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Leverage Fic: Mourning Song

Nov 13, 2010 00:02

Title: Mourning Song
Genre: Angst, Friendship
Word Count: ~6,700 words
Rating: PG-13 (language)
Pairings: Eliot/Parker friendship
Warnings: None
Summary: Tag to "The Future Job." Parker had a brother once, and she still has her memories. We all mourn the death of a loved one and honor the person they were in our own ways. Parker's no exception.
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Comments 31

dandiandi22 November 13 2010, 06:36:18 UTC

That was beautiful and amazing. It brought me to tears when Parker was talking about how she wanted to remember him.

hollow_echos November 13 2010, 06:46:49 UTC

Awww. Thanks for the great comment. And yeah...this was a fic I really felt the need to write this week. I'm glad this fic resonated so strongly with you, there is no better compliment to an author than that :)

aeryn_b November 13 2010, 08:54:05 UTC

I don't use lj much anymore, I mostly just hit the memories button if I like a fic, I rarely comment (so that's why my icon is a little odd, sorry). Anyway, I adore this fic. I still have trouble watching The Future Job ep... what it did to Parker, how creepy Luke Perry's character is (how old he looks...nevermind), I even like the Tara eps, so it's not that... I think I just really, really hate that fake psychic guy. And I know everyone has their own take on Parker's childhood, but when she talks about her brother in that ep I just get the sense that it was a real brother (not that foster brothers aren't real, geez I'm not making any sense). I think what I mean is, you get the impression that she did have a normal family before life got all screwed up for her (whatever normal is I guess) and you brought that to life in your fic.

So yeah, thanks for writing and posting this. It was really, really great.

blackbeltblondi November 13 2010, 09:58:05 UTC

Fabulous story, giving a side of Parker that we so rarely see. Eliot and Parker were spot on, and for me it was tenderly written. Thank you :)

hollow_echos November 14 2010, 03:57:59 UTC

Thanks for the lovely comment! And I agree, I love reading fics with good Parker backstory/character development. There's so much potential for depth there! I hope that we continue to get more hints into her past on the show too!

hollow_echos November 14 2010, 03:42:56 UTC

Oooh! I totally agree! Luke Perry's character was a total creep. Part of me really liked the mental image of Eliot getting to teach him what they do to someone who messes with one of their team.

And I felt so bad for Parker, the jerk made her *cry!* How terrible was that? But I was happy with the justice they gave him in the end. Anyways, I've kind of gone into a ramble here, but thanks for commenting, it means a lot!

deansangelanna November 13 2010, 12:58:48 UTC

i have a brother in law who died in almost the same way, 3 yrs back, so it's hard for me to watch too. but i think you did wonderfully on this fic. i understand it being a coping method and as others have said, e/p were written perfectly. you have a talent. *hugs*

hollow_echos November 14 2010, 03:44:20 UTC

Awwww. Thanks so much for that fantastic comment, I'm blushing. But yeah, you know, before the fandom I never thought to use writing as a coping mechanism. I'd seen how well it worked for other people prior to this week, and I just knew all of this emotion needed an outlet somewhere.

This was actually a fic I had thought of writing back when I first saw the episode, but this week was the time it needed to be written. Thanks for reading and reviewing.

deannawesson November 13 2010, 13:44:09 UTC

Beautifully done! Very sweet :)

hollow_echos November 14 2010, 03:44:34 UTC

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it.

kokoro_no_chizu November 13 2010, 19:41:31 UTC

That was sad and touching and in character. It really is hard to cope with the death of someone close, and it just brings up memories every time we think of them (chokes me, in fact)

Very well written, and tender.

I don't mean to spoil the fic or anything but there's a mistake : "She through her spare harness at him". It has to be "She THREW her spare harness at him"

Thanks a lot for the fic! :)

hollow_echos November 14 2010, 03:46:29 UTC

Wow...I can't believe I missed that typo! It snuck past my beta's too...Anyways, I've made the correction :P Thanks for pointing it out.

And death is really hard to deal with...my heart really went out to Parker in that episode. She'd been carrying around this pain for all these years blaming herself without having anyone to tell her differently. I'm glad her team is there for her now.

Thanks for reading and reviewing.