Maybe it's because I'm not invested in the fandom and the characters, but I didn't really see this as bittersweet, not completely. Actually I found it a very hopeful fic, although the hope is directed at the characters as individuals and not at them as a pairing. 'Lost weekend' (or 'lost 24 hour', LOL) fics are hard to do well because they rely so much on internal conflict, but I think you did a great job here :D
Sean and Eduardo have conflict in spades and I liked that they'd had that past sexual connection that hadn't gone anywhere. I really liked how you mixed the jealousy/resentment over their friendship with Mark in with the sexual tension (and how there's the never resolved, not-really-important-now issue of whether they were both in love with Mark at the same time), and yet kept the reality of their current relationships with women completely distinct.
I really saw it as a closure fic, I suppose - certainly Eduardo has been waiting for closure (it's not about the money, it's not even about the apology), and Sean admits the same thing - he had to lay things to rest.
I like their maturity, and the way that the sex isn't about a romantic connection but it's feeding a different set of emotions instead. I'd like to think that they could continue to be friends in future and they'd understand one another a whole lot more because of the events of this fic.
Also I really liked this line: Facebook makes our lives complicated - aside from being true for the characters, it's something I find true IRL! Not that I have a facebook, I loathe the thing, but yeah XD
Hopeful! That is actually, in some ways, what I was hoping the end would be like -- though I didn't think it would actually make it there. And I tried really hard to avoid Eduardo (you would not believe how many kpop names I had to go through before I got to TSN ....) not be too clingy or too needy, which I wanted him to be. I also had no idea I would be able to do the 24 hours so well -- haflway through this fic I also realized that it needed 10k words and I was like SHIT. But I don't think you can read that into the text, at least I hope not ;)
Thank you! I like to involve, at least when I know about them, partners/etc. And my friend loves Eduardo and so the girl he mentions is actually a celeb in Singapore that he sometimes hangs out with (I ship them, but only because they're so cute together).
I like their maturity, and the way that the sex isn't about a romantic connection but it's feeding a different set of emotions instead. Honestly, a lot of times this is how I try to write sex into fic, but it doesn't always work. I'm so glad that it worked here. I also think that you're right, they probably will be able to remain friends in the universe of this fic. And one of my favorite themes to write is that Eduardo doesn't forget OR forgive, but he also doesn't have to. I think that's why people tend to think it's bittersweet (though I did have a friend tell me that for her, she doesn't like any fics where her OTP doesn't get together, whereas I tend to just like to write whatever seems to suit me, if that means the OTP isn't staying together, so be it -- and I know that's not how a lot of writers are, but ...).
Also I really liked this line: Facebook makes our lives complicated - aside from being true for the characters, it's something I find true IRL! Not that I have a facebook, I loathe the thing, but yeah XD Man, if I could delete my FB, I would! Sadly, I need to keep it for work purposes. I did delete my G+ account due to the name policy, but even though it's changed, I don't plan to ever go back, ugh.
I'm so glad you liked the fic! Thank you for reading it! :D
Sean and Eduardo have conflict in spades and I liked that they'd had that past sexual connection that hadn't gone anywhere. I really liked how you mixed the jealousy/resentment over their friendship with Mark in with the sexual tension (and how there's the never resolved, not-really-important-now issue of whether they were both in love with Mark at the same time), and yet kept the reality of their current relationships with women completely distinct.
I really saw it as a closure fic, I suppose - certainly Eduardo has been waiting for closure (it's not about the money, it's not even about the apology), and Sean admits the same thing - he had to lay things to rest.
I like their maturity, and the way that the sex isn't about a romantic connection but it's feeding a different set of emotions instead. I'd like to think that they could continue to be friends in future and they'd understand one another a whole lot more because of the events of this fic.
Also I really liked this line: Facebook makes our lives complicated - aside from being true for the characters, it's something I find true IRL! Not that I have a facebook, I loathe the thing, but yeah XD
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Thank you! I like to involve, at least when I know about them, partners/etc. And my friend loves Eduardo and so the girl he mentions is actually a celeb in Singapore that he sometimes hangs out with (I ship them, but only because they're so cute together).
I like their maturity, and the way that the sex isn't about a romantic connection but it's feeding a different set of emotions instead.
Honestly, a lot of times this is how I try to write sex into fic, but it doesn't always work. I'm so glad that it worked here. I also think that you're right, they probably will be able to remain friends in the universe of this fic. And one of my favorite themes to write is that Eduardo doesn't forget OR forgive, but he also doesn't have to. I think that's why people tend to think it's bittersweet (though I did have a friend tell me that for her, she doesn't like any fics where her OTP doesn't get together, whereas I tend to just like to write whatever seems to suit me, if that means the OTP isn't staying together, so be it -- and I know that's not how a lot of writers are, but ...).
Also I really liked this line: Facebook makes our lives complicated - aside from being true for the characters, it's something I find true IRL! Not that I have a facebook, I loathe the thing, but yeah XD
Man, if I could delete my FB, I would! Sadly, I need to keep it for work purposes. I did delete my G+ account due to the name policy, but even though it's changed, I don't plan to ever go back, ugh.
I'm so glad you liked the fic! Thank you for reading it! :D
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