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michellek

Can Not Find the Heart I Gave to You (30 Rock, Jack/Liz)

Jan 04, 2009 23:04

Title: Can Not Find the Heart I Gave to You
Prompt: un_love_you #01. You were right about me.
Fandom: 30 Rock
Pairing: Jack/Liz
Notes: This is super angsty. Just so you know.
Word Count: 1,816
Rating: NC-17
Table: Over here.
Summary: In the beginning they were civil, sitting across from each other as if they were prospective business partners instead of ( Read more... )

un_love_you, just like glass, jack/liz, 30 rock

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michellek January 5 2009, 07:27:18 UTC

Thank you very much. :)

isawsparks26 January 5 2009, 06:22:31 UTC

I think we have the same music library.

I love the angst. The fact that I was already listening to Ingrid Michaelson made it super awesome!

(Sometimes angst is just what is necessary in a story, yes?)

michellek January 5 2009, 07:29:18 UTC

Ah, that is awesome. I was listening to a lot of Ingrid Michaelson while I was writing it. And currently am, in fact. She is great. Thank you!

(I think so, yes. Sometimes things just can't work out.)

isawsparks26 January 5 2009, 22:11:00 UTC

Yeah, to be completely honest I'm not sure I see them ultimately as a happy ever after pair... so I love some good angsty fic!

michellek January 6 2009, 04:23:09 UTC

I totally do see them working out, but I still do have to recognize things could go terribly wrong for them. Just because they're my OTP doesn't mean they couldn't make each other miserable.

op_de_radio January 5 2009, 07:03:57 UTC

That was so sad.
YOU SHOULD FEEL GUILTY!
Just kidding.
But seriously, that was depressing and good all at the same time.

michellek January 5 2009, 07:31:07 UTC

Thank you!

Also, I love your Spaghetti Cat icon.

zuzubailey76 January 5 2009, 07:47:19 UTC

Now, I don't want to go off on a rant here, but...FIXULATE THIS! It is causing me emotions that should only occur during my woman times!

michellek January 6 2009, 04:32:14 UTC

I kind of thought you would post such a comment, and I applaud you for doing so in 30 Rock references. I have started thinking about writing Jack's perspective on this, but I don't think it'd end up happily. Though I do think he still loves her.

zuzubailey76 January 7 2009, 02:30:08 UTC

Well, I read all of your fic, but I feel like I only reply to the angsty ones. Sorry about that.

I have to say that this:

Her laugh is sharp and brief. "I was right about you. When I first met you, I said, 'This is a bad guy, this is a guy you don't want to deal with. This is a guy you should stay away from.' I should've listened to myself, but I let you convince me you were something other than what you obviously are--"

really stuck with me. I find it interesting that Jack has been able to read Liz since the moment they met, but she hasn't always been able to read him. (Or rather, she can't make up her mind about him, because she seems to think of everyone in black and white terms, and Jack isn't easily described as a "good guy" or a "bad guy.")

I am joining the chorus of those who want a sequel. There was no condom in this story and we know that Liz isn't too clear on how to use her birth control pills, so...THINK ABOUT IT. PLEASE.

michellek January 8 2009, 01:10:23 UTC

It's okay. I know that you're reading 'em, and I do see why you'd feel more compelled to comment to ask for things to get de-angstified.

I do think there is a definite inequality in terms of them being able to understand each other. I think Liz had definitely thought the worst of him here, and I think that's what upsets him most, that she saw his reaction to the miscarriage immediately in a "well, he just doesn't care" way, and he hates that she still has the capacity to think so little of him.

I will think about it, and I did write a little bit of a Jack fic re: this. Though it is more an exploration of what I was talking about in the previous paragraph and has little forward momentum. I don't know what I'd do with them next here; I don't know that I want to get her pregnant.

csi_miamie126 January 5 2009, 07:56:40 UTC

Though sad, it's one beautiful Jack/Liz fic. Felt that there's a small percent in their own triangle graphs that still ache for each other.

Bravo for squeezing my heartgrapes.

You're the one of the awesome ficwriters in this fandom. *prostrates self before you*

michellek January 6 2009, 04:40:04 UTC

Aww, thank you so much. And I do think they do still care for each other at least a little -- in my head, Jack still loves her -- but they're both too angry and wounded to do anything but lash out in the end.