Fic - Old Haunts (Jenny, Jenny/Mike) R, 1/1

[abvj]

Title Old Haunts
Summary You forget, she says. I knew you once
Rating: hard r
Author's Notes:2,492 words. Set after High Noon. General series spoilers. I have no idea how this happened, except that youcallitwinter asked and I don't know how to refuse her anything because she is so awesome, thus here we are. First time with these characters, so con-crit is both

Comments

[phrenitis]

Wow, that was lovely - aching and tender and bittersweet. I love your take on Jenny here!

[abvj]

Thank you very much! I was trying out something different, so I am glad it worked for you!

[anonymous]

great work!

[abvj]

Thank you!

[youcallitwinter]

[youcallitwinter]

Then, of course, she remembers - that was never their reality.

And I adore how you've incorporated their past into this, that one of the tragedies of who they are together now is that they were based on possibilities. That even while they were dating/were in love with other people, you can tell it was at the back of their heads that maybe someday, and that they lingered just a little longer and turned their innocuous moments into more than they would ordinarily have been (like fixing his tie and collar as Jenny apparently did routinely), that they had all these long glances and almost moments together in the five years, which they always ended but it's not difficult to imagine that they made it into something more, and of course it wasn't real, because they were building it inside their heads, and they've killed that possibility by exploring it, that's tragic. guh, my kids, LET ME LOVE YOU