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Fic: Setback

Jan 26, 2009 11:25

Title: Setback
Author: Melissima
Pairing/Characters: Megan Reeves, Billy Cooper
Rating: PG
Word Count: 300
Summary: It's just a visit from a friend of a friend...until it's not.
Spoilers: Manhunt, The Janus List, When Worlds Collide
Prompt/Challenge: Numb3rs100 Prompt #53 Support ( Read more... )

numb3rswom3n, numb3rs, billy cooper, megan, n100, fic

Comments 32

Post Script: melissima January 26 2009, 19:29:57 UTC

I've known I wanted to write about how life after the Bureau is going for her and (sadly) the Megan in my head is not really happy in D.C. She might be someday, but...she just isn't there yet.

I tried unhappy Megan in another fic: Spin the Bottle, but that one wound up a) a crossover with a practically unknown show and b) about the immediate aftermath of the Janus List, not D.C. So I needed to try again.

This image of Megan jumping up in the middle of a busy bar and stumbling, only to be steadied by Billy's freckly arm, came to me early one morning before I'd really opened my eyes. Thank You, Madeleine! Ladies and gentlemen, I love my muse. :)

It came out almost complete in one sitting - but it needed a bit of a beginning. Stalled, I signed up at ficfinishing and had a marvelous time talking with the authors and first readers there. I was so jazzed I completed the first draft in just a few days. I can't say enough about how fantastic that comm is and how wonderfully their support can help turn partials into drafts ( ... )

rubynye January 26 2009, 19:47:08 UTC

Oh, Megan, ow. Even with Billy's freckly arm around her this makes my heart bleed for her.

Also, I really like its structure. I've been thinking about my double and triple drabbles recently, how to shape the amount of story to be told to the length of te finished fic, so I noticed that on my reread (after I went and washed my face before my coworkers noticed me crying over my lunch.)

*sends Megan a hug*

melissima January 26 2009, 20:18:31 UTC

/Smishes you/ I'm sorry to make you sad. :( I don't know what I need to give the Megan in my head to make DC less lonely, but I'm not giving up.

(I've thrown my boyfriend AND my girlfriend at her at this point and she's still bummed. Sheesh! ;-) )

Your comment about the structure of the fic makes me want to pump you for information: what did you see? What did I do? Hee.

I'm still very much in the unconscious phase of plotting most of the time, so any insight you can share about plotting drabbles would be very very welcome. /is such a dork./

♥ thank you for reading and encouraging me.

emmademarais January 26 2009, 20:22:49 UTC

I've been thinking about my double and triple drabbles recently, how to shape the amount of story to be told to the length of te finished fic

/gets a warm feeling inside about Ruby thinking about drabble writing/

/sends you a hug and some tissue/

magisterequitum January 26 2009, 20:03:24 UTC

Awwww.

Poor Megan. I miss her so much.

Wonderful job, Mel.

melissima January 26 2009, 20:19:43 UTC

Me too! :sniff:

Thank you! ♥

1trackmind January 26 2009, 20:11:16 UTC

but by the realization that she hadn't really put the Bureau behind her at all.

That is a terrific ending!

stares at your gorgeous icon... melissima January 26 2009, 20:21:22 UTC

Thank you! :D

I'm not sure when I became so Megan-obsessed, but she really captivates me.

Re: stares at your gorgeous icon... 1trackmind January 26 2009, 20:26:26 UTC

I really miss Megan, too. Nikki doesn't do it for me. Then again, I took a while to warm up to Megan, too.

Re: stares at your gorgeous icon... melissima January 26 2009, 20:35:14 UTC

Nikki doesn't do it for me either yet.

I loved Megan as of Convergence ( Hello, a garter gun? /flails/) but I think part of it is that Nikki's character is written to be hard, prickly, and adrenaline-soaked. Not traits that are necessarily appealing to me without some kind of contrast - Diane brought a wonderful playfulness to Megan, and later a brittleness and vulnerability, that really made her interesting.

Sophina isn't doing anything so shaded, that I can see. I am still hopeful, though.

emmademarais January 26 2009, 20:21:06 UTC

/sniff/

I really do want Megan to be happy, but I kind of get this you know? That maybe in time she will be, but she's not quite over it yet. Sometimes making the best decision for you is hard and painful and there are ugly days before there are good ones, but you still have to do it. I like that you show Megan as strong enough not to cave and go back, yet weak enough to be affected by the effects of her decision and somewhat trusting enough to let a good guy be a supportive ear for her.

And yay for you posting this! Yay for ficfinishing being helpful. It's not about how many words you have left to write in a partial, it's always a challenge to take a story from stalled to done. Congrats on making it happen.

/smishes/

Here's to many more in 2009...

♥

melissima January 26 2009, 20:29:04 UTC

I think she will eventually find her feet and build a real new life there. And yes this:

Sometimes making the best decision for you is hard and painful and there are ugly days before there are good ones, but you still have to do it. I like that you show Megan as strong enough not to cave and go back, yet weak enough to be affected by the effects of her decision and somewhat trusting enough to let a good guy be a supportive ear for her.

:blushes: Thank you.

That, right there, is why this fic exists. That dichotomy of strong enough/vulnerable enough is fascinating.

♥

ficfinishing rocks! Thank you for everything you do for it and for me.

/smishes/

As of now, I have posted as many fic in '09 as I had as of 12/30/08. So I feel good about that. And I need to write some new ones, STAT!!