FIC: "love is not a battlefield (i am no hercules)"

[hoosierbitch]

Title: love is not a battlefield (i am no hercules)

Author: hoosierbitch
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Neal/Peter/El
Warnings: References to noncon, themes of PTSD and triggering (if you have more specific questions about what is/isn't in the story, please feel free to contact me!).
Thanks: photoash and themkshrine were incredibly helpful, supportive, brilliant betas - any remaining

Comments

[joanne_c]

This is just stunning. Beautifully written and I feel so much for Neal in it. A really wonderful way of writing something so difficult for the characters. Lovely work.

[hoosierbitch]

Oh, thank you so much! What wonderful feedback, I really appreciate it!

♥

[photoash]

This is so beautiful -- You already know how much I like it!

There are so many wonderful turns of phrase :) but this one stuck out to me a lot: He feels good, in his body and with Peter and it’s the smallest, ugliest victory he’s ever had to claim. Because right up until that moment, he hadn't thought that he would get to have this again.

This victory for Neal, when he realizes he can feel sexual pleasure again is so beautiful and heart breaking. It's his turning point :)

You have so much emotion and story packed in such a sparse amount of words -- every single word here in this story is not wasted :) they are all powerful!

I love the ending :) and how Neal keeps the details to himself <3 and doesn't even paint them!

Thank you for writing such a lovely piece and sharing it with us!!

[hoosierbitch]

Thank you, Ash! As always, you were a huge reason why this fic got finished - so thank you. ♥

[faemouse]

You stun me. You write the filtiest, nastiest, most scorchingly hot porn on the face of the planet, and yet you also produce this heartbreaking and hopeful prose. I was actually moved to tears - I just hurt for all three of them, and the emotions were so real and raw. This is absolutely phenomenal.

[elainasaunt]

This. Every word of it.

[hoosierbitch]

Thank you!

[hoosierbitch]

Oh, gosh, thank you! *flail*

This is just the most amazing feedback - thank you so much!

♥ ♥ ♥

[ultracape]

Very beautiful.

[hoosierbitch]

Thank you so much!

[lefaym]

Wow -- your writing here is, quite simply, amazing. This is such a difficult topic to do well, but you don't just do it well -- you do it perfectly.

[hoosierbitch]

Wow - thank you so much! *happy flail*