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fic: Let the Engines Roar

Apr 03, 2011 14:12

recipient: timeofnoreply
author: bergann
title: Let the Engines Roar
pairing: Ray/Brad
rating: PG-13
word count: 8 936
summary: "You realize we don't do bikes, right? Like, yours is a beauty and I'd fucking love to make an exception, dude, but we're an auto repair shop ( Read more... )

spring fling exchange, author: bergann, pairing: ray/brad, rating: pg-13

Comments 27

timeofnoreply April 3 2011, 19:30:58 UTC

Author, you can't see me, but I am currently doing the Kermit flail. In real life. Thank god I'm alone, or I'd probably be taken away by some men in white coats.

"Sure you can," Ray says, "You're magic, LT, remember?"

Nate's frown twitches slightly, because Ray is never going to let him live down the time he stumbled across a box filled with magic tricks for kids from Nate's childhood while they were cleaning up his attic.

I don't know why, but that made me laugh like fucking hell. Most of this fic made me laugh, actually! I'm not into cars, (which is an understatement - I don't drive unless forced, haha) so I thank you for providing handy links to photos, or I'd have been kind of lost. I loved that there was so much humor, and that the Bravo dynamic was still there despite the change in setting, and that there was action, and that Brad was secretly an undercover cop - which is what I was hoping for from the first appearance he made in the fic! I love that kind of thing. Plus, a Glee reference? Rockin'. Of course Ray would pick the ( ... )

bergann April 10 2011, 09:43:51 UTC

Dude thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it ddespite not being much of a petrolhead and that the AU worked for you! I had such a blast writing this :D

timeofnoreply April 10 2011, 16:24:05 UTC

It was just so, so fucking awesome. Thank you so much for such an amazing gift.

schlicky April 3 2011, 19:41:19 UTC

God, I loved this. Everything about it. I loved that even in such a different world, the characters stayed so true to the show. And man, he showed up for like 5 seconds, but I laughed so hard at Poke's couple of lines. Just a couple of lines, but you totally nailed his voice. Awesome.

This was so well-written, and it flowed so nicely. Love, love, love.

bergann April 10 2011, 09:45:33 UTC

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you felt the characters stayed true to the show & themselves. :D

puckling April 3 2011, 22:42:43 UTC

What a great story! I've never actually seen the Fast and the Furious, but you did a really good job of making this story accessible and interesting even to people like me, who's knowledge of cars is pretty much "they have four wheels and need gas", so well done!

bergann April 10 2011, 09:45:48 UTC

Thank you so much! :D

why_me_why_not April 4 2011, 04:39:31 UTC

so much YES. my favorite boys in an AU of my favorite movie? nothing but win!

I love how you fit the Bravo characters into this different world and they were still recognizably them, and that you added the twist of Bravo NOT being behind the heists. I cannot express how happy this makes me. Definitely going into my favorites! :)

bergann April 10 2011, 09:47:20 UTC

Thank you so much! :D

(One of my biggest pet peeves about the F&F movie is that Dom's team was behind it --I just couldn't do that to Bravo. Them dawgs got more brains than that.)

samescenes April 4 2011, 06:55:14 UTC

Oh man, this is fantastic! Poke's five-second cameo was the BEST, and when Ray was injured I could just picture him moping around on the couch and on the outside I was like D: D: D: D: but on the inside I was all :D :D :D :D.

Fantastic story, really great characterization. Thanks for sharing!

bergann April 10 2011, 09:47:42 UTC

Thank you so much, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! :D