Friday Night Lights - "If This One Could Be With You", Tim/Julie, R

[lindentree]

Title: If This One Could Be With You - Chapter 8/10
Author: lindentree
Rating: R
Character(s): Tim/Julie
Word Count: 5,074
Summary: After 2x11, "Jumping the Gun", Julie's parents come up with an appropriate punishment for her - tutoring Tim Riggins.

Thanks to the_wanlorn for the beta, and to ishie for helping me get all the football stuff right. Um, hopefully.

Chapter 1

Comments

[myr_soleil]

YAY MAKEOUTS.
Also I want to say that I really enjoy how you write every character, even Gracie Belle ;) Landry in particular killed me in this part - giving good advice, what's up with that! "I really feel like we’ve all shared something special here today", HAHAHA.
Great job as usual! :)

[lindentree]

Thank you! It helps that I really don't think there are any characters on the show who I don't like at all, or for whom I can't find any sympathy. Maybe Joe McCoy, I don't like that guy. But everyone else, I sort of want to wrap them in blankets and pet their hair and make sure they're okay. I love them.

Glad you liked it, and thanks so much for commenting!! :)

[elzed]

Lovely stuff. And outmaking!

The scene at the Alamo Freeze with the advice was fab.

[lindentree]

Everyone loves outmaking!

Thank you! That scene almost got canned because I could never find quite the right place to put it, but thankfully that didn't happen because it's actually one of my favourite little interludes so far. Any opportunity to include more Smash, Matt, and/or Landry, and I'll take it. :)

[khemlab]

This was great. I agree with the other commenters, you have all the characters down beautifully. Especially Matt at the Alamo Freeze - he didn't say much, but his silences were deafening. Lovely.

ETA:
“Right, right. So, this hypothetical guy who likes this hypothetical girl, does he have any idea how weird it is that he’s coming to his teammates for advice when it’s common knowledge that he’s slept with half the girls in west Texas?”

LOL FOREVER. I really need a Smash icon.

[lindentree]

Aw, thank you so much. Character is basically what I'm aiming for, so that's fabulous to hear.

I love Smash, and I love the adorable antagonistic but loving relationships he has with both Tim and Matt. Basically I just love those boys.

PS: I'm working on a sequel to your sequel, it's just slow coming along. I'll let you know how that goes - still over a month to go until season 4, so we have to amuse ourselves somehow!

[khemlab]

PS: I'm working on a sequel to your sequel, it's just slow coming along. I'll let you know how that goes - still over a month to go until season 4, so we have to amuse ourselves somehow!

This fills my heart with SQUEE.

[lindentree]

Glad to hear it! :D I'm trying to decide whether I want to end it bittersweet, or brutal. Such a hard choice!

[metafascinating]

Great chapter as usual! :)

[lindentree]

Thank you!! Glad you enjoyed it. :)

[lindentree]

You were the one who helpfully supplied the correct terminology when I was sitting there, staring at the blinking cursor, wondering, "What's that thing, where you want the extra points, so you do the thing? WHAT'S THAT THING CALLED?" so don't even. ♥