FIC: Breaking Glass 1/2

[antennapedia]

Author: antennapedia
Title: Breaking Glass 1/2
Rating: FRAO for sex and drugs and four-letter words
Summary: Ethan takes Giles for a weekend away from Council pressures, and Giles travels considerably further than either of them had expected.
Word count: 4100
Notes: Many many thanks to theblackmare and hobgoblinn for the insightful last-minute reads.

maleslashminis Giles round
For: mireille719
Pairing:

Comments

Yes!

[theblackmare]

And also, wow! what a lot of ripening to happen in such a short time. This has such terrific potential, and is already a terrific tale, the tone of the relationship such a crucial and well-considered thing.

I'll send more later when it's not 5:14a.m.

Re: Yes!

[antennapedia]

You, yes you, helped so much with this one. You have a knack for making me see where my focus truly is. After tonight, my brain should be working well enough to resume the challenge of figuring out part two: afternoon in the park with Ethan.

[mireille719]

As you can see, the "fic! written for me!" won out. ;)

And I'm so very, very glad it did, because this is just... oh, this is wonderful. I love Giles in this; he's perfect, and the entire thing works so well, and is just so richly detailed....

(And, like all good Giles/Ethan stories, it hurts my heart in just the right way, because it's a story we know the end to.)

I'll be looking forward to part 2.

[antennapedia]

I'm so glad it's working for you! And my apologies for not being able to complete it all for the ficathon day; I bit off a bit more than I could chew in the time I had. I kinda got drawn deeper into the exploration of this phase of their relationship, which really grabbed me as I started thinking about how it might have gone.

I hope the conclusion will continue to satisfy.

[mireille719]

Oh, it was a lovely long chunk of story, which was nice. (And I can't really complain, as you could have written me a 500-word ficlet.)

[anidada]

*clings to lovely fic* I suspect you're going to break our hearts with this... not that that's a bad thing, just bracing myself.

[antennapedia]

Hmmm... naw, no hints. I say nothing. Thanks for reading :)

[speakingsilence]

Such a great way of shifting the sense of the Giles/Ethan dynamic that I feel I've read so many times by highlighting Giles insecurities and casting Ethan as a grouding rather than simply a disruptive force. I'll definitely be watching for the rest of this.

[antennapedia]

Thank you! I'm surprised I don't read this version of the dynamic more often: Giles was not at a resourceful place at that moment in his life. I hope part 2 isn't too far away-- right now it's spinning around like a high-pressure hose with nobody hanging onto it.

[savoytruffle]

excellently crafted. i'm definitely looking forward to the continuation.