Fic: Five Things Renee Wears That Make Jack Crazy

[leigh57]

Title: Five Things Renee Wears That Make Jack Crazy
Summary: I'm pretty sure the title covers it.
Word Count: ~1600
Warning: adrenalin211 and I have 400 AUs, but in this particular AU Jack and Renee have a daughter, the result of a birth control snafu. If family and/or babyfic is not your thing, you will certainly be wanting to move along.
A/N: I'm putting

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[adrenalin211]

YOU POSTED!

THESE ARE MY FLAILING FINGERS.

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More later. I'm proud of you.

[leigh57]

Dude, stop. You don't need to say anything else about this one, seriously! You know I just stuck it up here to say I did. Now I have to figure out the end of the conversation in the other one. I'm still not gonna have the Christmas fics done by this Christmas! ♥

Hey, nice icon:P

[marinw]

Yeah fic! Meredith? So Jack has a daughter that's younger than his granddaughter? I suppose that's possible.

I've missed your fic writing.

My most cherished relationships are friendships. I've kept my friends longer than my romantic partners. I actually consider my current Boyfriend as a friend I get snuggly with. And that was more information than you needed!

[leigh57]

Lol, yeah I seriously think we have a minimum of five AUs going in email fic, and in this one there's a surprise baby. The next fic is set in a much more probably post S7 AU. My smushy self does love the idea of Jack getting the chance to be a dad again and actually be there for the whole experience. The stuff with him and Kim always killed me dead.

Friendships are the best. I actually wish there was so much more friendship fic out there that wasn't slash. That would be amazing, you know? Thanks for reading:)

[marinw]

Oh, post day 7 AU? That would be great. Especially if I get some hospital!Jack.

[leigh57]

Hehe, you and hospital!Jack. It slays me. It's more like very meepy trying to figure out how to live in the world now Jack. I'm still never forgiving HoGo for managing to leave Jack without Renee OR Kim, so all this fic is part of my psychic healing process. Or something! Mostly I just wish that Jack and Kim could have had all the scenes when she was a grownup (as in her S7/S8 incarnation), because I just adore them so much. Family fic is another thing there isn't enough of:-(

[adrenalin211]

I read the article on friendship and basically... I mean, I really liked it! A lot. I think it's true that not enough people are talking about friendship as something they value enough to figure out when it's not the most fun. Too many people think friendship problems can be made disposable problems by thinking of their friends as disposable people to whom they're not required to be committed. I suppose they're right if this is how they choose to think of friends, but with so many other kinds of relationships deconstructing in all sorts of ways, you'd think there'd be more focus on trying to hold onto the 'healthy' ones in general, friendships or otherwise, or even the ones that have hope of being made healthy and constructive with a little work, rather than only love/sex/romantic relationships, for which ALL THE BOOKS exist and all the help is avaiable, and may or may not be the kinds of relationships people should be holding onto

[leigh57]

Debate. DEBATE. I think mostly I'm glad it's over and giggling about the bayonets. But then again, I haven't pulled up a single news headline yet this morning, so stay tuned. I'm glad there was wine for everyone, you know?

I agree with pretty much everything you said there. It's not as if I feel that people should have to sign some document in order to be friends with someone, pledging their eternal commitment to that friendship. But this article does highlight the fact that precisely because there isn't a blood connection or a romantic connection or whatever, it's just easier for us as a society to let friendships go. It's hard to do a good job of maintaining most relationships with people, and friendships are just another type of relationship, so. Wow I'm deep like the ocean today. I think overall it's back to trying to remember what I consider the central rule of life, which is absolutely the Golden Rule. Do onto others. And all that. ♥

[adrenalin211]

The debate. Well at least we're one step closer to this whole thing being over with. I am trying to take it a moment at a time.

I agree that it's easier for us to let friendships go. I mean, there's no obligation there to stick around, and even if there were, society doesn't support it. So for instance, you (the global you) would be called out on canceling with family in order to hang out with a group of gal friends, except there's no reason on earth why your family is necessarily more worthy of your company and time. And yet!

[leigh57]

Yes please, can we be done with the next two weeks? OH DEAR CUPCAKES, DO YOU REALIZE THAT TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT WE'LL BE CHEWING OFF OUR FINGERNAILS LOOKING AT THE RETURNS?

Save me.

I'm sort of split in terms of agreement with what you said about friends vs. family. I do think that, especially when you have small children, there is a degree of responsibility that you have that does not in fact extend to friends, largely on account of the fact that you did not make your friends. I know that babies are a huge source of discord between people who have them and people who don't, and while I'm super sympathetic toward a childless friend who just wants her friend with a baby to go out to dinner once a month, I'm also super sympathetic to the friend with the kid, who probably hasn't slept in six months and has 12 loads of laundry sitting on her bedroom floor.

That came out a little longer than I meant it to, lulz. You know what I mean. Once your kids get older though, absolutely people should make time for friends.

[petragem]

This is lovely! She never takes off the earrings and they have an emergency emoticon system and Meredith’s pj’s smell like Renee’s perfume! Thanks so much for posting, lady.

And eek. Good luck with the debate-watching tonight!

[leigh57]

It was a stretch for me to put babyfic in my journal, and I probably won't do it again, but I was trying to be brave. Or something! Thank you so much for reading.

Argh, debate, politics, please let this be finished. I haven't looked at the news headlines this morning and I'm not sure I'm ready to. One more sip of my coffee that is now laced with pumpkin eggnog:)

[century_fox]

I HAVE MISSED YOUR WRITING SO MUCH. As always, your words are so beautiful. #2 gave me all the feelings. and this: He remembers his fingers gripping the counter, eyes closed while he tried to breathe, tried to process the slide of her hair against his thigh and the vibration that sparked up his stomach when he felt the heat of her mouth. HNNNNNNNNNNG. Yes please. So glad you posted!!!

one month until Thanksgiving, which is then followed by the official start of the Christmas season. *flails*
YESSSSS AND NOW IT'S TUESDAY, SO ONE MONTH UNTIL CHRISTMAS SEASON STARTS AJKHSFJKAHGKJSD.

I have a lot of thoughts on that friendship article, too, but I don't feel articulate enough to express them at the moment. Mostly it just made me really sad.

I forgot the final debate was tonight *fails* I was at Jess's house marathoning S4 of Breaking Bad (which was unsurprisingly soulcrushing).

Hope you have a good Tuesday ♥

[leigh57]

Aw, surprise comment from you! I figured the giant babyfic warning would probably scare you away. But I'm delighted that the second one gave you all the feelings. I was super reluctant to post because of all the writer's block, blahdiblah, but I am at least going to try to finish the Christmas ficlets from last year and then there is yuletide!

OMG A MONTH FROM TODAY IS THE CHRISTMAS SEASON. I uploaded the Jack for Christmas icon in honor of that:)

Yeah, that article was pretty depressing, wasn't it? I hate stuff that just feels so painful and true when you read it, but I still think it's probably a good idea to stop and think about it every now and then.

Argh, Breaking Bad. I know even from the few .gifs I've seen on tumblr that you are much braver than I am to watch that show. You have a great Tuesday, too! ♥