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[sam_cc]

Title: Decide, Don’t Discuss
Rating: T
Genre: Angst
Series: Trauma Center / Ace Attorney
Pairing(s): Phoenix/Derek
Character(s): Derek Stiles, Phoenix Wright
Summary: Derek has come to tell Phoenix about the most difficult decisions he’s ever had to make.
Notes: Written for a pairing/location/prompt meme that I posted on LJ. smudwasadraigon asked for Phoenix/

Comments

[smudwasadraigon]

WHGHSGhdsaHASHAljdal/sdkhaslkdALKDJF WELL TO SETTLE YOU AND GEMMA'S DEBATE I WILL SAY THAT I MADE THE MISTAKE OF READING THIS IN MY LUNCH BREAK AT WORK AND SO I HAD TO KEEP IT TOGETHER AND MANAGE TO NOT CRY OPENLY IN FRONT OF MY CO-WORKERS D8 (...I did it later while they weren't looking.) So not only did you succeed, but I think that's a first. XD

That was so beautiful, I'm not worthy! Reading it was like being repeatedly punched in the stomach, and I mean that in a good way. I almost physically flinched every time Phoenix tried to reassure Derek that he can cure any form of GUILT--missing the point that YOU CAN'T OPERATE ON YOURSELF D:

Your Phoenix has always been just perfect--dialogue, body language, the descriptions you give of him, everything. And now I've seen you write Derek and it's like you don't need me any more :P

Ffffffff I need the crying Onion Cat emoticons more than ever. DEREK YELLED AT PHOENIX. AND HE'S CRYING. AND ALSO CURRENTLY DYING. SLKDFSLKDFJS "then you’ll have to leave me" NO CAN'T HANDLE IT T_T

I'm glad it was a... sort of optimistic ending? I don't know what I would have done otherwise. Died, probably. XD

[sam_cc]

I AM GLAD THAT I WON THE ARGUMENT AND MADE YOU CRY. ...That's two horrible things in one go. :D

I'm really glad that you liked it, since I admittedly felt a bit unsure about writing such a sensitive subject matter. And while I've never felt I can get into Phoenix's head very well, I'm glad that doesn't stop me from writing him passably. :)

And get out! Your Derek is the perfect Derek! The way I wrote him here was just heavily taken from how you write him and just generally Mr. Nice Guy.

Also, I had to leave it as an optimistic ending because I didn't want to kill you!

...But I may have kind of done a few musings about, um, how Phoenix and Victor cope after Derek dies... *Hides in shame*

[smudwasadraigon]

Won the argument and made me cry in public. Not bad for one go :P

You're good at sensitive subject matter, too, because you're not overly harsh but still straightforward. There's no point trying to sugar-coat it--just throw the characters in and let them deal with it XD

That said, I'm glad you let me down a bit gently. But please tell me what happens if Derek dies, because I was trying to think about it myself and it made me cry again ;w;

[sam_cc]

I like to make my shots count. :D

Awww, I'm glad that you think so! That gives me a bit more confidence. ^^

Well, in my head, even though Derek died it was through his volunteering that they found the cure for this strand of GUILT. So his efforts helped stop it from spreading, like he would have wanted. Then Phoenix ended up sticking by Victor out to a warped sense of responsibility and things got out of hand from there.

[smudwasadraigon]

You shot me right through the heart :P

Aww, staying by Victor and making sure he's okay does sound like exactly what Phoenix would do. I like the way you've phrased it though--"things got out of hand" XD Oh my 8D

[sam_cc]

That's just my way of avoiding saying "relationship". XD

[smudwasadraigon]

Because it's TOTALLY NOT A RELATIONSHIP 8D Oh my god it's been ages since I got to use that, I've missed it! XD

[sam_cc]

We used to have so much fun with our NOT A RELATIONSHIPS. XD

[smudwasadraigon]

It's lovely to find a new NOT A RELATIONSHIP in a different fandom. XD

[sam_cc]

I'm sure we could find many more of them if we looked. XD

[smudwasadraigon]

Do we have any more candidates? XD

[sam_cc]

Actually, none spring to mind. A lot of our shared Layton ships are either one-sided or simply open about their relationship. XD

[smudwasadraigon]

How dare they be well-adjusted and not secretive about their feelings for each other! 8D

[sam_cc]

This never would have happened in Yu-Gi-Oh! XD

[smudwasadraigon]

Yeah, what with all those well-adjusted people.

[sam_cc]

The ones that were clearly inspired by how people in the real world behave. :P