The Demise Of The Dirty Mistresses Club - Ch 4 - Things That Shatter and Transform Us

[lattelady6]

Rating: R - See warning below
Disclaimer: See Chapter 1
Pairings : Mark and Lexie
Note: Title from Friedrich Nietzsche’s quote “A thought, even a possibility, can shatter and transform us.”
Warning : There are three medical incidents described. They are taken from real life situations, and toned down but may be considered graphic and unpleasant

Comments

[kimbari]

lj-cut please

[lattelady6]

Oooops sorry! I've been editing this thing all day. I surprised my eyes aren't glued shut.

[sweety_loody]

thank u. i really loved that chapter. showing mark's tender side was wow. i mean this chapter was totally wow. so keep up the amazing work and can't wait to your next one. you are a great writer :-)

[lattelady6]

I'm glad you like it. I'm glad the chapter worked. The ending of this one and the beginning of the next have been written since the start. This was originally going to be done in flashback but I decided I would be the only one who knew what was going on.

[singer201]

Ah, it starts to get very interesting. I liked Mark with the stealth coffee and the warm blanket. Looking forward to the next chapter.

[lattelady6]

Ohhh you made my day by mentioning those two parts. I've them in my head for the longest time and wanted to have them in the story. There were supposed to be in last chapter, but it went too long. The original stopping place for this chapter was after Mark finds her. But I wanted to put a few little things in, so I changed the cut off. Glad they are noticed!

[k4writer02]

I just went and read the whole story, and I really enjoyed it so far. I like the tenderness that Mark shows Lexie, especially in this chapter with the blanket and small gestures like coffee. And last chapter with the gym and making her stronger for Code Team--really nice. I like that each of them has a project now. And you conveyed how tight their schedules are and how little sleep interns get so well. The sense of sacrifice added to the reality of the story for me. In chapter three, I really liked the whole thing at Joe's with darts and Callie and all. I hope you continue this story!

[lattelady6]

Wow, thanks so much. I really appreciate that you've picked up on a number of the small things I've put in the story. They take up extra time and space, but I love to write them.

I'm really pleased about your comment about the small amount of sleep interns get. In our hospital and it is a teaching hospital, the residents (even the first years are call residents where i work), are restricted, by law, to an 80 hour work week.

[autumnrae89]

Well, I read this last night but felt I couldn't comment because I lost my only Mark/Lexie icon and then I figured you probably don't care about my icons. :P

Anywhoo! This is one of the first few fics I've read for the pairing and my first series fic for them and I'm enjoying it immensely. For me, I don't know why but I try and point out things that might not necessary fit in with the character as I know them and Mark Sloan, I think, is one of the characters who gets left by the way side but I was pleasantly surprised to find that you kept him incredibly real and how I picture him.

It's hard to adapt characters to new situations (such is the nature of fic) and keep them realistic but you've done it wonderfully that I'm excited to see the next chapter. :)

[lattelady6]

Welcome to the M/L ship, I hope you read a lot more stories about this pairing.

I'm happy that you like my story an think I've written Mark true to character. This is my first major undertaking for GA and have been a bit worried.