fic: drifting alone apart (glee; rachel/jesse, rachel/finn)

[empressearwig]

Title: drifting alone apart
Author: empressearwig
Pairing/Fandom: Rachel/Jesse, Rachel/Finn; Glee
Rating: R
Word Count: ~1700
Spoilers/Warnings: All aired episodes
Disclaimer: I own nothing, this is all for fun. This hasn't happened. Yet. Etc.
Summary: Rachel doesn't regret not sleeping with Jesse.
Author's Notes: Written for the "I Think We're Alone Now"

Comments

[katherine_lupin]

aaaaawwwwwwwww!!!!!!! this is soooo sweet but has a sad edge to it :(
I loved it, I loved the way you pictured Rach and Finn's relationship and how she couldn't find what she wanted there because in some way or other she still wanted Jesse ;_;
Lovely

[empressearwig]

Thank you!!!

[fc2001]

I really, really liked this.

Your Rachel is spot on - it captures the character without veering into over the top drama (which is a tendency of some writers when writing someone like her).

I do sort of hurt for clueless!Finn here, and that's a first, because I really can't get behind the character at all usually.

Also, ngl, I don't think Jesse would have to do that much talking to get me into the backseat of his car. Sorry, I'll stop being pervy now.

[empressearwig]

Oh, thank you! I was so worried about writing Rachel, because her drama does walk such a fine line, so I'm relieved to hear I didn't cross it.

Haha, no worries, I totally agree.

Thank you!!!

[budgrl8]

I loved this! For some reason, this is my favorite part:

He kisses her. It's not the kiss she was expecting. Somehow she thought it would be a little angry, a little bitter, but it's sweet and romantic and exactly the kind of kiss she'd always hoped her first time would have.

I just love how it's everything that she's not expecting, but it's everything that she wanted. That's kind of how I see Jesse/Rachel. *sigh*

It was perfectly awkward in all the right places (Finn/Rachel) and sexy/steamy in others (Jesse/Rachel). While I love an angsty journey, I'm all about the happy endings so the idea of that being the last time that they'll ever be together makes me sad. LOL Great job!

[empressearwig]

Thank you!!! I didn't actually intend for it to end up that angsty, it just sort of happened. I think it's that I can't see my way out of the mess the end of the season left them right now, unless it's far, far in the future.

But again. Thank you!

[budgrl8]

I completely understand. Sometimes the story leads you to a place that you didn't originally intend to go but it fits. In this case, even though it makes me sad I also like it b/c they both had accepted that this was the way it had to be. If one had been trying to convince the other that they could make it work then my little shipper heart might not have been able to take the rejection from the other.

Although, I'm the nerd that in my head goes "Well, they may have thought it was good-bye for good but 2 years later they ran into each other again. All those old feelings they thought were long gone were still there and they decide to rekindle their relationship and this time it worked." :D

[empressearwig]

I fully accept and encourage the willful tacking on of endings where they meet again in NY and realize they've never really gotten over each other.

Because that's obviously what should happen.

[katayla]

I still have a couple of episodes of Glee on my dvr, but I really liked this! I'd love to see something like this happen on the show.

[empressearwig]

You should catch up! Some of the end of the season was good, some of it was ridiculous, and some of it made me angry, but I don't regret watching, lol. And thank you!

[wildejoy]

to inflect upon me I think you mean inflict.
he needs to be gone with her dads get home. Should be 'when her dads get home', I think?

She'd practiced a speech in front of her mirror like she'd practiced countless speeches accepting Tony Awards before. But now, in the moment, it doesn't seem to fit. Can't tell you how many times this has happened to me. Rehearsed speeches never quite suit the moment, do they? I love this line.

Although this is not at all the kind of closure I imagined for them, somehow you've made it work perfectly. I love her approach and his easy acceptance, as though he was expecting it or something. I think you write Rachel's inner voice very well.

And I loved the dream sequence. Yum.

[empressearwig]

Ugh, thank you. I clearly did not proof read enough times, sigh.

It's not the type of closure I imagined for them either, honestly. It's just what happened when I sat down to try to write any type of it, because I was not okay with what the show left them as.

Thank you for reading!!!

[wildejoy]

Haha, well I get two separate people to read everything before I post, and commenters sometimes still find a couple of typos. Our mind sees what we're expecting, right?

[empressearwig]

Yes, yes, they do. They should stop that.