Lie to Me fic: Hail To Whatever You Found In The Sunlight That Surrounds You (1/1) Cal/Gillian, pg

[etoilefilante]

Title: Hail To Whatever You Found In The Sunlight That Surrounds You
Cal/Gillian, Zoe, Emily, pre-series (during flashback-time of Sweet Sixteen)/post-ep, pg
Words: 3,052

Spoilers: 2x12 Sweet Sixteen
Author’s Notes: As always, a very big thank you to my beta, tempertemper77. Also, thank you to sunspawn who made some invaluable points when we were trying to figure out

Comments

[gwassh0ppa]

Where to begin?!

Ah, so you had Gillian with the idea of starting the biz? Interesting. I can see that. Well, when it's well written, the reader can see anything ;)

I love how you've depicted Zoe. Very realistic and in character. I wonder how much of their relationship has threatened her. Or at least given her reason to doubt him. Besides, I'd have been all WTF what is Queen Serenity doing in my kitchen with my husband and child?

The part that I kind of want to print out and post to my wall is this:
He wonders how he can make up ENTIRE PARAGRAPH.
I was just commenting on this elsewhere but what struck me was that one of the first things Gillian ever said to Cal was that she was here to help him. Not that it's her sole purpose in life, but this lays the groundwork for their entire relationship. Since the beginning, she's been in that role, by profession and later, by choice. More and more I'm understanding the dynamics of their relationship, because for him, Foster is his touchstone, she is the friend who happens to have a very helpful degree in psychology. For her, Gillian seems like the reserved type, very selective as to who she really let's see her. With Cal, she doesn't have to work as hard or worry about him judging her, because odds are - he's done worse.

The ending was pure perfection, plain and simple. Loved this. So much. Thank you for posting this!

[etoilefilante]

Thank you so much! Yes, it surprised me, too. I hadn't really thought of it that way before but it wouldn't be written any other way. I'm not entirely sure I believe it went down that way, but it worked for the purposes of this fic. I might write another one day about it happening a different way! :)

That's so good to hear, because I was incredibly nervous about writing Zoe. I'm glad I managed to get her right.

I agree with what you said about Gillian, how she only lets a select group of people really get to know her. And she's most definitely his touchstone. I don't think she even realises how much.

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave such detailed comments. I'm really happy you liked this!