Criminal Minds Fic-A Hinge in the Air, Chapter 8

[mingsmommy]

Title: A Hinge in the Air, Chapter 8
Author: mingsmommy
Pairing: Emily Prentiss/David Rossi
Spoilers: Everything through Season 5
Rating: FRT/PG13
Author's Notes: This fic is the wonderful wojelah's help_haiti fic. Her prompt was "good old fashioned falling in love plus h/c." The title comes from Billy Collin's poem, Japan.

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Comments

[kosmickway]

Damn, girl! Your characters are so distinctive, so vivid, so beautifully drawn, I know that you must have spent hours working on them. And Emily's response to Dave's grief is so visceral and perfectly depicted.

I'm so impressed with this story, hun. Your writing is simply amazing.

(But I'm starting to get impatient for some smut action! *wink*)

[mingsmommy]

Oh, I hate to disappoint, but this one is going to stay at PG-13 :( But I do promise a smut story soon...as soon as I feel like writing again, anyway.

But, thank you, thank you, thank you for always supporting me and cheering me on, for taking the time to read and being thoughtful enough to comment. You're an angel. *hugs*

Thank you.

[boubabe14]

Loving it all so much...thanks for giving me a much needed distraction these days. YOu write with such a smooth ebb and flow to the story. Just *sigh*

[mingsmommy]

*HUGS*

Thank you, sweetie. I hope things get better soon...I think that's what everyone is praying for.

I'm honored to be a good enough distraction for you.

[wojelah]

There is so much to love about this story, and this chapter is just a jewel. This is the part where I admit to bringing my own baggage to reading this - I lost my grandfather really unexpectedly some eight years ago, and this chapter.... It reminds me of all the good and bad and difficult that goes into something like this. Dave, in the garden, feeling selfish - yes. Exactly that. And Emily, yearning SO HARD to just give over and be part of the family and yet too honest to let herself do it, and her thoughts about the biochemical benefits of touch. And Hotch and his gratitude, and the men-in-law, and Super White Bread and Boy Wonder Bread. This is what families are, what they do.

I'm all kinds of overwrought tonight for a variety of reasons, and this chapter was so lovely and warming and cathartic - it's exactly what I needed to hear. *loves you*

[mingsmommy]

It reminds me of all the good and bad and difficult that goes into something like this.

This weekend was the 9th anniversary of my father's death. As I posted this chapter, I was remembering my uncles and aunts coming into town and all of the give and take and the tears and the laughter and teasing that comes with the gatherings around grief.
If I was able to realistically convey the mix of emotion that comes with times like this, I am beyond pleased.

I can "hear" in your tone how hard the loss of your grandfather was for you and that you miss him still. *hugs* I hope what I've done here hasn't made anything harder for you.

I'm sorry you were overwrought, I am hoping it was temporary. I am keeping you in my prayers.

[wojelah]

You nailed it. :)

And you absolutely didn't make it harder. If anything, it helps to know that this is the way the world works - that everybody fumbles their way through this kind of thing.

The overwrought was a combination of job and hormones - this was exactly what I needed to read to get my head back on straight. Some things remind you that amidst the chaos, there are good, solid things. This fic is one of them. :D

[amichevole]

This is just...ridiculously perfect. The thought and the detail that you put into the setting, and the side players is amazing, and the way you write Dave and Emily is so utterly fantastic that I would not bat an eyelid if it happened in show. As with every other chapter so far (and really, everything you've ever written) I know I am going to read this over and over again.

[mingsmommy]

OMG! You are too sweet. WOW! What a comment.

I have to confess I actually dreamed about the brothers-in-law night before last...they were sitting around the kitchen table in my head, laughing and telling stories. I've had that happen with other people's characters before but never with my own.

Thank you so much for continuing to read and comment. Your good opinion means a lot to me. Just...thank you.

[pharmawriter]

This story just keeps getting better and better. The tone is genuine and heartfelt, the characters amazingly well drawn (I may not recall their names without a reread, but the Rossi husbands are fully rounded characters who are both touching and funny). You manage to completely avoid the common pitfalls of characters-becoming-a-couple fics (I don't know if they have names, but we've all seen 'em).

This is one of my top three Rossi romance/family fics. Please update soon.

[mingsmommy]

Thank you so much. I have to say I love the Rossi and Prentiss characters a lot and that makes them so rewarding to write. I am SO pleased you think I'm doing a good job with the fic. It's an especially high compliment that you don't think I've succumbed to the common romantic story pitfall...I really don't want to do that.

Thank you for reading and commenting. It really does mean a lot to me. I am so grateful.