story of two men who are pining for each other, but have to learn that love is not as simple as it may seem. Annie portrays the feeling of want and confusion so very well, intermingling humour, fluff, smut and just the right amount of angst to leave you reeling. I'm not kidding. Certain lines have given me physical goosebumps. Kurt and Blaine's journey can go from the fluffiest, sweetest day of them all to absolutely devastating angst in one line of dialogue, and then be beautifully wrought together again by careful manipulation of our emotions and wicked writing skill.
This fic is rife with sexual tension, even when resolved, fired by Kurt and Blaine's perfectly characterised flirty and witty banter. The sex scenes are scorching hot, but not just the dirty, smutty kind of hot--the kind that only comes when there is depth and truth and intimacy involved. The music--oh gosh, the music. It deserves a rec of its own. Every single song chosen to accompany this piece fits absolutely beautifully, from the little tunes hummed in the quiet light of morning to the life-changing and heartbreaking songs that carry the fic--notably, see the title.
Did I mention Adele? Well, she's here. Adele, the one and only, interacting with and moving and loving our boys as if she was one of us. And so well written, too. Just like all of Annie's original characters, actually--from the annoying-at-first-until-you-love-her Deidre, to the loyal friend Antonio, to the sweetest angel of them all Sarah. And every character taken from the world of Glee, whether it be by explicit scene or purely passing mention, deserves a tip of the hat for their wonderful characterisation.
This is an emotive, moving, rollercoaster of a journey--I laughed and cried and thought about it all day at work, then came home and laughed and cried more until I'd finished it. If you want to read something beautifully written, crafted and carried out, I would certainly not pass this by.
And as a fair warning--you will never be able to listen to Someone Like You by Adele the same way again.
Someone Like You
Fandom: Glee
Pairing: Kurt/Blaine
Categories: Au, angst, romance
Length: Super Epic (113,000)
Warnings: Infidelity
Author on LJ: klaineaddict
Author's website: iconicklaine on tumblr
Summary: Kurt and Blaine keep up their very own version of "When Harry Met Sally" for years, a friendship fraught with sexual tension and longing, until the agendas of Adele (yes, THE Adele), a bored NY socialite and a super-sweet hetero couple bring our boys together. The only problem is... they're both in committed relationships.
Review:
I have been in love with this fic since I read the very first sentence of it. I was drawn in, enthralled, and held captive until the very end. And I read that first sentence two whole years ago.
Now completely updated and finished, I am absolutely certain that Someone Like You is well on its way--if not already there--to becoming one of the fandom must-reads. And I'm not just saying that. Everyone I have spoken to about it has read or plans to read this fic, and is just as spellbound by it as I am. Annie brings us a story written with such passion, integrity and deep understanding of storytelling that it threatens to burst out of the screen and right into our everyday lives, following us and staying with us and giving us literally all the feels.
This is a story of two men who are pining for each other, but have to learn that love is not as simple as it may seem. Annie portrays the feeling of want and confusion so very well, intermingling humour, fluff, smut and just the right amount of angst to leave you reeling. I'm not kidding. Certain lines have given me physical goosebumps. Kurt and Blaine's journey can go from the fluffiest, sweetest day of them all to absolutely devastating angst in one line of dialogue, and then be beautifully wrought together again by careful manipulation of our emotions and wicked writing skill.
This fic is rife with sexual tension, even when resolved, fired by Kurt and Blaine's perfectly characterised flirty and witty banter. The sex scenes are scorching hot, but not just the dirty, smutty kind of hot--the kind that only comes when there is depth and truth and intimacy involved. The music--oh gosh, the music. It deserves a rec of its own. Every single song chosen to accompany this piece fits absolutely beautifully, from the little tunes hummed in the quiet light of morning to the life-changing and heartbreaking songs that carry the fic--notably, see the title.
Did I mention Adele? Well, she's here. Adele, the one and only, interacting with and moving and loving our boys as if she was one of us. And so well written, too. Just like all of Annie's original characters, actually--from the annoying-at-first-until-you-love-her Deidre, to the loyal friend Antonio, to the sweetest angel of them all Sarah. And every character taken from the world of Glee, whether it be by explicit scene or purely passing mention, deserves a tip of the hat for their wonderful characterisation.
This is an emotive, moving, rollercoaster of a journey--I laughed and cried and thought about it all day at work, then came home and laughed and cried more until I'd finished it. If you want to read something beautifully written, crafted and carried out, I would certainly not pass this by.
And as a fair warning--you will never be able to listen to Someone Like You by Adele the same way again.
Someone Like You