The Good Wife - A Few Feelings Alicia Florrick Stirred Up

[clair_de_lune]

Title: A Few Feelings Alicia Florrick Stirred Up
Author: clair-de-lune
Pairing: Alicia/Kalinda (one-sided)
Category: Femslash
Rating: R
Word count: ~ 1700
Disclaimer: Not mine. Just borrowing them for a while.
Summary: If surprise wasn’t a feeling Alicia Florrick arose in Kalinda, there were a few other ones she did stir up.
Author’s Note: This is Fic #1 for tokenblkgirl

Comments

[tokenblkgirl]

God, this was so lovely.

I love the unrequited undercurrent of Kalinda's feelings, and how Alicia gives just enough back to keep them alive and her questioning. I like that she throws Kalinda off her game so much, because no one else really does that. Your characterization of these women is fantastic, I swear it gets better every time you write them.

I also really enjoyed your incorporation of cannon and how seamless this feels with what's happening on the show, that's so no easy to do. And it was sexy as hell too, the what if of the love scene was fantastic. This entire story was exactly what I'd hoped for. :)

Thank you so much for writing this and for writing the show period,I was beginning to worry there wouldn't be any fic for this show at all and you go and write something as awesome as this!

*hugs*

[clair_de_lune]

Thank you :D I've had the idea for a fic about Kalinda's feelings / POV on Alicia for a while - they have such a rich and enticing relationship, which is not that common for female characters - and this was the perfect opportunity to try to write it. The result is probably a bit more 'shippy' than what I had in mind, and the love scene is longer and more explicit than I'd imagined, but then, the whole fic is longer than I'd imagined. I think I got carried away a bit, which actually makes me happy :-p

I wanted to lean on a few actual elements and events, but not make them too obvious. I didn't want to rewrite the show - paraphrase is never good *g* So, glad the tidbits of canon fit in.

I was beginning to worry there wouldn't be any fic for this show at all

They're still rather rare but a few ones have been posted, recently. We can only hope there will be more soon...

*hugs back*

[clair_de_lune]

its sort of tense and edgy and equally resigned to it's futility

*nods* At this point, this is the most she'll get from Alicia and she knows and accepts it.

you write butterflies ;)

Aww, this is such a lovely image :)

Thank you for reading and commenting!

[badfluffy]

Beautifully written and totally in character... Some classic dialog... "I don't stop at the fingers". Priceless! and a great mix of character insight and adlib to some of the best scenes from the show. You got Kalinda just right, which is rare, she's not just a tough cookie, she's a whole human being with an attitude, for sure, but also a sense of self and others that binds her to Alicia so perfectly

[clair_de_lune]

Kalinda is one tough cookie, isn't she, and it's so enticing to dwell on this side of the character, but you're right, she's more than just that. I'm happy if I managed to convey it :)

Oh, I'm not afraid of getting carried away *g* I'm used to it actually: I've written about 200 Prison Break fics and a few of them were definitely longer, sometimes totally different from what I initially had in mind. I do mind it if I'd planned something specific, format-wise for example, but it was not the case here. It's just that, at help_haiti, I promised 300 to 500 word ficlets because I wasn't sure I would be able to write more, so I'm amused and pleased to see how it turned out :-p

Not a chance in hell Alicia could keep up with Kalinda's drinking.

LOL. You never know what is hidden beneath those smooth façades. But I have to agree with you, Alicia probably overestimates her drinking ability.

Thanks a lot for the thoughtful comment :)

[harper_m]

This was excellent. I like the illustration of all of the things happening under Kalinda's veneer of unflappable calm. I like how Alicia is painted as the unwitting (?) temptress. (I would be remiss if I didn't mention that I also like the image of Alicia on the sofa.) I also quite like the way Kalinda describes it all - particularly her sexual fantasy - with a dose of detachment mixed with a bit of surprise.

[clair_de_lune]

Thank you!

Trying to list a few things Kalinda may think of Alicia was interesting. Now, I'd love it if someone wrote a fic about Kalinda's thoughts and a priori on Alicia before they actually met ^_^

the unwitting (?) temptress

In my mind, Alicia doesn't realize what's going on - it would be a bit cruel of her to carry on - but that's just me and it's probably open to interpretation.

Kalinda doesn't strike me as someone who would gush about her feelings or open up easily to new people. I guess the detachement mixed with surprise came from this. I'm happy you enjoyed the tone - and the image of Alicia on the sofa ;)

[chepis]

This was beautiful.
I love the whole unrequired crush.
Kalinda is so misterious and calm, that this approach is really nice and her fantasy = hot.

[clair_de_lune]

Thanks a lot. For now, I can't picture Alicia reciprocating in any way, so the unrequired crush approach was the easiest, if not the only one, for me. Glad it was to your liking :)