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[spam_monster]

We have some really long ongoing fics in the kinkmeme, and I thought it might be nice if we had a seperate place to keep track of them all. Any fics over 20-30ish chapters and spawning two or more memes should have links to at least the first post on each meme here. Ideally, I'd want links to every individual story thread with something saying

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Growing Up Is Not An Absence Of Dreaming

[anonymous]

Chapters 1-20: http://spam-monster.livejournal.com/2938.html?thread=6722938#t6722938
Chapters 21-25: http://spam-monster.livejournal.com/3498.html?thread=9149610#t9149610

Growing Up Is Not An Absence Of Dreaming (26a/75)

[anonymous]

The remaining days before Christmas break pass in uneasy tension. Dan and Walter carefully avoid one another -- which means they largely avoid the others as well, each afraid to show up at their lunch table or the tree house, lest the other one appear there as well. Thus a perplexed Laurie, Jon and Adrian have plenty of time to discuss things, though they come to few conclusions. At first they assume Dan and Walter are mad at them, but eventually, after realizing on the rare occasions they do see one of them, the other is conspicuously absent, decide they must be mad at each other

Growing Up Is Not An Absence Of Dreaming (26b/75)

[anonymous]

Walter spends nearly all his time alone. He falls back into the familiar routine of going straight home after school. This annoys Sylvia, though, and after the second time he enters the apartment to hear male voices emanating from her bedroom, he takes to wandering the streets instead. Occasionally he rides the bus, a pastime he used to love, but eventually it all begins to seem rather pointless -- he has nowhere to go, and even if he did, he'd still arrive there alone. At lunchtime he hides out in bathrooms, or mostly empty hallways, or the back corner of the library, scribbling in his journal. Sometimes he simply wanders the corridors aimlessly, turning and heading in a different direction anytime he hears someone else nearby

Growing Up Is Not An Absence Of Dreaming (26c/75)

[anonymous]

But it is. Walter is standing by the wall, looking thoroughly uncomfortable, with his hands shoved into the pockets of a pair of obviously second-hand slacks. Dan makes his way over, dreading a confrontation, but knowing they have to talk sometime“Hey,” he says. “I thought you weren’t coming

Growing Up Is Not An Absence Of Dreaming (26d/75)

[anonymous]

Laurie and Jon leave the gym hand in hand, smiling shyly at each other. They find Larry’s car outside among those of several other parents and slide into the backseat. Laurie rests her head on Jon’s shoulder, tentatively, then relaxes fully when he grins down at her.

The ride to Jon’s house is quiet, pleasantly so -- that is, until Laurie catches Larry’s eye in the rearview mirror and sees the hint of anger there, the hard set of his mouth that means she’s done something wrong, though she can’t figure out what. Perhaps she’s being too affectionate with Jon…but no, that doesn’t make any sense. Out of all her real friends, Jon is the only one her dad actually likes. He’d been thrilled, in fact, to learn that they were going to the dance together

Growing Up Is Not An Absence Of Dreaming (26e/75)

[anonymous]

She gapes at him and he softens slightly. “You can continue seeing Jon. Adrian, even. Those two seem to have decent heads on their shoulders.”

She can tell he’s winding down, getting to the part about how he has her best interests in mind, but before he gets a chance, Sally appears in the doorway, wearing a nightgown and a scowl. “Go to your room, Laurie,” she says, and Laurie complies, slamming the door and collapsing onto the bed, tears brimming in her eyes. It's not long before shouting echoes through the house, snippets of it reaching her ears.

“-- needs to get her head out of the clouds, damnit!”

“She’s still a child, and --”

She's torn between not wanting to hear this and dying to know what they're saying about her. Finally the curiosity wins out, and she creeps out into the hall.

“-- changed since we were kids. You separated me from my friends, from people I cared about, and you will not do the same to my child!”

“Your child is living in my house and she will do as I say

Re: Growing Up Is Not An Absence Of Dreaming (26e/75)

[anonymous]

You know, the funny thing is that I feel sympathetic to nearly all of them, except Leslie. Good work, enjoyed this instalment and waiting for more :)

Re: Growing Up Is Not An Absence Of Dreaming (26e/75)

[anonymous]

You know, the funny thing is that I feel sympathetic to nearly all of them, except Leslie.

And Larry. Seriously, if I ever write a book about parenting adolescents, one whole chapter would be DO NOT GO THROUGH THEIR STUFF, THEY WILL NEVER EVER EVER TRUST YOU AGAIN. EVER. AND THEY'LL BE ALL PISSED IN THE FIRST PLACE. This is actually the first part of this I've read, since I'm one of those hypocrites who writes epics but doesn't read other people's until they're done, but it's very good.

Re: Growing Up Is Not An Absence Of Dreaming (26e/75)

[anonymous]

I just read this fic and I have to tell you, I am really digging it! Are you going to keep going? Please say yes...

Re: Growing Up Is Not An Absence Of Dreaming (26d/75)

[tuff_ghost]

He's so marvelously evil :D Make his life hell Laurie gogo!

Growing Up Is Not An Absence Of Dreaming (27a/75)

[anonymous]

Dan and Walter spend the first morning of Christmas break writing out their latest adventure, wherein Nite Owl is "kidnapped" by the evil Twilight Lady and Rorschach must rescue him from her clutches.

This is both amazing and slightly fraught for Walter. He's ecstatic to have his friend back, thrilled to be doing Watchmen stuff, and damn near catatonic with glee at the prospect of that Watchmen stuff being based on real life, something that doesn't happen often.

He's also treading perhaps more carefully than he ever has. For one thing, Dan...is Dan, and most of his anger seems to have leaked away in the night, leaving only a slightly sad sort of confusion. Betrayal or not, Walter strongly suspects that badmouthing Leslie too harshly might still not be the best idea at this point. He can work with that -- they've always had a handful of villains who are ultimately pretty harmless, in contrast to the real Big Bads. Besides, he's still angry with himself for the 'whore' comment, and has no desire to be that nasty or spiteful again

Growing Up Is Not An Absence Of Dreaming (27b/75)

[anonymous]

School starts again, and Dan walks into sixth period to find Leslie sitting in her usual seat beside his. He blinks owlishly, having half-expected her to move back to her former seat