FIC (one-shot): Tender Loving Care, Adam/Kris, PG

[emmuzka]

This is a continuation of me being weird, so I give you the worst fic cliché ever: anorexia!fic. I hope that I managed to avoid the most obvious falls and squicks connected to this subject.

Title: Tender Loving Care
Author: Emmuzka
Rating: PG
Pairing: Adam/Kris
Summary: First it was all deny deny, deny, and when you finally saw that really, you

Comments

[lire_casander]

I really liked this. It makes me a bit weary, because I've been on the verge of being there, but never quite got there there, and only now I'm able to say it, so... Well, it was beautiful.

[emmuzka]

Thank you :) I tried to keep the story somewhat realistic and avoid romanticization because I know that this is a real issue for many.

[choose2live]

So, this is awesome. Sure, the plot's a cliche, but it's also a real problem that people face, and it was really kind of beautiful to see this moment, to see Adam's perspective at this point in recovery, to get in his head a bit. You write this subject with authority, and that matter-of-factness lends an authenticity and sensitivity that I've rarely seen in fics of this nature.

I'd love to see more of this little universe. I think it's exceptionally well done.

[emmuzka]

Thank you! This wasn't written with a personal experience on this particular matter, which is probably a good thing because it prevented the story from developing to a self therapy piece. In the fic, even when Kris wants to be the (cliché) savior type, I wanted to make it obvious that Adam, even with his lapses, saved himself.

[choose2live]

It occurs to me that I implied you might be writing from personal experience, and I apologize, because I don't want to make that assumption. :) But it did strike me as very well-balanced; more than the average author portrays. I think it's for the reasons you say - that you made it clear that Adam saved himself, even though it was with the support of Kris and his mom. I think most authors will give in to the temptation to make Kris (or whoever) the savior, when that will never work in reality.

With this story, I feel like I could enjoy the hurt/comfort aspect without feeling like the integrity of the story was compromised, and that's a rare and great thing!

[prohibiton_sign]

This is very well written and I think you balance the way you approach such a serious issue very well.

[emmuzka]

Thank you for the comment! I tried to slip in some heart wrenching details without making Adam the clichéd weeping willow that is always a threat in fics like these.

[ceci_09]

I thought this was excellent.

[emmuzka]

:) Thank you!