Fic: Sew It Up, U2 RPF, (Bono/Edge), [adult]

[jehane_writes]

After months of lurking and flailing, here I am with some U2slash! All feedback gratefully appreciated. Many thanks to enthusiastic, patient betas & consultant.

Sew it up
(but you can still see the tear)
B/E, adult, 1,700 words. Joshua Tree/Best Of-era.
Beta by leici and inklingfair. Language and geography consult by ex-Dubliner duckgirlie. Over at AO3.

Comments

[bonoffee]

Oh yay, actual good fic in the community! It has been a while and this is welcome. I like your descriptions, scene-setting and dialogue - I felt I was at home in the story right away and you introduce the situation carefully and subtly.

I did enjoy the first half better than the second, but that's probably a personal preference rather than anything to do with the writing because it's good all the way through. And as a former major Westlife fangirl (and Boyzone, come to think of it... god, my past) I grinned at their inclusion.

Well done!

[doctor_jehane]

What a compliment, bb, thank you :) And, yes, you've totally outed me as a Westlife fangirl (Edge too, at least in my head!).

I'm not sure why my U2 muse decided to bust out in this story about B/E's relationships with their wives, but the women are so much a part of them I think I had to write this first, yk? And I indeed tried to do so subtly and carefully, because the ladies deserve all the respect in the world.

tl;dr - I am so glad this worked for you! Thank you again!

[silsbee329]

the grey morning heralded storms up ahead, and more if they didn’t navigate this small, true thing very carefully.

Beautiful writing, as always. ♥

[doctor_jehane]

Thank you, my dear. ♥ ♥ ♥

[u2angel]

I love this so much. Your characterisation is spot on and it makes for a very comfortable read. Very well done.

[doctor_jehane]

Thank you so much! I'm glad the characterisation worked for you!

[needleandspoon]

Wow, this was really really sweet. I enjoyed your characterisation, your use of language and the dialogue especially. I hope we'll see more from you.

[doctor_jehane]

Thank you! So glad this worked for you, especially dialogue, which I love to write, and I was very concerned about (I find the Irish patois really charming, and early B/E seem to do it quite a bit, but I want to learn to write it authentically!).

And I do intend to write more! Except, as I was telling Lacy, for some reason I am mulling over some early, Ali-POV Dublin story. Not sure when my muse will get to the happy sexing, because I sure wish that she'd hurry, lol.

[dreamoutloud2]

Oh :3 I really liked this one! Well-written and super-sweet! :D

[doctor_jehane]

Thank you so much, bb! Yes, it is kind of bucket-loads of sweet, innit; glad it worked for you though :)