FIC: Five Days

[etherati]

Title: Five Days
Fandom: Watchmen Z!verse/Left4Dead
Characters/Pairings: Rorschach/Dan, some L4D guest cameos.
Date Written: 2011
Summary: "It takes five days to change," says the graffiti. When you don't know if you're immune or not, it's a hell of a long time to wait.
Rating/Warnings: R for language. Warning for attempted suicide, but under the

Comments

[leaper182]

OMG, thank you for not zombie-ing Daniel. I don't mind if they're Brothers in Undeath, Being Awesome, but I don't want Daniel to go crazy and eat things. People. Either one. :(

"Don't let me hurt you," is what he finally settles on, hoarse.

He can feel Rorschach's eyes press closed against the skin where he's buried his face, screwing up with grief.

"It won't be you," he says, and that is all the assurance Dan needs.

This part made me melt! Awww! *cuddles the boys*

[etherati]

Aw, I could never do that to the guys, they've been through so much already! But I'm glad to hear that the tension was there. It's tough writing toward a question that the readers can guess the answer to anyway, just because of what a big squish I tend to be. XD

Yeah, that part was. Hard to write. They kept swinging back and forth between despair and hope and that was definitely one of the low points :(

[leaper182]

*pets the boys gently* It's okay, boys. Etherati loves you (and her readers)!

They totally need cuddles. Lots of them.

I do love that Rorschach has gotten to the point where he could joke around with Daniel about having Daniel's head in his lap. It's good to think that Daniel would help him out in terms of helping him stay sane. <3

[etherati]

I do love them so, so much. I am not ashamed of that. <3

[gunmaxual]

Again, your writing just makes my stomach clench and my heart seize. And when they let go, only you have the words to describe how it feels. Just...wow. Your word use is utterly perfect.

[wednesday42]

Aagh, seconding the relief at Dan being not-zombified. D8 I love how you write them both as being so fragile, for lack of a better term. It really highlights how precious this thing is between them. ♥

[cathedral_junki]

\o/ Zombi!ror Universe. I love this world. I was just thinking about this Universe today actually, *laughs* and then i open up live journal and bam :P thanks for posting as always, and its always, always wonderful to see zombi!Rorschach and Daniel. And Daniel telling Ror that he loves him, god i'm such a sap, i love shit like that. Just eat it up with a spoon.

[tortoisegirl]

Oh wow, I somehow missed this when it was first posted. (I was pointed this direction tonight by this fanart.)

Okay loyalty on the edge of death is probably my biggest narrative kink so hnnngggg this whole thing. Wow. Nothing but grinning and happy sighing over here. The callbacks to Now as Before are lovely and got me all nostalgic for when I first read that.