Old

[lucida]

TITLE/PROMPT - Old | TABLE 1
AUTHOR - lucida
WORD COUNT - around 3,200
RATING - K+
UNIVERSE - Post-canon
SUMMARY - The Pikes go through all the boxes in their attic, which brings up old memories and reminiscing. Set about 4 years after canon.

AUTHOR'S NOTE - For miss_slipslop, who encouraged me to write this! Fluff usually isn't my style, so hopefully this doesn't

Comments

[miss_slipslop]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!

I love this so much. The Spiderman T-Shirt, the fried bologna sandwiches, Byron rolling his eyes and making another sandwich while his siblings were squabbling, Mallory and Jordan's interaction...all of it is so perfect!

And I love your Claire! She's so cute! The line about making a quilt with Nicky's shirt made me laugh out loud.

Also, I think it's neat you decided to do something from Margo's perspective because she's probably the Pike that gets the least love. :P I really liked the ending as well--it was a nice tying together of all the conflicting feelings about growing up.

Oh, and this line.

“I think we can take that as a yes,” Jordan told Adam softly, grinning."

Jordan is so awesome. :D

Anyways, wonderful job, and thank you so much for writing this for me! :)

[lucida]

I am glad you liked it! :D And lol, when I first got the idea for this fic, I wasn't even considering making it Margo-centric. It just... happened. (But hey, now she has two more fics than Frodo.) Thanks so much for the comment, it made me smile. :)

[mkrobinson]

This is such a great story! I think you captured the interaction of the Pike siblings very well and I loved their version of the Twelve Days of Christmas-it was so "Pike-like" it could have been from canon!

[lucida]

Thank you! ♥ The Pikes' version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is from canon, actually! It was taken from Mallory's Christmas Wish, one of my favorite BSC books. :)

[mkrobinson]

You're welcome! lol I actually saw the note about that after I wrote the comment-I don't think I'd ever read Mallory's Christmas Wish!

[bookplayer]

So cute! I love Christmas fic like this.

[lucida]

Aw, thanks... I'm glad you liked it! :D

[nothingtolose19]

Oooh I loved this story!! You know I love the Pikes almost as much as you! Haha :)

Seriously, it was awesome! I loved this snapshot of the Pikes in the future!

[lucida]

Thank you!! ♥

Yes, I do know how much you like the Pikes. ;) I like that you described it as a "snapshot" - maybe it sounds simple, but that's exactly what I was aiming for here.

[meroure]

Love this. Of course, Nicky is taking cues from the triplets, and of course Claire has always had good taste. And then there is Vanessa screaming at everyone one. ♥

&You get major points for making Margo seem human, and her one identifying characteristic not be vomit!

[lucida]

Thank you. ♥ As you know, Margo is by far the most challenging Pike for me to write, so it's nice that she came off realistically. Nicky and Claire were fun to write.. and, well, poor Vanessa :( she lives in a nuthouse.