Oh my god. Okay, so I've spent the night forcing myself to take this slow, savour every single word of it because that's what this fic and you deserve, and now it's one AM and I think I'm about to head back and reread the whole thing. HOLY SHIT. You have climbed inside my head and given me pretty much the perfect fic and I am so ridiculously grateful and happy right now, you have no idea.
There are so many things I love about this: the tension between them and the way that changes, the way it shapes them and the way they use it to shape each other. I love the mistakes Brendon makes about Ryan, the ways he misjudges him and the ways he gets him spot on but screws up all the same, and the way that all their previous history makes Ryan more confusing rather than less in so many ways. The idea of knowing someone again, in this whole new way, it's so endlessly fascinating to me and you deal with it so well in this; that one line -- That's what's getting Brendon off, and he's pretty sure Ryan didn't mean to show himself like that, and
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LJ CUT ME OFF, THE BASTARDsoftlyforgottenDecember 22 2009, 14:23:53 UTC
Oh god and I am going on and on and ON, bear with me, I need to ramble some more at you yet: all the little details in this, I love the way you write so much, tiny little things like Spencer laughed at him, his tongue tucked between his teeth and His hair is grimy from salt water, I love so much this kind of writing, the way it doesn't ever descend into florid description but makes it so vivid and so clear in such a minimal, simple way. And along with that, the humour in this, Brendon accidentally turning into a creepy chronic masturbator and Zack doesn't mention that he's spent the better part of a half hour hitting himself on the arms. It's quite possibly the nicest thing Zack's ever done for him, all these little moments that made me laugh. This was such an intense, gritty fic in so many ways, and it was lovely to have those lighter moments, too, to really fix it in such a strong Brendon POV.
OKAY I AM ALMOST DONE I PROMISE but just, Brendon/Ryan, seriously. You've written them so well, and I spent so much of this thinking, this,
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nyyyyyyyygh. This was amazing. I've been on the look-out for good post-split Brendon/Ryan and this was exactly what I was looking for (with bonus hot sex to boot!). Just so much love!
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There are so many things I love about this: the tension between them and the way that changes, the way it shapes them and the way they use it to shape each other. I love the mistakes Brendon makes about Ryan, the ways he misjudges him and the ways he gets him spot on but screws up all the same, and the way that all their previous history makes Ryan more confusing rather than less in so many ways. The idea of knowing someone again, in this whole new way, it's so endlessly fascinating to me and you deal with it so well in this; that one line -- That's what's getting Brendon off, and he's pretty sure Ryan didn't mean to show himself like that, and ( ... )
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OKAY I AM ALMOST DONE I PROMISE but just, Brendon/Ryan, seriously. You've written them so well, and I spent so much of this thinking, this, ( ... )
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*squish* I don't know what else to say about this, except that I keep reading it and it makes my face like :DDDDDDD
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nyyyyyyyygh. This was amazing. I've been on the look-out for good post-split Brendon/Ryan and this was exactly what I was looking for (with bonus hot sex to boot!). Just so much love!
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