My City's Still Breathing (But Barely, it's True)

[wellthatdepends]

01. Vanessa Josie Abrams was six weeks premature, a bundle of purple and red, screaming for oxygen and her place in the world. She nearly died, the doctors told her parents, their daughter silent now, in a glass case away from the dangers of the world.

She spent the first week and a half with her eyes closed shut.

Ever since she was old enough to

Comments

[dramatic_sigh]

OH, thanks darl! You totally made my assignment/procrastination filled night with this.
The thing with Georgina/Sarah really bugged me because here's Vanessa getting tangled up in their manipulative world and she tries to believe the best in people but them in their world constantly proves her wrong. Which is disappointing.
Thanks again. :D

[phoenixgfawkes]

Vanessa is not a character I think much about, even though lately I've really warmed up to her. Your fic makes a lot of very interesting points about her that I never stopped to onsider before

[dramatic_sigh]

Thank you so much for the lovely comment

[beyondtheworld]

That was awesome. But I do hope she doesn't have this crush on Rufus even though you pictured it pretty well. The spoilers and their scenes together were a little bit confusing though.

I love the Nate/Vanessa point. They could be so great together (I mean, she made Nate interesting, isn't that something?!). Season two had nothing of that, or I didn't notice.

[dramatic_sigh]

Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I sort of hope so too and yes, they keep hinting at things in the spoilers and their scenes are interestingly played. I'm too much of a Vanessa/Nate fan, to be honest.

They could be. And I think the writer's see it, but for the sake of ~drama, are keeping them apart. Season two was little moments that were ultimately a giant let down. If Nate keeps going the way he's going, she deserves better anyway.

[fiorie]

This is so fantastic! I think there should be way more Vanessa gen fic, she's really such an awesome girl. I especially loved 12. And I love the way it ends hopefully, because she's really a lot like that, despite how much crap she ends up having to take. Again, this was very good.

[dramatic_sigh]

Aw, thanks! I agree, more Vanessa gen fic, stat. She's awesome and has so much fic potential.
Thanks again, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! :)

[petitesmorts]

This is wonderful. Everything on here I have no trouble believing. And since I live in Vermont, that line was especially hysterical to me.

[dramatic_sigh]

Thank you and I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Having never been to (or heard much, except from tv shows) Vermont, I wasn't sure if it was accurate/offensive to those who live there and I'm honest to goodness thrilled that you liked it.
Thanks again! :)