"this town is a song about you" - Rory/Dean - Rated R

[femmenerd]

Well, it is Nene's birthday in my time zone anyway! Sweetheart, you make my life better every single day, and that is not hyperbole. You are an amazing friend, mother, human being. I love you.

Title: this town is a song about you
Author: femmenerd
Pairing: Dean/Rory
Rating: R, I suppose.
Disclaimer: Not mine, not for profit, don’t sue.

Comments

[onelittlesleep]

ahahaha, oh man Lucia. How do you know so much about this??

You are a good writer.

I don't think there's much to say, but that you got so much right here. I wish you were in my house so we could have tea and go off about it together. ABOUT FIRE-STARTING, SEX-FEVERISH, GYPSY COLD CARE BREWING, BABY-MAKING DEAN.

MAN.

[femmenerd]

You know, I think that whatever it is that I "know" probably comes from years of shacked-up-ness but NOT feeling married. Or um, knowing in my bones that I shouldn't marry [insert boyfriends' name(s)]. Wow, that sounds kind of depressing, except not really considering that it means that I avoided marrying people who couldn't take care of me back!

I wish I was in your house too. SIGH.

[onelittlesleep]

Yes. You write about marriage and just, living together in a way that's really honest and realistic. But it's just in the little details.

Hahaha, dude. Actually, there were things in there that reminded me so much of James, I was a little awkward/tickled to read them. It's lovely. I enjoyed it a lot.

[femmenerd]

You know, it's not really the going thing in fanfic romance stories - the mundanities of love - but it seems to be more and more what I write about. I think, in a way, it's good for me - to imagine HEALTHY and PLAUSIBLE ways for relationships to function.

But then, most of my Mary Sue fantasies involve people giving me backrubs or whatevs. Seriously! And I'm like, WOW a man washing the dishes - THAT'S ROMANTIC. Haha.

(Also, thank you. I value your opinions about putting words together, you know.)

[la_perkins]

PIE!

I love this, especially how the relationship got its sense of humor back.

[femmenerd]

PIE. Thank you! And yes, that was the thing! They used to have such a great comic back-and-forth, like at any given moment they'd switch who was the straight man in the duo (though it was usually Dean).

[la_perkins]

I've been working my way through Gilmore Girls on Netflix DVDs lately, because I didn't see most of the first several seasons the first time around (which has nothing to do with JP) (at all) (really), and I just got to the ep after they break up because of Jess and he shuts the window in her face.

I already miss them.

[femmenerd]

Gah! That episode. I once made the mistake of watching it when I was already having a sadface kind of day. Blergh.

Weirdly, I have been watching GG for longer than any other show I've been fannish about. I mean, I used to tape Buffy and watch GG live. But then I'm a fast-talking woman obsessed with pop culture from a small town in New England inhabited by weirdos, so. :P I got misty when GG ended just because it was the longest term relationship I ever had with a TV show (in its live, weekly run).

[wizened_cynic]

How do you make me like Rory? The mind boggles.

This story is like when the show used to be good! *hearts*

[femmenerd]

Hmmm, perhaps because I made her grow up? I dunno, but I'm glad you liked it! Oh show. Haha, at the bar tonight I totally got all defensive about liking GG.

[tjournal]

Man I needed this tonight.

Wonderfulness. With pie. Can't beat that with a stick.

[femmenerd]

It's the tamest hurt/comfort of ever! Hee.

Thank you, lady. <333333

(But really, most of my Mary Sue fantasies involve me/some woman getting back rubs. Fer serious.)

[beckaandzac]

I love this, I love you, I love Rory, I love Dean. OMG. Just. LOVE. This story makes me want to be married. Possibly to Dean Forester.

And this is a perfectly telling line: when asked, Dean never says he’s from Chicago anymore.

Catharine and I have had several long conversations about what it means to say you're "from" somewhere, since neither of us necessarily are "from" anyplace in particular, and maybe that makes it mean even more to me, the idea of geographical belonging.

[femmenerd]

<33333 Thank you!

You know, that's interesting. Because I'm VERY invested in geographical belonging, but because I've experienced it. I mean, you've seen - I have Vermont license plates up on my wall. But then, sometimes I also refer to California as "home" also. Huh.