Things Unsaid

[game_byrd]

Title: Things Unsaid
Characters: Peter Petrelli/Sylar
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Mild violence
Word count: ~2,800
Setting: The Wall. This is a companion piece to means2bhuman’s Last Man On Earth and happens immediately after it.
Summary: Peter reacts to Sylar’s tender kiss and the realization of Sylar’s true feelings that comes with it.

Comments

[lornrocks]

A very excellent piece, as always. I think you nailed Peter's reaction to a situation like this.

Thanks for sharing.

[game_byrd]

Yay!

[means2bhuman]

As I said before, this was and still is intense. You have this great intro set up for 'ooh, what's gonna happen?' or 'how does this end?' You know what we should have done was post Things Unsaid before Last Man! That would have been suspenseful

[game_byrd]

I really enjoy the way you show...Peter thinking, the mechanics of his mind. Peter will literally get hung up about something and you write his mind as suddenly just grinding to a halt and him becoming almost paralyzed, sitting there sputtering, trying to oil the gears and get a thought going. We see that a lot in canon and its something I really appreciate about what you write.Doesn't he just get hung up on things sometimes? I loved your 'recalculating' joke! I've been working hard since August on Peter's thought process(es), when you really got onto me in Wall Verse Shorts to shed some light on that. It's very different from Sylar's. My idea of Sylar's thought processes is fairly close to what you have - he has a strong internal monologue and nearly everything he 'thinks' is said out loud in his mind. Even his emotions are given verbally to some extent, as he'll find mental words to express how he feels

[means2bhuman]

I didn't say this before, but I laughed and immediately noticed wet sandwich! I'd never heard that one before, but its so accurate and she did drop him like a wet sandwich, like a wet shirt. I thought it was very clever

[game_byrd]

I had a spin-off, too, but it wasn't going anywhere. It did include this line that I think you'd find amusing:

"He knocked at Sylar’s door, waiting restlessly outside. Tension and nerves caused butterflies to take flight in his gut. I am way too worked up about this. Oh wait … oh. Oh, no. No. What if he’s not the only one in love? God help- The door opened and Peter was snapped out of his disturbed thoughts. Sylar stood inside, new white t-shirt, jeans and bare feet. He looked freshly showered and so scrumptious that Peter had to send out a rescue party for his brain."

Anyway, I sort of skipped over the rest of the evening and moved things on to the next day, when Peter goes back to Sylar's apartment. Where's/When's yours set? Maybe they'll mesh again like these last two, or I can jigger mine around for that. I'll send you what I've got and we can discuss. If they overlap too thoroughly, then we can just have a 'pick your own ending'! :D

[game_byrd]

My official joke for Peter based on this: "The fight had suddenly turned into something else and the latest of too many shocks in the last few minutes zapped through Peter’s frame, paralyzing his brain as he stuttered over what he should do in response." -- is that All State commercial with the white guy as the GPS that needs to be updated. Peter's brain: Recalculating!That is awesome! And yeah, it's essentially what's happening. Peter's getting emotional whiplash and is trying to reorient and keep up with the program

[dancingdragon3]

Nice emotional flips. You had me on the edge of my seat! I was so surprised when the fight broke out. That totally threw me. But the kiss? Sparks!! That was awesome!

I love that you wrote this. I hope this means there's going to be more.

Sorry for the short comment, I think I'm all talked out tonight.

[game_byrd]

I understand. Me too.

There's more. Some from me. Some from Meanie. We're still working on it.