Homecoming, Part 2
Okay, I've decided on daily updates. Here's part 2:
CowLip owns the characters. This is not profiting me. Quite the opposite.
Written for the "Worlds Apart" challenge at neverenough_bj.
Thank you, jans_intentions, for the beta.
Warning: Brian/other, angst.
( Homecoming, Part 2/4 (and an Epilogue) )
CowLip owns the characters. This is not profiting me. Quite the opposite.
Written for the "Worlds Apart" challenge at neverenough_bj.
Thank you, jans_intentions, for the beta.
Warning: Brian/other, angst.
( Homecoming, Part 2/4 (and an Epilogue) )
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I don't know what to say.
I will just offer admiration and adulation,
and look forward to another chapter.
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Thank you! I'm posting daily until Friday.
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I was very, VERY surprised by how cool Michael turned out, since, as everyone knows, I LURVE canon!Mikey sooooooo much!!! *cough*
I actually had to go back and revise the first conversation after writing this one, because I was all, hey! Mikey's grown up and acting pretty damn cool! And he sort of even listened to Ben. I liked finally giving Ben a set, and not having him just follow Michael's lead. I never understood that pairing, but was too relieved Mikey was hooked up to question it too deeply.
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You're very welcome. I actually had been ideas for a Brian/other fic for a while bouncing around in my head, and when Jan contacted me to see if I wanted to write for her challenge, the idea had started knocking at the door, demanding it be let out. Her timing was perfect, esp. since the idea fit so perfectly into the challenge.
when there are so many huge obstacles in their way. Then again, maybe they aren't really huge. Isn't that what Mikey was sort of saying. There is one big huge obstacle that's all. Their love. And that is so totally fuckedI'm totally agreeing with your responses to the idea I've written up. I think both these guys are incredibly ambitious and capable of meeting their expectations. The problem is, is that life doesn't allow you to have everything you want, all the time. So it's a question of both prioritizing and timing. But I also think that because some things (professionally for instance) are fairly easily handled by ( ... )
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Yeah, I had to tread carefully in the writing there, because I realized that some of the language I was using was identical in Brian's usage. There are some surface similarities, but fundamentally, there are big differences, so I had to be sure the similarities only echoed each other in the language used; as you say, on the 'star crossed lovers' level, but also in how Brian feels. Well, more on that in part 3. I definitely feel like sometimes you just have to stick with things that are so a part of Brian's overall character. You blended the old and new flawlessly, so whatever line you treaded to me I think you danced it beautifully. Re-reading it after reading your reply I really got to take in more. I can't wait to really see how Brian feels. And I ( ... )
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Two brick walls built around these two who are clearly deeply in love with each other. There's no question about it, and I have to say that it's too bad Adam got caught in the crossfire.
It's interesting to see that Michael and Ben were able to express their concern and illustrate so clearly how Brian and Justin don't trust their love enough to let that emotion lead them in the correct direction. Instead they run from each other far enough to cause pain but they can't let go.
I look forward to seeing how you bring these two back together again. It's obvious they want to be together but they're both too stubborn to voice their true desires, wants and needs.
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Yeah, it really is. OTOH, if he's heard of Brian's involvement with the little twink that could, he's also heard about Brian. He's taking a risk, but he's young (I'm guessing around 27) and gorgeous, and doesn't have a lot of relationship experience.
I really liked writing the Ben/Michael domestic bliss scene.
It's obvious they want to be together but they're both too stubborn to voice their true desires, wants and needs.
Yeah - "voicing" is not something they're great at. But they do express themselves quite loquaciously in other ways...
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