fic: grace in your heart

[lovely_spark]

Title: Grace in Your Heart :: Part 4/?
Author: lovely_spark
Pairing: Kurt/Blaine [Side pairings: Tina/Mike, Blaine/OMC (non-romantic), Carole/Burt]
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: [Fic] Prostitution, exploration of consent, and alcohol abuse. [This chapter] Alcohol abuse.
Length: 8,000 for this chapter
Spoilers: This is an AU, so not really beyond the latest episode

Comments

[musicsage92]

I usually control this, but lately it seems authors actually appreciate it when I don't, so uh. A few grammar nitpicks:

'Kurt looks perplexed, “I’m doing what's right.”' <-- Comma should be period.
'The armature itself rests on a plywood base and reaches as high as he is tall. It’s a spine of reaching beams and bolted vertebra' <-- Plural of "vertebra" is "vertebrae."
'It takes some maneuvering to wrangle the mold off of him, even with the jelly, he feels a slight tug on the fine pigment-less hair on his shoulders and the nape of his neck.' <-- First comma should be a semi-colon... or you could add "and."
'He doesn’t feel brave, even though he’s in the body of a man now, he feels like he’s back in high school:' <-- Another run-on sentence, but this time either comma could be changed into a semi-colon or a period

[lovely_spark]

Oh wow! Thanks for the typos. I'm so embarrassed. Thank you so much for pointing them out. <3 They should be fixed now

[musicsage92]

You're welcome! I'm glad you didn't mind my bluntness. I kind of fidgeted and then decided that being less blunt would probably just sound as though I were sugarcoating and trying too hard not to hurt your feelings or something.

I have body image issues, but I don't think I would mind immortalizing the flaws in my skin. I would instead be in danger of putting it off for a time when I've gotten thinner... Anyway, plaster strips link would be nice to have on hand, but I have very little money - I should try to find some sort of community art program or just get crafty on my own or something. I have this crazy dream of putting together a realistic, human-sized pair of wings from found feathers. Crazy dream makes no sense, I have not the least idea how to go about it, and yet I'm kind of attached to it. At any rate, your self-indulgent art love is awesome!

"Just happened" or you know, were strong armed into it by the author ;)Yeah, I kind of figured that, but it didn't feel forced at all - as you interpreted for me, it seemed

If this makes no sense, I apologize. I had two martinis too many with dinner.

[lovely_spark]

You're welcome! I'm glad you didn't mind my bluntness. I kind of fidgeted and then decided that being less blunt would probably just sound as though I were sugarcoating and trying too hard not to hurt your feelings or something.

I'd rather be corrected and fix the problem than let something hang out in the ether for months, while people think I'm an incompetent dweeb brain. ;) You were just fine.

Once you get done with your Kurt notes, could you PM them to me?

I have body image issues, but I don't think I would mind immortalizing the flaws in my skin. I would instead be in danger of putting it off for a time when I've gotten thinner... Anyway, plaster strips link would be nice to have on hand, but I have very little money - I should try to find some sort of community art program or just get crafty on my own or something. I have this crazy dream of putting together a realistic, human-sized pair of wings from found feathers. Crazy dream makes no sense, I have not the least idea how to go about it, and yet I'm kind of attached to it

Re: If this makes no sense, I apologize. I had two martinis too many with dinner.

[musicsage92]

PM sent! And you're making perfect sense to me. I hope I am making sense... [doesn't have the excuse of alcohol]

You could look on etsy. I'm sure someone sells found feathers, because I imagine they're hard to find en masse (Unless you live in an aviary or something, IDK your life).
Ahaha, living in an aviary sounds ridiculous and awesome but alas is not my life! Thanks for the tip - I had actually wondered about where to find that, and I used to waste so much time on etsy but never thought to look there.

I believe you can learn more about a character by seeing them through someone else's eyes.
I think it's more interesting to learn things as the characters do.
Agreed. Big part of why I love this fic so much. :D

Kurt learning about the extent of Blaine's father's alcoholism is going to help him understand Blaine's own abuse of alcohol as a coping mechanism.
Oh shoot, I keep forgetting about Blaine's issues with alcohol. Oh, Blaine.

Blaine and Kurt will be learning a lot about each other in coming chapters, especially when the