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[gwassh0ppa]

Title: Catastrophe and the Cure
Disclaimer: LTM not mine, Title from Explosions in the Sky
Summary: One day, he'd be the man he wanted to be, a man that would deserve her. When that day came, he hoped she'd be ready.
A/N: For Kelsita, thank you. Also to HPS - Happiness is only tangible when you know you've lost it.

Comments

[aleia_jade]

lol at Sanskrit, then O.O to everything. This is toooo plausible. Too realistic. It's all, HAH I WROTE THE FUTURE, GUYS. Like a Dollhouse season finale where you see what's going to happen later and you cry forever because it's still not happytiems and yet you know that it's an optimistic outcome.

She liked to be needed
You don't get to do that.

HE would recreate them from the bottom up
And that's the problem, isn't it, Cal? It's still all about you. Not a mutual effort.
Perhaps he shouldn't have tried to go it alone. Strength in numbers, after all. So close, Cal. So close.

...I like the stylistic aspects of this, especially the back-and-forth.

[aleia_jade]

Oops. I didn't mean to imply that I didn't like the rest. I mean, I...apreciate the whole thing, just "like" doesn't seem like a good word to use here.

[gwassh0ppa]

HEY YOU THERE. I NEVER EMAILED YOU. MY BAD. I'M... A LITTLE STRESSED ATM.

ANYWAY. SANSKRIT (ON HER ARM NO LESS. SEE WHAT I DID THERE???)

DUDE, IF I WROTE THE FUTURE WE'D BE SET BC THIS SHOW WOULDN'T BE STRUGGLING FOR VIEWERS. IT'D BE BONNIEANDCLYDETIMES 24/7 AND AMAZING.

BUT I DON'T. WHATEV.

YUPYUP. CAL STILL THINKS IT'S SOMEHOW ALL ABOUT HIM. LE SIGH.

GLAD YOU APPRECIATE MY SWAGGER. I MEAN... STYLE. *G* THANKS, FRIEND.

[aleia_jade]

HEY GIRL, WHATEVER. IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU. NO WORRIES. ALSO AM SENDING GOOD THOUGHTS SKYWARDS FOR YOUR STRESSES.

I PROPOSE THAT WHEN THIS SHOW ENDS IN TEN YEARS PLEASE THEY HIRE #LTMTEAMAWESOME TO CREATE THE ~EXPANDED UNIVERSE~. NOVELS, BOOKS OF POEMS, GRAPICS, BAM! ALL THERE. TALENT ALREADY IN EXISTENCE. I WOULD BUY THE STUFFING OUT OF THAT FRANCHISE.

[dark_cygnet]

so poignant and true to the characters as I see them. This is lovely, I really hope one day that he will be the man that deserves her, because she deserves that type of man. Thanks for sharing this with us.

[katsnthecradle]

Lovely story! I loved the back-and-forth with the two scenarios (them talking and the progression of their relationship.)

[let_it_linger21]

Oh, wow...that was good! Very bittersweet there.

[crumpled_up]

Oh. Oh.

Stupid Cal. It's all about him still. He hasn't a learned a thing even after breaking it off and trying. it's always about him in the end. I'm so glad that Gillian called him on that. Man. Ouch. Loving all this angst that's coming out now. I'm eating it up.

Love the Sanskrit. Love LOVE that they're by an airport. Love the line about co-dependence. Love it all. So heartbreakingly gorgeous. ♥