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For the Best

Nov 05, 2011 11:27

Title: For the Best
Author: echo_fangirl

Characters: Alex/Hank
Rating: M15+ (see warnings)
Warnings: Past Mpreg, Miscarriage and grief (esp. denial), mentions of medical procedures
Words: 1045
Disclaimer: Not mine, as nice as it would be
Prompt: For this prompt: "Alex was pregnant with Hank's child when he suffers a miscarriage. A fic about how he deals ( Read more... )

alex, xmfc, prompt, hank, hank/alex

Comments 10

melodious329 November 5 2011, 16:52:50 UTC

Oh, so sad. I thought this was a very interesting take on the prompt and felt very realistic for Alex. I know I shouldn't, but I kinda want Hank to just tell him it's for the best!

echo_fangirl November 6 2011, 00:23:37 UTC

Hank wouldn't be able to lie to Alex, even if he wanted to. :(

I'm glad you thought Alex felt realistic. In the past, whenever Alex got emotional then bad things happened (to him or to others), so I imagine he would try pretty hard to talk himself out feeling the scarier emotions like grief. (And of course, it wouldn't work - he'd probably just break harder in the end.)

beizanten November 11 2011, 14:25:33 UTC

So heartbreaking!

echo_fangirl November 11 2011, 23:44:00 UTC

Poor boys. Thanks for reading and commenting. :)

roxashasboxers November 19 2011, 05:02:33 UTC

Damn. This was so devastatingly realistic. My hat's off to you!

echo_fangirl November 20 2011, 02:20:39 UTC

Thank you. :) I'm really pleased that you considered the reactions to be realistic, especially given how unrealistic the actual scenario was!

rara_chama December 5 2011, 05:47:54 UTC

Oh wow, this was amazing. I felt completely heart broken for them and it's brilliant how you were able to evoke that emotion within such a short amount of time.

Well done :)

echo_fangirl December 5 2011, 10:19:23 UTC

Thank you very much, that's a really wonderful comment! I'm glad the story was effective for you. :D

aleishapotter January 24 2012, 03:57:35 UTC

OMG... that was so heartbreaking! And, to think... Hank obviously had to perform the operation, had to take his own dead child out of Alex... that had to have been hard! If I were to beg and plead and offer you anything your heart desires could you be convinced to write a companion piece from Hank's POV????????????????

Amazing work! I thought Alex was very REAL in his grief, hidden grief that it is. Bravo!

echo_fangirl January 24 2012, 09:20:42 UTC

Wow! Thank you for that lovely feedback!

I don't think I could write Hank's point of view without making myself cry. I love Hank to bits, and identify with him far more than I should.

In lieu of an actual companion piece though, here's how it happened in my head. Hank was completely detatched and professional through the whole procedure. After, he sat in silence with Charles for a couple of hours, then he cried on Charles for several more hours all the while trying not to. Then Charles talked quietly to him for several more hours while Hank listened and nodded. Then Hank slept for a very long time. Now he's just devastatingly sad, a little bit fragile, and prone to sitting in silence while staring into the middle distance.