fic: it takes heart to love the rose

[ymorton]

fic: it takes heart to love the rose
fandom: the social network
pairing: mark/eduardo
notes: the one where eduardo has a heart condition! AU!
title is from the stars song, "look up". and is quite punny
so, this has been chilling for a while, because of various posting issues and various mornings spent cursing livejournal to hell. um, i honestly don't

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[whitedatura]

Okay, first reaction to the beginning: fuck you, Mark.

This is the worst angry dramatic exit of all time.
Um, yes. But oh, Eduardo. ;_; jfc Mark GO AWAY YOU STRESS HIM OUT OMG YOU ASSHOLE. Eduardo's father is also an asshole. Argh. Rage. So much rage.

I am having problems feeling anything else right now, omg I hate Eduardo's dad so much and I want to punch Mark in the face. Seizures are scary. :/

"That's- that's the stupidest fucking thing I've ever heard," Eduardo says, still in a calm slow voice because he needs to not get worked up again. "I don't know if you noticed, but I took it personally."

Yes. This. Ugh. Eduardo. My heart. :(

"And he made you have a heart attack."

Yeah. JUST LIKE YOU, MARK. Asshole.

"Basically, we're not letting Mark take care of you, because he's incompetent and couldn't keep a plant alive," Chris explains.

Good. Christ. Mark sucks.

He can't fucking trust any of these people, and they're all he has.

You are killing me. Killing meeee. :((((((

Holy shit I am even madder at Mark now. What the hell. Part of me was half-hoping he'd stop Eduardo from signing but no dice there. And yet as pissed as I am at Mark I still find the breaking point believable, because Mark is still a dick about it but urgh my feelings. And it's easy to view his dickishness in the hospital as being terrified about the fact that Eduardo had just had a fuckin heart attack that was all Mark's fault.

Eduardo and Chris talking about it helps in my head.

"Yes. I'm just- thinking about what I want to say. Chris told me to."

Thank you, Chris.

So part of me wants to hit Eduardo upside the head, but most of me is happy that Mark finally said something right. idk. I can't even blame Eduardo because sometimes you just can't help wanting something that you know is stupid/bad for you. I am glad he ends up going back to school. Ugh. Their issues. It kills me. :/ Onto the epilogue...

[ymorton]

ah this is a lovely comment!!! i'm sorry you were so mad at mark, i think a lot of anger came through eduardo's POV because he (righteously) pisseddd for most of the fic. also, mark is an idiot. haha.

thank you so much, i love this commentt!!! <33