Starry Starry Night.

[altyronsmaker]

Title: Starry, Starry Night
Pairing: John/Rodney
Disclaimer: don't own em. They belong to other people. Dammit.
Summary: The cabin door swung shut and John stepped off the porch and onto the gravel driveway, coming to sit beside Rodney

Comments

[helenkacan]

The mask of indifference was so completely thorough Rodney almost missed the shadow of regret that passed through John's eyes.
There's this ephemeral undercurrent of melancholy so I was anxious and relieved when they both got on the same page by the end - because that outcome was never guaranteed. Then there's the whole natural domesticity of Jack's cabin - a bubble of calm in their often too dangerous lives - that is extremely appealing.

Just (mmmmmmm) lovely.

[beadattitude]

ephemeral undercurrent of melancholy so I was anxious and relieved when they both got on the same page by the end

Yes. That. \o/

(What? I just woke up.)

[altyronsmaker]

hee. That's a good thing right? I'm just going by the little cheericon, there;) LOL. ♥

[helenkacan]

Hey ::giggles:: you borrow my words, you pay me 5 cents!

[altyronsmaker]

Wow. I didn't even catch that on the edits - that sense of melancholy. But looking back, it's there, definitely. I didn't realize I'd put how I've been feeling recently into it, but there ya go - writing can be catharsis, right?

What a lovely thing to say, and I'm so glad that it evened itself out for you. Of course they're going to be on the same page eventually.

Thanks for reading and for the very lovely words.

[helenkacan]

But isn't that the amazing thing about writing - that you don't necessarily know exactly what emotions your words will elicit. Of course, you're hopeful, but it's up to whatever the reader is feeling at the time as well. And, oh dear, do I know writing as catharsis ... intimately.

Upon rereading it, I'm still left with the magic of the moment. Because, what if Rodney's hadn't caught the expression. And what if he hadn't mentioned the breakup. Or any number of "what if" to the nth degree. So it was an enormous relief we didn't have to go there this time.