You Take What Is Yours (And I’ll Take Mine) -- A TGW fic

[sweetjamielee]

Title: You Take What Is Yours (And I’ll Take Mine)
Author: sweetjamielee 
Fandom: The Good Wife
Pairing: Alicia/Kalinda
Word Count: approx. 5,000
Spoilers: through S2 finale
Genre: Romance, some angsty remembrance
Rating: M
Summary: In time, that hurt and doubt and fear get washed away. Otherwise known as The Shower Fic.

A/N: When canon began getting rather

Comments

[lizook12]

Ok, you're getting an atypical Liz!review because I'm away from computer and can't c/p well on phone.

Disclaimer aside, I know it's useless to say you shouldn't have been worried, but you shouldn't have, the play between present and past was seamless. They fed perfectly off one another.

I particularly loved Alicia's not realizing K was her best friend until after everything happened and the subtle ease (the line about the flood especially) they have in the present.

Lovely job hun :)

[sweetjamielee]

Ha, I LOVE how even though you're traveling and don't have access to "proper" technology, you're STILL completely on top of the fic!verse.:)

Thanks, dear. For your lovely comments and putting up with me when I'm all fic-emo and "Porn is HARD. I'm just going to delete it ALL." Sometimes it just takes awhile to understand how everything fits together.

Hope you're enjoying vaca! And hope you're ready to rock that ficathon upon your return.;)

[rhyfeddu]

I really hated that this ended.

But the pace and actual ending was just great, perfect, so I really can't complain, either. lol

Where to start? In no order at all, I loved:

The therapist. Or rather the concept of therapy and how badly Alicia would be at doing it. And the therapist's utter lack of surprise. lol

The timelines, jumping in and out, coloring and revealing each other.

That the sex was (nor surprisingly, from you) about more: Kalinda being an anchor for Alicia losing her footing, in the shower and out. And Kalinda losing herself and her composure with Alicia. (And yet, the the sex was hot. lol To quote Kalinda, "...really fucking hot").

That you have Kalinda swearing. Cause that's just a redundant loop of fucking hotness right there.

How they both just stumble through this, seemed real and halting and not perfect, so true and vital and scary.

Yeah. I loved it. :) *claps*

[rhyfeddu]

Oh, PS.

My Fav (I put scarlet ribbons and tiny trophies around it):

Like how it was by no means her first thought, after everything fell apart; but came later, unbidden, petty and possessive and jealous in a horribly backward way:

‘You’ll fuck my husband. You’ll fuck people, all kinds of people, because you ‘do that.’ But you never, not even once, tried to fuck me.’

Now, what the hell was she supposed to do with that.

*runs off to listen to more radio!*

[sweetjamielee]

Ha, thank you so much! The therapist was TOTALLY my favorite part. I sort of want to do an entire fic of Alicia in therapy with this guy, hating his face for merely reflecting what she's doing.

And AWHS, you saw all the shower sexytiemz symbolism.

Kalinda swearing during sex is totally unspoken canon. I refuse to believe anything else.

Also glad the interwoven timelines worked for you. I fought with the concept/execution for awhile and still hadn't really decided how I felt about it, so this gives me more confidence.

In conclusion: THANK YOU for being a fantastic reader.:)

[mightbefound]

Um, so I will return with a much lengthier review, but I will leave you with my favorite part:

“She and I… we sort of have… a thing.”

Her therapist looked utterly and completely unsurprised.)

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

[sweetjamielee]

HA, that was threeguesses' fave part, too. BOYFRIEND'S ALWAYS HAD YOUR NUMBER, LISH. Prob. from session 1.:)

[mightbefound]

Can you imagine a joint Alicia/Kalinda therapy session? ;)

I also liked this part: (She was still clutching Kalinda’s shoulders when they finally pulled apart. Kalinda looked dazed in a way Alicia had never seen, disbelieving. Her lipstick was worn off, and Alicia realized it was probably all over her own face

[sweetjamielee]

Can you imagine a joint Alicia/Kalinda therapy session?

On my wishlist for S3 is Will and/or Diane getting fed up with K&A being snooty to each other and sending them to therapy if they want to keep their jobs. It. Would. Be. AMAZABALLS.

I refuse to believe that Kalinda wouldn't cry after their first time. She would NOT be able to handle all the feelings. (In a parallel process, I'd probably cry after watching it, too.)

[zleznjiyh]

SO GOOD! (longer comment will have to wait, have to run!)

[sweetjamielee]

THANK YOU. I shall look forward to after the running.:)

[zleznjiyh]

The therapist session in combination with main story was brilliant. The insight you put in this is incredible. I ship this so hard right now, and with all that has happened and stuff... Is it september yet? (or whenever the season starts again)

Yet again, I seriously love your work.

[hibernate]

This is so lovely! ♥

[sweetjamielee]

Thank you, so glad you enjoyed! ♥