in the mirror of invention (soundtrack: 9 crimes).

[conditionelle]

title: in the mirror of invention.
author: conditionelle
pairing: Kris/Adam.
rating: R, for language and fairly abstract sex.
summary: He says, I don't want to hurt you but I need for this to hurt, and you shiver, because yes, that's it, that's precisely it. You remember best the things that hurt you, above and beyond that which makes you happy and makes you

Comments

[pulaski_casimir]

oh, honey. (that is my automatic response when I am truly wowed by something.)
this was just heartbreaking and flawless and exquisite and pretty much everything I wish my writing could be. the restraint you have is perfect, the pacing is just right, your style is unique and incredible. I love everything about this.
and the end even got me choked up a little, which I'm not embarrassed to say, because you're just that good.

[conditionelle]

I'm sorry! That's a huge compliment that I don't deserve and you've totally made me smile and I'm sorry for the choking up, so just -- yeah, thank you so much. I really, really wish I can articulate what this sort of feedback means to me.

[ljelliez]

i loved how the story was set up and how it was closed at the end. Great job, very well-written fic.

[conditionelle]

Thank you very much!

[kal_ella]

this was just brilliant. everything about it was beautiful, everything. <3

[conditionelle]

Thank you!

[chosenfire28]

Wow, I am just so stunned by this, each line deserves to be quoted and rememberd, brillaint writing, this hit really hard:

He says, I don't want to hurt you but I need for this to hurt, and you shiver, because yes, that's it, that's precisely it. You remember best the things that hurt you, above and beyond that which makes you happy and makes you smile; it's easy to tarnish perfect happy memories, but indestructible are the ones that are hard and clear and so painfully vivid as to be completely incapable of distortion. (Like the first callus on your hand from the guitar strings; that's the best example you can come up with, and with a guilty start you realize that in the course of this competition you've had to face the ugly truth that you've grown to love your music more than you love your wife, that the more you play the more the melody becomes entwined with your soul, a melody that matches Adam's measured footsteps more than Katy's featherlight murmurs when she sleeps.) You have such an amazing writing style, I am honestly a bit

[conditionelle]

Thank you very, very much for your kind words, and for letting me know what worked. And I do hope to write more in the future as well :)

[lordnelson100]

You had me at Houseman.

Insight + sex = amazing

[savemoony]

Motto!

[conditionelle]

If that counts as a seconding, then consider this a third!

[conditionelle]

And we have Stoppard to thank for that. ;) Houseman's poetry does do wonders in framing a story, though. Especially, you know, slash.

But yes. Thank you!