fic: that secret that you know, but don't know how to tell (part 3/3)

[ymorton]

 fic: that secret that you know, but don't know how to tell (part 3/3)
fandom: the social network
pairing: mark/eduardo, noncon mark/sean
warning: this piece contains triggers for noncon. please, please read with caution. thank you!
notes: written for the tsn_kinkmeme prompt (an excerpt) : "Come on, Sean's every expression just screamed rape!face, and

Comments

[learnthemusic]

Oh, my God, this is so ridiculously beautiful. It's such dark subject matter and you do it some great justice. Going through the denial and then guilt and the acceptance and just everything, and Mark handling it like I think he would. God, I mean, I wouldn't put it past movie!Sean doing something like this and then fucking things up even more without Mark even being able to get over what happened to him. I feel like you kept things well in character - and I know I'm babbling but I want to get everything down before I go crazy - with all the insistence and Eduardo's endless amount of "Hey's" and him going ballistic in protective fashion. And I love Lindsay's role, too, and that she was able to get over it quicker and more gracefully than Mark.

Gosh, I love this so much I don't even know what to do. I love that Eduardo moved out and that Mark was all, AHA I KNEW I COULD DO IT, even though it's for a not too favorable reason. I love that he took over Sean's role so well and that he still managed to give Mark a lot of space. I love Mark's obsession with Lindsay at the beginning and that he was too scared to bring the rape up.

(sorry, going against chronology here but things are coming to me as I type and it's hard to keep it straight)

Even more, I love that Mark wasn't stoic about his feelings. I love that he actually cried and while he felt stupid, he didn't stop it. That he was able to accept that he needed to cry and that he needed Eduardo so he could feel better.

God, just. Yes. This fic. ♥

[ymorton]

ohhh goddd thank you so much for this lovely comment. it is so kind and wonderful and i truly truly appreciate it. i especially appreciate that you think i kept it in character- i think mark is such a difficult personality to nail down, and i am so flattered that you think i was able to do that!!!

i'm so glad i was able to do the topic justice for you. it is extremely dark, and i felt a bit worried about it because it can be easy to gloss over certain issues and not stay true to the subject matter. thank you so so much!