Fic: spending bottle caps

[fated_addiction]

spending bottle caps
grey’s anatomy ; lexie/mark ; 3,016 words, PG
navigation: it still leads us all where we’re supposed to be. spoilers for death and all of his friends.

notes: So this happened. It’ll probably happen again, seeing as I kind of dig Grey’s Anatomy again and stuff. This is for mathhhh (♥), who makes really amazing icons and tumblr posts

Comments

[slybrunette]

I've kind of fallen out of love with this pairing, but this fic proves that that's not completely true. It's so perfect. I love the way you write; you just seem to have such a way with words here.

“That speech,” she says instead, “the one where they tell you that this is going to happen, that there are families where it’s not going to be okay that one of them is sick and really sick, and that there’s nothing you can do about it, that keeping them alive because of grief - they taught a class on grief, you know - is somehow unnaturally cruel. They tell you that. At Harvard, they use really fancy words and smiles that say hey, you’re going to be amazing. Gold star. You still have feelings. They tell you that everybody snaps. They just don’t tell you what to do after.”

and

“I know what he said,” she says quietly, unexpectedly. It’s there between them and she should acknowledge Alex in that sense, in front of Mark because he was there too and these things just don’t go away. She remembers the look that Meredith gave her, or really didn

[mathhhh]

ASDFHJSDHEAZDAHKFKL

So I have not read this yet since I have to leave right now but I will as soon as I get a free moment at work and will get back with a proper comment. OMG CHRISSY!

[mathhhh]

So I read it and OH MY GOD, BB! I still can't believe you wrote me Mark/Lexie. But I love it! So much. You captured their relationship in such a brilliant and beautiful way. <3

This:

“That’s what you said the last time,” she says, “and then you didn’t get it. Let me talk, Mark. I want to talk.”

And this:

“It was a moment,” she says, and inhales quickly, standing. Her fingers flex. She doesn’t pace but she turns and balances on her heels, rocking back and forth. “Adrenaline rush. Worry. Concern. It was a moment. I’m allowed to have moments, you know.”

*LOVES* Your Lexie is so fantastic! I also adored the Lexie/Meredith interaction.

♥♥♥ THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS, BB!

and basically can get me to write whatever she wants me to write.
*grins* Best power ever!

[waltzmatildah]

As the Alex whore that I am, I was totally drawn the the Alex/Lexie undertone in this...

I absolutely believed the insight you gave Lexie into the way Alex functions. I know he said Izzie’s name. I know he’s not over Izzie because that’s what Karev does, he holds on to the people that he loves the most and whether or not he forgives them, they’re still there, they’re always there. I get that. This is stunning. And rings oh so true.

Beautiful.

You know what else I loved? That you didn't have Lexie just jumping back into Mark's arms. That she stood up for herself and challenged him when he needed it. You gave her a strength that I think a lot of writers (probably myself included) tend to miss.

[marcasite]

I absolutely am addicted to this pairing and I love how you wrote them here. The quiet aftermath of something so scary, so life altering is captured here beautifully!

Gorgeous, bb!

[lizzy29]

I adore these two so much so thanks awesome job