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Exchange Fic #15: Hope Springs Eternal, Chapter Two

Jan 18, 2010 13:11

Second installment of a three-chapter fic.

The actual identity of the writer will remain secret until all the submissions are in and posted.

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Title: Hope Springs Eternal
Author: spotzle
Recipient: akavertigo
Prompt: Underground restaurants.
Rating: PG-13
Plot Summary/Author's Notes: Eleven years after her adventure in the Labyrinth, Sarah is at home watching ( Read more... )

romance, humor, wordcount: 5 to 10k, jareth/sarah

Comments 8

callmekacee January 18 2010, 23:00:16 UTC

Gah! Poor Jareth! But what a huge burden for Sarah to suddenly bear... I look forward to the third and final installment. This is a lovely story!

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moon_lover68 January 23 2010, 02:06:01 UTC

Ooh, romance, history, suspense! Waiting for more...

lady_rhiyana January 23 2010, 20:46:26 UTC

I do love good origin stories, and this one is fascinating. Jareth's comment "No. I'm just an ordinary owl" made me smile.

Also loved the idea of the underground restaurant.

Eagerly awaiting the third instalment!

dmacabre January 23 2010, 22:20:31 UTC

Very nice take on the underground restaurant idea! I'd only vaguely heard of it (on travel shows) before akavertigo submitted it as a prompt, and I'm glad you chose it. I particularly liked seeing how you worked it in with both Greek mythology and the Labyrinth universe.

akavertigo January 24 2010, 00:14:08 UTC

“I was wondering if you would like to join me for dinner?”

And thus we have the line I've been waiting for since this exchange was announced. +__+

Sarah had learned to keep her bathroom door locked and her cupboard full of treats for her guests, though the goblins at least weren't very particular about what they put in their mouths.

...they are her soap, didn't they?

“Athens? As in Athens, Greece? We're in Greece? You took me to Greece?”

Why yes. Yes, he did. Pardon my gleeful cackling, if you'd please.

“Did you honestly expect me to take you to a regular mortal restaurant?”

Jareth, I love you--and your sneaky, smarmy ways. Here, have a cookie. (Madam Mystery Author of Much-o Awesome Food Fic, you may have two.)

“A sequin for your thoughts...

Ok, so, there's absolutely no way for that not to be lethally adorable. None, zero, uh-uh.

“Why?” she asked softly, willing him to tell her something wonderful.

Honestly, lines like that tend to kill me dead. Do it again, oh, please do it again.

“And the others who have made a home in ( ... )