True Grit - "With No Lodestar In Sight", Mattie/LaBoeuf, T

[lindentree]

Title: With No Lodestar In Sight - 7/12
Author: lindentree
Rating: T
Character(s): Mattie Ross/LaBoeuf, Rooster Cogburn
Word Count: 7,091
Summary: Five years after her adventure in the Choctaw Nation, Mattie Ross runs afoul of a fugitive. She soon finds herself in familiar company, if not familiar territory.

Comments

[lindentree]

Aw, thanks so much! The cheering-on is very much appreciated. I'm really pleased that everyone enjoyed this chapter so much... Here's hoping I can follow through with everything that happens next. :)

[rj_anderson]

Oh, LaBoeuf. Oh, Mattie. That kiss, and then that cliffhanger! This is like some kind of wonderful torture.

Amazing writing, as always. Looking very much forward to the next part.

[lindentree]

Thank you!! I'm so pleased that you're enjoying it. I'm hoping to get the next part up a little quicker - the bulk of the last few chapters is already written, it's just a matter of filling in the blanks and tying it all together. I'll try not to keep you hanging on that cliff for too terribly long. :)

[theonlytwin]

Oh heck. I was just thinking about this and now there's more and it's all amazing.

[lindentree]

Ha! Glad to hear you're enjoying it. There will be more soon, I promise. :)

[papagayo]

*Dies*
That kiss turned me from a reasonably cynical 29 year old to a flailing, Bieber-squeeing 14 year old. Dammit. If I wasn't so embarassed, I would ask for a *longer* kiss next time, please.

Having gotten all that off my chest - it was a remarkably action-y chapter, and the cliff-hanger was just *mean*. Cunningham really has no reedeming features, has he? And Rooster has so much figured out what's going on with LaBeouf and Mattie - but does he approve? He's clearly fond of Mattie, but does he believe that L is taking advantage?. I love this whole dynamic between the three of them - it's deliciiously almost Austen-esque.

But that kiss...
*flails some more*

[lindentree]

Hee! Glad to hear it! I'll do my best to oblige you on that count. :)

Yes, Rooster's pretty certain he knows what's going on. Whether he really has the right idea about things is another matter. Mattie, meanwhile, is remaining stubbornly obtuse, of course. What would a romance be without at least one person having no clue they're in love, right?

Thanks so much for the delightful comment - I'm writing as fast as possible for a more speedy update, I promise!

[papagayo]

I might be a little nuts, but I actually don't mind the wait, because this way it'll last longer... ;)

Re: the Romance. She wouldn't be *Mattie* if she just swooned, y'know? I think it's wonderful the way you keep her in character.

[lindentree]

Oh, good to hear! God knows I'm not a fast writer by any stretch. I'm going to try to post a little more frequently because a lot of the rest of the fic is already written, but there are going to be at least 3-4 more chapters in total, so it's not going to be over tomorrow or anything. :)

Mattie's been a very fun character to write, in that respect. With another, more accommodating character, it would be easier to fall back on certain familiar romance tropes, but Mattie being so firmly Mattie, she really makes me (and LaBoeuf, if you want to look at it that way) work for the outcome. It's fun!