Comments | halfshellvenus: Prison Break Gen Fiction: Learned At The Cradle, Forged In The Heart

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Prison Break Gen Fiction: Learned At The Cradle, Forged In The Heart

Feb 17, 2007 11:48

Title: Learned At The Cradle, Forged In The Heart
Author: HalfshellVenus
Pairing: Lincoln and Michael (Gen)
Rating: PG
Summary: They are brothers, no matter what, from the very beginning.
Author's Notes: Written for 60_minute_fics, for the prompt of "Family," and for my prisonbreak100 Gen pairing of Lincoln and Michael (prompt #43, "Heart"). Also for philosophy_20, this is "Birth ( Read more... )

philosophy_20, prisonbreak100, ml_gen, 60_min_fics, michael_lincoln, pb_gen

Comments 17

bluesister February 17 2007, 20:01:19 UTC

You wrote this in 60min? That's perfect because I'm ready to quit watching the show and just experience that world through your stories. Actually, I think half of my enjoyment of the show is the background of your stories!

Lincoln decided right then that he'd be Michael's brother until Michael was ready to be his.
That's so perfect. And the cookie jar incident? Only a parent knows that silence is a bad sign.

halfshellvenus February 17 2007, 20:42:29 UTC

The first version was written in 60mins (for the challenge community), but then I usually polish it (my brain isn't always at its sharpest from 10-11 pm). :) The comm's writing window is 7-8pm if you live on the West Coast, so I usually just do my own personal version of 10-11. You should try the challenges out! It'll get some ideas flowing, that's for sure. Almost everything I've written for it I wind up keeping-- some 20-25 stories so far, I think.

That's so perfect.
:) I can so understand Lincoln not feeling that Michael really IS a brother yet-- but understanding the he will be someday, and that he can wait until that happens.

And the cookie jar... gah! I was one of those kids myself, because the cookie jar was the center of the universe in my world. :0

deadbeat_nymph February 17 2007, 20:31:30 UTC

Lincoln decided right then that he'd be Michael's brother until Michael was ready to be his.

Michael was across the room and on the sofa in front of the television before his mother even managed to clear the hallway.

There was smart, and then there was Michael.

It's all perfect, but those lines are fucking perfect.

I love you.

halfshellvenus February 17 2007, 20:43:49 UTC

Hee-hee! Thank you, Nymph!

I tell you, there is no form of lightning faster than a kid who is a bystander to trouble and is about to be placed in the middle of it. Especially if you have a sibling that gets into trouble as much as Lincoln probably did. :D

♥

bluedelft February 17 2007, 21:28:08 UTC

Ahhhh, that was so good!

Lincoln decided right then that he'd be Michael's brother until Michael was ready to be his.

Watching out for each other right from the start.

LOVED IT!

halfshellvenus February 18 2007, 08:24:42 UTC

Thank you, bluedelft!

I really wanted to capture that sense of love and loyalty here-- from the beginning all the way through the good AND the bad. It's the thing I really love most about the show. :)

aeroport_art February 17 2007, 21:44:56 UTC

Oooh, neat drabbles.

How many times could one man screw up and still live to tell about it?
I liked this line, it really rings true for Linc. He's screwed up SO many times, especially in the eyes of Michael.

a boy with too-short pants
Hee, that is SO Michael!! Even now, with his too-high backpack *giggles*

halfshellvenus February 18 2007, 08:26:36 UTC

I liked this line, it really rings true for Linc. He's screwed up SO many times, especially in the eyes of Michael.
One of the things that intrigues me so much about Lincoln is that he knows this about himself, he truly regrets it (and its impact on Michael), and yet... he still keeps doing it. And hating himself for it afterwards. The fact the he still does it-- and still cares about its effect-- is an interesting combination.

Hee, that is SO Michael!! Even now, with his too-high backpack *giggles*
Those parts of Michael that are so very un-self-aware are just adorkable to me. ;)

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halfshellvenus February 18 2007, 08:30:30 UTC

Someone, I don't know who, came up with the term "fluffy-angst" (flangst) to describe that bittersweet combination of SO much of Lincoln and Michael together. It applies to the Supernatural boys as well, but you get the sense that Michael and Lincoln had some level of "normalcy" in early childhood-- as brothers-- whereas Sam and Dean didn't. Dean got 4 years of normal and then "whammo," and Sam never got it at all.

But that combined flavor is so irresistible, especially when you look back at the innocence and you know what's coming. It's a cookie jar now, but it'll be something much worse down the road-- and for most kids, it'd never get that bad!

i really like the way you took moments of their lives to show how strong their bond is and how long it has lasted.Yes, yes-- that was the whole point of this piece, from the perspective of the 60_minute_fics prompt. The feeling of "Family" (the love and loyalty) was really what directed this piece, though when it came right down to the underlying message, "Heart" seemed perfect for the 100 ( ... )