[fic] rookie blue | You Were the Ocean

[waltzmatildah]

Title | You Were the Ocean
Fandom | Rookie Blue
Character | Gail (/Luke)
Word Count | 1100
Summary | And it always does come down to this in the end; for them…
Author’s Note | For drzlilsuga’s prompt at my 2015 Comment Ficathon of Redemption. This is not a comment fic. Oops.

Comments

[catteo]

[waltzmatildah]

This gif is 1000% disturbing! And I'm glad your ACTUAL head didn't do that because I kinda like my rug.

[catteo]

You could have called it modern art.

[catteo]

I don't like telling people nice things to their face, so have this comment instead:

NON VERBAL COMMUNICATION (I died)

He lifts the glass in his hand with concentrated purpose and a comical degree of determination.

Still manages to
miss
on the first attempt.
I FEEL YOU, LUKE.

“Oh, Luke,” she says,
(his name feels heavy on her tongue, and she remembers
then,
this is why she rarely uses it)
DID I MENTION HOW I DIED? YEAH, I RESURRECTED AND THEN DIED AGAIN.

“Oh, no…” she says. Because she will not be that girl for him

(at least,
not tonight.

And,
especially,
not

like this…)
THE UNSTATED FACT THAT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME. LOVE.

And sometimes heavy is
exactly
what she’s looking for.
OH GAIL.

“Fuck,” he says. Or she says.
Or no-one says.

The rain
rains.

They move to the beat of it, the incessant roar of water on road,
on roof
on skin
on water, on water, on water…
THE ENTIRE FORMATTING OF THIS PART IS DIVINE. I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE IT.

Literally
(not metaphorically, never
metaphorically).It is possible that we have been

[waltzmatildah]

I don't like telling people nice things to their face, so have this comment instead: IT WAS SO ODD POSTING THIS AND ANTICIPATING YOU READING IT WHILST ACTUALLY FACING ME. LIKE, A METRE AND A HALF AWAY.

YIKES, DUDE.

THE ENTIRE FORMATTING OF THIS PART IS DIVINE. I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE IT. The original ending was with Gail telling the bartender they'd be back but then I thought, SUCK IT UP, GIRL. WRITE SOME (heavily implied) SMUT.

So I did. I'm glad you approve :)

It is possible that we have been spending too much time together... Haha, yes. LIKELY! But also, pfffft! YAY!

[catteo]

IT WAS SO ODD POSTING THIS AND ANTICIPATING YOU READING IT WHILST ACTUALLY FACING ME. LIKE, A METRE AND A HALF AWAY.
YOUR FEAR IS MY FEAR ETC ETC.

SUCK IT UP, GIRL. WRITE SOME (heavily implied) SMUT.
By this time next year I'll have you writing 38,000 word fics with 7000+ words of graphic smut. JUST YOU WAIT.

[drzlilsuga]

“I should warn you,” he says, and when he lifts his head she can see his eyes struggle to
find focus,
“I’ll probably fall in love with you before you’ve finished your first beer.”

SCRATCH THAT

(his name feels heavy on her tongue, and she remembers
then,
this is why she rarely uses it)

IM MOST DEFINITELY GONNA CRY.

They, the two of them, Peck and Callaghan, little more than
legacies
of their respective last names,
they are not supposed to have
hearts

OH NO

His jeans, just the right amount of
low
Her skirt, just the right amount of
high

(their underwear, just the right amount of
no longer in the goddamn way…)

[waltzmatildah]

I AM SO PLEASED THAT YOU LIKED THIS!! And that Helena approves :)

SO MUCH YAY FOR FIC WRITING! Now I think I'm gonna go do some more of it!

[drzlilsuga]

Just ignore the puddle on the floor that used to be me.

[waltzmatildah]

RUH ROH!!!

Sorry, not sorry!

[callmeonetrack]

There's such a lovely poetic rhythm to this! And sexy! (Once you go smut, you don't go back. JUST EMBRACE IT. ;)

[waltzmatildah]

Thank you!! I'm so glad you like the poetic rhythm. I'm really pleased with how it turned out. I love playing with formatting and style. I know it drives some people a bit crazy, but, for me, experiment away!!

I AM TRYING TO EMBRACE THE SMUT! Mostly, my smut is heavily implied! Though I have managed to get a little more explicit on occasion.

Thanks again :)

(Do you watch Rookie Blue? I can't remember if we've talked about it before or not...)

[callmeonetrack]

I do watch, though this last season didn't captivate me I'm afraid, and the directions they've said they're taking next season don't excite me either. :( I also don't really have a ship I'm rooting for on this show. I just like the whole ensemble.

[waltzmatildah]

To say "'this season didn't captivate me' too" would be a GIANT understatement. I know nothing about what's planned for next season, but if you're not excited, I'm probably not either.

I have no canon ships for this show. But then again, I'm not much of a canon shipper at all, so that's not really something specific to this show.