My Heart Was Blinded By You (It's a Bittersweet Victory); Friberg/Levesque

[distira]

Title: My Heart Was Blinded By You (It's a Bittersweet Victory)
Pairing: Erik Friberg/Roger Levesque
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 8,260
Summary: Roger thinks the bitterest part of all of this is that they do love each other but it's not enough. He'll never hate Erik, he can't. A part of him knows he'll always love Erik, but with time he'll move on.

Comments

[albion_lass]

SO MUCH SUFFERING and now we have round two miiiikkkeeee *hugs all around*

[luxover]

dude but this fic, sad and break-uppyness and all, STILL HAS ME CONVINCED THAT THEY WILL WORK OUT IN THE END.

SO.

(lmao gonna go read it for like the 60th time. nbd)

[albion_lass]

gotta keep the faith sister! they so will, erik will realize how horrible swedish....schools? standard of living? ....erm........weather! is since seattle gets less snow and come back family in tow and get one of those duplexes and the beard and the child can be in the one half of the house and erik and roger in the other half. PLANS we now have one.

[wh_mermaid]

I love you two. So much. Sosososososososososososososo much

and yes, part 2 with Mikey set a few months after this is so happening now. ;-;

ngl when I read 'the beard and the child', I was like 'what's wrong with Roger's beard' and then was like 'oh, emma'... my brain is just not firing on all cylinders today

[meretricula]

oh. :(

like, obviously I don't know much about these guys but now I am emotionally invested in their relationship and don't want them to break up! damn you. THEY'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE IT WORK LONG-DISTANCE, FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION.

[wh_mermaid]

Thank you for commenting <3

If you want to know more, I did a Pimp my OTP on them a while back. Lol I'm so emotionally invested, it's kind of sad, ngl. Alas, the curse of long distance OTPs ;-;

[krisseems]

This is so heartbreaking. Seriously. I love fics that are based off real life events, but this one hurts. I don't think I even cried through the few Silva/Villa breakup fics I read and they are/were my OTP. I'm off to read for a second time to make sure I didn't miss anything through my tears.

[wh_mermaid]

:/ *holds*. I understand. When I found out Erik was leaving, I was like "... ;________;" there were many tears and much alcohol.

Thank you <3

[brojan]

breakup fics are the best/worst thing to ever happen to me. i don't know anything about mls/these people but i was so invested in this!

As he stares at where their hands are joined, he sees the ink heart on his wrist, faded but still there. MY STOMACH LEGIT DROPPED at this scene, lol @ me

Mike doesn't understand how Roger is incapable of staying in them, but he is always the one who gets left behind. NOOO no no no that is too sad

This is how Roger wants to remember Erik. The wind blowing his hair everywhere as the dying sun highlights it with a sky painted to match, vibrant smile on his face, the city they met in sprawled around them, and looking at Roger like no one else exists. okay, i'll just cry forever, nbd

all of this is to say, good job and D:

[wh_mermaid]

I'll join you in crying forever. The Sounders traded Mike to Montreal 2 days ago so now I'm like ".... oh.... my holy trinity of Mike, Erik, and Roger.... only Roger remains... ;_____; unbreak my heart"

I'm glad you enjoyed it despite the angst. Thank you for leaving a comment <3

[luxover]

you already know how fucking much i love this fic, like seriously for real really.

jsyk, this is what i wrote about it at my journal, where i posted that i mixed this: "It is, I will be completely honest with you, the world's best break-up fic in existence. I mean, this is how break-up fics are supposed to go. And even though it's MLS... JUST READ IT, OKAY? It's sad but still strangely hopeful, and it hurts so, so good, and in all the right places, and you'll be missing out if you don't give it a look. Seriously one of my all-time favorite fics, I gotta say."

and it's so true. roger and erik and roger-and-erik and mike and the heart and the tacos and skipping stones and everything and everything and here, my heart, i wasn't using it anyways

i fucking love this fic

you have outdone yourself, lady

[wh_mermaid]

:333

...

;_________________________________;

you know what's next. There is a sequel. A sequel in which I cut out my still beating heart and lay it on the seat of a lifeboat while I go down with my (pirate) ship. And Mike. Oh Mikey.

Do you know what makes this better though? The totally awesome mix you made. I love it. The lyrics of the songs are all totally appropriate and fit the mood/tone of what I was going for. And the cover and name of the mix? I'd give you my heart, but it's on a lifeboat somewhere in the sea of angst.

*tackle glomp*