Reflection and Recollection 18.01
So sorry it took us so long! But good news--we are almost done with Story 18, so there shouldn’t be any post delays this time :D
Hope you all enjoy!
Title: Reflection and Recollection
Fandom: RPS
Story: Highway: Tourist Stop 18.01
Characters: Alan Davies and Robert Sean Leonard
Authors: michelleann68 + evila_elf = evila_ann
Prompt: none
Word Count: 826
Rating: PG
Summary: Traci puts pen to paper to write a journal entry before her big trip with Alan to New York.
Authors’ Notes: Feel free to friend us if you want to read a day ahead of the communities.
Click here for the timeline if you need to get caught up or relive the good old times.
Previous story:
Nothing Says ‘I Love You’ Like a Sugar Cookie
DD;
Just three days left before I am heading to the States to spend Christmas with Alan and Robert. Alan has insisted that I come over and spend the night before our flight. I think he is afraid we might miss it. He has almost broken my will. I like to take my time getting ready and all set, and he is a jumble of nerves. He has almost driven me crazy with all his anxiety over this trip. He is here right now, clinking about in the kitchen, too stubborn to ask me where anything is.
When Alan asked me to go, I had thought it sounded like a fun trip. But I am always leery about traveling at the holidays--it seems every Grumpy Gus comes out to ruin the holiday for those few of us who are heading out to visit loved ones. Alan assured me that he would make sure we were in first class, vanishing my worries. I have such a good brother. So I agreed, with very little arm twisting. This is, I believe, the first Christmas they are celebrating together, and I am so happy they are letting me eavesdrop. That of course does not ignore the fact that I have packed several sets of earplugs, since Robert's apartment is on the small side, and the last thing I want is to drop eaves when my brother is getting all squelchy with his boyfriend.
I really hope this holiday will be memorable and good for them, to make up for the horror that was Thanksgiving. For the last few weeks, I have thought about Robert's mother and I have gone back and forth. It is her son for goodness sake and she should love him regardless of if he has four arms or if he loves a man. None of it matters at the end of the day. When they are together, the room lights up. How someone can not see that...Well, I know there are people with low tolerance. I warned Alan not to let me within ten city blocks of her, or someone would end up in the hospital, for I have a low tolerance of my own. He knows that I am kidding, but I just want to protect him. Them. This has to be hard on Robert. I know how important his family is to him, but he does have the solace to know that his dad is on his side. And I am sure that helps.
Joan told me that she was a little shocked when she met Robert in the hospital, way back when Alan got himself injured, and obviously Dad was less than accepting once he put two and two together. Initially. They "found out" about Robert in not the best of circumstances, and had their own reservations about Alan's choice of partner. But Joan and I had a long talk one day and she said that all that mattered to her was, after running around for these 40 some odd years, that Alan had finally found someone who was his missing piece, who filled a place in him that he had been trying to cover for years. Nothing and no one else seemed to keep him focused and distracted at the same time, not even his work. Joan told me that when she realized that, nothing else really mattered. Robert has succeeded in filling the empty spots and brings a smile to my brother's face. Not many people are truly happy to their core, but it looks like finally Alan has found that person, and they are both starting on the same page. It makes me sad that they live so far away. Maybe one day things will be different.
As happy as I am for Alan and Robert--watching them together is such a joy-- but then when I am alone, I just want to be with someone half as fitted. It has been three years now since I found Albert in bed with some slapper and for the last three years I've hid away and just tried to be a good sister, and Alan and I have never been closer. But now he is fine, his own relationship is settled for the time, and I really am ready to find someone of my own. It is such an inspiration to see how hard Robert and Alan have worked to establish a solid relationship. I would be lucky to find someone who will cherish me like Robert does Alan and vice versa. It's too much to hope for that I will find some fit American who will fancy me, but a girl can dream.
Alan is finally calling out to me. Maybe that is a sign that lunch is served. So I will go reassure him over our meal that nothing is going to go wrong. He gets carried away sometimes, but that is why I love him.
It's a Wrap
Traci 12/20/08
Hope you all enjoy!
Title: Reflection and Recollection
Fandom: RPS
Story: Highway: Tourist Stop 18.01
Characters: Alan Davies and Robert Sean Leonard
Authors: michelleann68 + evila_elf = evila_ann
Prompt: none
Word Count: 826
Rating: PG
Summary: Traci puts pen to paper to write a journal entry before her big trip with Alan to New York.
Authors’ Notes: Feel free to friend us if you want to read a day ahead of the communities.
Click here for the timeline if you need to get caught up or relive the good old times.
Previous story:
Nothing Says ‘I Love You’ Like a Sugar Cookie
DD;
Just three days left before I am heading to the States to spend Christmas with Alan and Robert. Alan has insisted that I come over and spend the night before our flight. I think he is afraid we might miss it. He has almost broken my will. I like to take my time getting ready and all set, and he is a jumble of nerves. He has almost driven me crazy with all his anxiety over this trip. He is here right now, clinking about in the kitchen, too stubborn to ask me where anything is.
When Alan asked me to go, I had thought it sounded like a fun trip. But I am always leery about traveling at the holidays--it seems every Grumpy Gus comes out to ruin the holiday for those few of us who are heading out to visit loved ones. Alan assured me that he would make sure we were in first class, vanishing my worries. I have such a good brother. So I agreed, with very little arm twisting. This is, I believe, the first Christmas they are celebrating together, and I am so happy they are letting me eavesdrop. That of course does not ignore the fact that I have packed several sets of earplugs, since Robert's apartment is on the small side, and the last thing I want is to drop eaves when my brother is getting all squelchy with his boyfriend.
I really hope this holiday will be memorable and good for them, to make up for the horror that was Thanksgiving. For the last few weeks, I have thought about Robert's mother and I have gone back and forth. It is her son for goodness sake and she should love him regardless of if he has four arms or if he loves a man. None of it matters at the end of the day. When they are together, the room lights up. How someone can not see that...Well, I know there are people with low tolerance. I warned Alan not to let me within ten city blocks of her, or someone would end up in the hospital, for I have a low tolerance of my own. He knows that I am kidding, but I just want to protect him. Them. This has to be hard on Robert. I know how important his family is to him, but he does have the solace to know that his dad is on his side. And I am sure that helps.
Joan told me that she was a little shocked when she met Robert in the hospital, way back when Alan got himself injured, and obviously Dad was less than accepting once he put two and two together. Initially. They "found out" about Robert in not the best of circumstances, and had their own reservations about Alan's choice of partner. But Joan and I had a long talk one day and she said that all that mattered to her was, after running around for these 40 some odd years, that Alan had finally found someone who was his missing piece, who filled a place in him that he had been trying to cover for years. Nothing and no one else seemed to keep him focused and distracted at the same time, not even his work. Joan told me that when she realized that, nothing else really mattered. Robert has succeeded in filling the empty spots and brings a smile to my brother's face. Not many people are truly happy to their core, but it looks like finally Alan has found that person, and they are both starting on the same page. It makes me sad that they live so far away. Maybe one day things will be different.
As happy as I am for Alan and Robert--watching them together is such a joy-- but then when I am alone, I just want to be with someone half as fitted. It has been three years now since I found Albert in bed with some slapper and for the last three years I've hid away and just tried to be a good sister, and Alan and I have never been closer. But now he is fine, his own relationship is settled for the time, and I really am ready to find someone of my own. It is such an inspiration to see how hard Robert and Alan have worked to establish a solid relationship. I would be lucky to find someone who will cherish me like Robert does Alan and vice versa. It's too much to hope for that I will find some fit American who will fancy me, but a girl can dream.
Alan is finally calling out to me. Maybe that is a sign that lunch is served. So I will go reassure him over our meal that nothing is going to go wrong. He gets carried away sometimes, but that is why I love him.
It's a Wrap
Traci 12/20/08