Fic; Long Distance, 3/?

[quixyjie]

Title Long Distance 3/?, following Running Uphill
Rating pg-13? nc-17 overall.
Summary Hank and Alex move past curious and into the strange new territory of 'committed.'
Disclaimer Will never own, boo. Characters belong to their belongers.

Comments

[beakanoma]

Aw, and now I'm sad you removed the commercial, though. (I'm never happy, man.) It amused me that the Nicholas Sparks commercial (probably the one with Zac Efron where he's in nothing but small boxer-briefs in a shower) is what inspired Scott to ask Alex about sex.

....No? It's not weird? I haven't watched her on anything since 'Charmed' so it's hard for me to see her as the mother of an 18-yr-old. But she's like almost 40 now. So that would actually work. Young-ish mom, but that also makes sense for this character.

Oh, Hank's mom is sensitive, it's just that she's not sensitive to others and their needs. She's selfish. And sometimes people are. It doesn't make them bad people. Just.. Yeah. That's what I mean, about her calling him that, she only would've said it because it was what was written. She wouldn't have slapped Hank if she had her shit together, but Hank is also (much as I love him) kind of a snot to her. He's a teenager, and teenagers are often snots, but still.

IIIIIIIIIIIIIII forgot the thing about Alex being in foster care. Is it mentioned more than once? I've only read 'Running Uphill' the one time so far (shame, shame), so I cannot recall. I'm excited to learn more about Alex's backstory, because we don't honestly have that much. Especially because talking about LA is what caused his breakdown at the New Year's party, I'm looking forward to the big reveal there.

[quixyjie]

Teenagers are snots, yes. Hank doesn't know how much of a snot he is being. In that way Hank and his mother are very similar; they're quite good at thinking about themselves. Hank's mother just has the misfortune of being presented to the reader through Hank's eyes.

Backstory will be elaborated upon. Alex will probably do a lot of mumbling and huffing.

[beakanoma]

I do adore Alex when he's mumbling and huffing. Or brooding. Or converting oxygen to carbon dioxide. I just love that boy.

[quixyjie]

Yeah...I can get behind that.

[beakanoma]

ohhhhhh yeahhhhhhhhhhhh

[quixyjie]

GTFO.

:D