Aww. Nathan's an unthinking/overthinking asshole, but I love him. Yes, that was the Wrong Thing Said at the Wrong Time, but Nathan couldn't have said anything else. Poor Heidi. That was a hell of a short honeymoon. The only love triangles worth having are the ones where you like all three sides.
God! I love this story. The emotions are so perfectly done. It feels real and not over blown angst. Thank you for that! Love Nathan in this...you capture his character prefectly.
I'm glad you're enjoying it so much! :D Yeah, I'm much more comfortable with this bit of angst than I was with the last one. Not that the last one was utterly loathsome (one hopes), but this one just seems...better.
I loved how much one slip of the tongue - one fight with Peter - so deeply affected Nathan. He retreated from everyone, everything, because Peter was mad at him. I'm glad Heidi finally forced him to go see Peter.
Like Hiro said, Nathan cares too much. Thankfully Heidi just doesn't give a damn about her husband's fragile emotional state on occasion. I'm glad you liked it!
That whole bit about, 'they care about me, but they don't care about what i do' thing.. felt so real to me (personally) & touched me deeply.. that darn Harena/Peter parallel, yet again.
Nathan wondered, for a moment, if Peter was really okay, but he looked okay, at least, and Heidi distracted him before he could put any more thought into it.
ah, the creeping doubts, the feeling of rejection... gods, i feel for Peter, ayuppers.
(Peter wouldn’t do it on purpose, of course, but he had a special gift for making stupid mistakes.)
owie owie owie. me too. repeatedly.
“You said impulses were bad, all of them, and then you gave me an example. Well, gee, Nathan, that’s great advice, I’m going to put it to good use. I’m not going to tell you to go back home and think about how much better you are than your little brother, because that would be impulsive, and we’ve established that anything impulsive can’t possibly end well. Because, you know, it’s always best to think about everything. Even if he's way
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I'm glad you have such an emotional connection to this--it's good to know that there are, in fact, people who are like this; it makes the characterization seem more convincing.
It was Angela their dad was yelling at--she's just quieter, that's all. It is was their dad was yelling about that is under suspicion.
Honestly, I never looked up the symptoms of pregnancy for this--headaches just seemed a little less obvious than vomiting or cramps or anything. It is good to know that I didn't just make it up.
As far as I am aware, I am not, in fact, Yoda. I'm just apparently very good at writing characters. Who knew.
I'm familiar with the drained-in-a-good-way feeling--and I'm happy to have caused it; again, emotional connections FTW. Of course I'll keep writing! Or at least I'll keep posting the last few installments of the BDPS. *coughs*
Ohyes. Emotional Connections R Me. Even though i'd argue that i'm probly not as altruistic as Peter (is anybody? Jesus, maybe? ;D), the parallel is frighteningly close.
Aww... darn, wanted there to be more to that than just a husband-wife disagreement... though, what they are arguing about, is just as shinycool!
Aye. My first pregnancy, i thought i had the flu. i was very aware that something was wrong but had no idea of the depth of what! ;D
Yoda or not, i am very impressed either way. ^_^
And yarrr, total emotional connections FTW. i'm definitely all about that. Obviously ;)
Heh, yeah, you can rest on your BDPS Laurels for now, Slasher-Girl, but we your Stalkers Fan(atic)s will be wanting more... Soon. *starts cracking ferret knuckles*
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Poor Heidi. That was a hell of a short honeymoon. The only love triangles worth having are the ones where you like all three sides.
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That whole bit about, 'they care about me, but they don't care about what i do' thing.. felt so real to me (personally) & touched me deeply.. that darn Harena/Peter parallel, yet again.
Nathan wondered, for a moment, if Peter was really okay, but he looked okay, at least, and Heidi distracted him before he could put any more thought into it.
ah, the creeping doubts, the feeling of rejection... gods, i feel for Peter, ayuppers.
(Peter wouldn’t do it on purpose, of course, but he had a special gift for making stupid mistakes.)
owie owie owie. me too. repeatedly.
“You said impulses were bad, all of them, and then you gave me an example. Well, gee, Nathan, that’s great advice, I’m going to put it to good use. I’m not going to tell you to go back home and think about how much better you are than your little brother, because that would be impulsive, and we’ve established that anything impulsive can’t possibly end well. Because, you know, it’s always best to think about everything. Even if he's way ( ... )
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It was Angela their dad was yelling at--she's just quieter, that's all. It is was their dad was yelling about that is under suspicion.
Honestly, I never looked up the symptoms of pregnancy for this--headaches just seemed a little less obvious than vomiting or cramps or anything. It is good to know that I didn't just make it up.
As far as I am aware, I am not, in fact, Yoda. I'm just apparently very good at writing characters. Who knew.
I'm familiar with the drained-in-a-good-way feeling--and I'm happy to have caused it; again, emotional connections FTW. Of course I'll keep writing! Or at least I'll keep posting the last few installments of the BDPS. *coughs*
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Aww... darn, wanted there to be more to that than just a husband-wife disagreement... though, what they are arguing about, is just as shinycool!
Aye. My first pregnancy, i thought i had the flu. i was very aware that something was wrong but had no idea of the depth of what! ;D
Yoda or not, i am very impressed either way. ^_^
And yarrr, total emotional connections FTW. i'm definitely all about that. Obviously ;)
Heh, yeah, you can rest on your BDPS Laurels for now, Slasher-Girl, but we your Stalkers Fan(atic)s will be wanting more... Soon. *starts cracking ferret knuckles*
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