I don't even know, you guys.

[kitsune13]

So! More Glee fic from me. It's a sickness, I'm telling you.

Title: The Map is Not the Territory
Author: Catja Mikhailovic/kitsune13
Pairing: Will/Rachel
Rating: NC-17
Length: 8,700
Spoilers: Through 1.18 “Laryngitis,” but set some time after that.
Summary: To make him look forward to seeing her: that’s an achievable goal, she thinks.

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Comments

[0penhearts]

Holy. Hell.

This is everything I want them to be. You have no idea. Absolutely, completely perfect. I can't even stand it.

P.S. I'm in the midst of writing R/W future fic, and actually quite close to starting to post it, and I've been watching "Right Angle" on repeat as well :) It's incredible.

[kitsune13]

Wow, thank you. Seriously. And I am SO, SO EXCITED for your W/R -- I think I told you this, but yours was the first W/R I found, and I was all, "NEED MOAR NOW." And omg, you're doing a SERIES, and, and. WILL/RACHEL SHIPEERS: TAKING OVER THE WORLD. :D

And oh yes, "Right Angle" is the cutest thing EVER.

[0penhearts]

Ah! I don't think you told me any of this, about how much my flailing over your awesomeness is mutual :) That's so exciting, and very flattering!

BTW, I definitely read your story twice last night, and I may read it again today. Yeah. It gives me *~!feelings!~*

[kitsune13]

Oh no, did I not? I know I've drooled over "Drunk" before, and I just re-read "Need" not too long ago, and I LOVE IT. Both are so sexy and wrong and sweet (esp. "Need") and fucked-up and everything W/R should be. <3333

We need to team up and BLANKET THE WORLD with W/R. :D

[madmenfanatic]

Damn it, I read the other comments before formulating my own, and all I want to say now is "ditto" to all of them. (Yes, even to the NC-17 one.)

My only other thoughts were that I was ecstatic to see a Will/Rachel fic, that it was a one-shot (I like to read stories all at once so I can get emotionally invested and get an immediate payout), that it had a mature rating, and that it was long (more reading pleasure). You did a great job explaining how the relationship could have plausibly come about, and Rachel's nervousness/fear in the beginning- it is easy to want something you know you can't have, but when you start to get it-holy shit, what do I think I am doing?!?

A great story. Thanks for sharing it with us.

[kitsune13]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate your reading and commenting. And yeah, I really wanted to capture that feeling of being a teenager, and being SCARED at these completely overwhelming feelings. I'm so glad it worked for you! :)

[kitsune13]

Thank you so much! And yeah, I feel the same way -- I LOVE the scandalous dirty stuff, as you say, but I also love how ALIKE they are in so many ways, and I wanted to focus on that angle. And they're totally my OTP, so the problem is getting myself to STOP writing them. :D Thanks again!

[yahtzee63]

This is terrific. Tremendously hot, very affecting, and as slow and tentative as it would have to be. I like that we see it all through Rachel's hopeful eyes, while still knowing the darker side of it Will sees remains present. And yet you believe in his affection for her. Awesome fic!

[kitsune13]

Thank you so much! I am totally flattered that you liked it, because I've always enjoyed your writing. :) When I was writing this, I really felt like there were two stories going on, both of which are true: this is a seriously fucked up thing that is only happening because they're both lonely, desperate, and in Rachel's case, kind of manipulative; but at the same time, they really, genuinely care about each other. I am so glad that it came across that way to you. Thank you again!

[brandyleigh]

I've watched Glee since the beginning, but I've had no real inclination to seek out fic. But, I saw this rec'd and I started reading it and couldn't stop. Really, really fantastic Rachel voice, and to echo someone else upthread, even though this is wrong, and Will, as the actual adult here, should be the one who stops this, at times it does feel as though Rachel is the one in complete control of the situation.

[kitsune13]

Thank you so much! I *love* writing Rachel's voice -- she's so unintentionally hilarious -- and I'm glad it worked for you! And yeah, re the power dynamic: I think she genuinely considers herself the co-director of the club, and that his authority is merely some annoying technicality that doesn't actually apply to *her*. And Will, after "Ballads," recognizes that and just works with and around that, instead of trying to assert his authority over her. If that makes sense? Thank you again! :)