The Non-Creepiness of Strangers

[aurilly]

Characters: Claire Littleton, Nathan Petrelli; mentions of lots of other random people
Rating: PG
Words: 4709
Spoilers: Set after The End for Lost and just before the beginning of season 2 of Heroes.
Summary: Claire and Nathan meet in a bar.
A/N: Written for missy_useless's prompt of "Crossovers" at the Lost Luau. I wrestled with some Sayid/Sydney for hours and

Comments

[eternal_moonie]

Totally AWESOME crossover!!! Well done honey! *hugs*

[aurilly]

Thank you! *hugs*

[kurukami]

This is top-notch. It's a great blending of both viewpoints, both of them so cast out from what their lives had become and both trying to struggle back to some semblance of normalcy. : )

[aurilly]

Thank you so much! The second I started thinking about them, the more similarities rolled out. Thank you so much for reading and for the lovely comment!

[ilcuoreardendo]

I know absolutely nothing about Lost (I had to google Claire Littleton to get a visual) but this is a beautiful little piece. So bittersweet; I love Nathan and Claire's interaction and their, effectively, shared experiences.

(One typo thing. Claire says "Thanks, but the way." I think you mean "by?" :))

[aurilly]

Wow, I'm so excited you still liked it even though you've never watched Lost. That's the best compliment for a crossover ever. :) They really have a lot in common, or at least peripherally in common, poor things. Thanks so much for reading!

[missy_useless]

Oh my God, oh my God, OH MY GOD! You are my favoritefavoritefavorite person in the whole wide world right now, and this fic is awesome-wonderful-perfect and I wish I had the time to go into detail and do this fic justice with a decent comment. Just know that I love this to pieces. I will definitely be back with a longer comment later. OMG! Thank you so much! ♥♥♥

[aurilly]

YAY! I'm so glad this worked for you! I was really nervous. It was super fun thinking about all the ways I could tie these two together. *hugs Nathan* Now back to working on the OTHER Nathan crossover that's coming your way (not by me)...

[missy_useless]

Finally back with a real comment. Sorry it took me so long. *facepalm*

Again: I love this fic. I'm going to re-read this so often, you don't even know. God. So perfect. I feel like flailing and squeeing and capslocking and keyboard-smashing, really. Just. This fic. You are so brilliant. What a crossover! Amazing.

I love the setting, how they meet, love both of their voices and their interaction and similarities and the comfort they find in each other's company and ... everything else. I absolutely love the entire piece. You paint such a sad yet realistic picture of Claire's post-island life, and drunk!bearded!Nathan will never not break my heart. Sidenote: I also really, really love the Miles/Richard! (Heh.)

Nothing’s changed. Despite their kind words and good intentions, people still barely notice whether or not she’s missing.This

[aurilly]

Late reply is ridiculously late! I'm going through my huge backlog of comments that I built up during the xover_exchange, the holidays, and then my Inception Big Bang.

Anyway, THANK YOU! I am so happy you liked this. I had such an interesting time writing it. They're so random, but when I saw the characters you liked and remembered you loved screwed-up/slightly incestuous family dynamics, I really started thinking about them, the parallels and potential connections just kept going and going. It was crazy!

Bearded!Drunk!Nathan will always be heartbreaking. I love him so much.

[magicamethyst80]

Wow, lovely little AU here, I love the idea of Claire/Nathan Petrelli, very interesting and thoughtful pairing.

[aurilly]

Thank you so much! It started out as just a name similarity and then somehow just took off of its own accord... :)