ficlet: a matter of policy

[jae_w]

ficlet, Carden/Ryan as requested by elfiepike

[a matter of policy]
Like the old man said, take the money and run
Carden/Ryan

Comments

[frausorge]

Oof! You always lay down the group dynamics so precisely, it's beautiful. And I love the suggestion that Ryan smiling at the end is already Carden's payoff for whatever this hit is going to cost them.

[jae_w]

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it.

[novalinedy]

This was good!

[jae_w]

Thanks!

[elfiepike]

oh my heart! this is even more amazing than i'd been hoping for--the whole world is just seamless and immediate, and i love the dynamic between ryan and carden, and between all of them as a gang (but especially ryan and carden). the way the story keeps going back to their relationshp, circling back to carden's focus on ryan and ryan's words and actions--oh man! ("now you look the part." ♥!)

thank you so much!

[jae_w]

Thanks so much! I love the opportunity to write the two of them.

[wovenindelibly]

I am so enthralled by every Carden/Ryan world you create!

Then he kissed Ryan, covering his mouth with his own so Ryan would learn the shape of the word no.

That's just fantastic! Every time, you tweak their dynamic, and every time it's compelling and hot and complicated. I love it! And William's secret family, of course, nicely inserted. \o/

[jae_w]

We are the few, the proud, the Carden/Ryan lovers!

Thank you!

[extemporally]

Oh! I love the way you laid down the plot in this, and the way you told it - it made me feel, I don't know if this is the right word, but it made me feel desperate. I loved the way you tweaked William's plotline: One thing Carden knew about William after all these years, whatever they made, it was never enough. and the Ryan/Carden dynamic: Then he kissed Ryan, covering his mouth with his own so Ryan would learn the shape of the word no.

And of course, Butcher the gentleman :D

This is such a long flaily comment, but honestly, I loved this, the way you took what might have been just a ridiculous AU and applied this emotional realism. Just, you write good.

[jae_w]

Thanks so much! I'm glad you liked it. I think ridiculous AUs w/emotional realism are becoming my specialty.