Ode to Optophobia (7B)
Title: Ode to Optophobia, or: Ten Men That Loved Annie Edison (14/19)
Author: veryspecial0ne
Rating: R for the whole series, to be safe.
Word count: ~2000 for this installment, ~36,000 for the series thus far.
Disclaimer: I have now been tweeted by both Dan Harmon and Alison Brie. I'm pretty sure that's the closest I'll ever come to having any ( Read more... )
Poor Troy. Getting dragged to a fitting. I love that he's been waiting years for wedding cake. Ahahaha.
You write Troy/Annie in a way that is immensely satisfying. There's a sweetness to them that I don't think is possible with other pairings on the show because of their shared history.
Annie claps her hands softly and smiles. "That's your LeVar Burton face! Do I look that good?"
Annie got Levar Burton face! Such a great moment. As much as I was expecting Troy to be floored, I still felt the impact. Very nice.
Troy sighs, resigned. "Fine. I told him. I felt weird about it! I figured he'd find out eventually and I really, really didn't want to end up getting punched in the face. Someone always seems to get punched in the face," he pleads.
This was such a Troy line for me. I could picture the look on his face as he was saying it.
I loved that something that could have created so much tension in their friendship, didn't. I was surprised they hadn't spoken of it before, but they seemed to be in a good place in their relationship. I detected an undercurrent of tension with Annie, but then again, it's ANNIE, so no surprise, but in general, they felt very at ease with another.
And I really liked how it was resolved. Annie goes from freaking out at the idea of Troy helping with her dress, to asking him to do it. A great way to give closure.
Troy feels a wave of nausea starting to rise in his stomach as a couple of very disturbing memories fight their way through many, many layers of consciousness in his mind. He suddenly yearns for the days when his knowledge of Jeff's connection to nipple play was only theoretical.
*LMAO* Now THAT'S what I'm talking about. I will be LOLing a VERY long time over that. Ahahaha.
I'm sure you'll feel immense relief, but I'll be sad when this lovely fic ends. Such a treat.
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I wrote that last part for you, haha. Just thought I'd go ahead and make it explicit :-P
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Aww, thanks! That made my day! :-)
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I know you're crazy busy, but any chance we'll see more of this fic soon?
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