happy birthday(s)! and also a small present

[mrspollifax]

To my girls, a-loquita and binkii822, all the best birthday wishes! I hope both of you are far away from the computer and having the fantastic day you both deserve. And .... apparently I have not posted fic in over six months? Eep. However! For this one particular special occasion I have managed to actually finish something, rather than filing it away in the '

Comments

[janejosiane]

Aw this is really lovely! Happy birthday to the birthday girls!

[mrspollifax]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it.

[gabolange]

Aww, this is just lovely and makes me smile so much. I really enjoy snapshots of the future Sam and Jack could have together, and this one is just delightful. :)

[mrspollifax]

Thank you! They should have time to be happy, since the universe keeps making things difficult for them and all. ;)

[zinke]

Lovely. Simply lovely. I just adore these sort of stories that show a quiet sliver of what their life together might be like.

[mrspollifax]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it. :)

[binkii822]

Your imagery is AMAZING. I can always see/feel/hear everything you describe when you write. And that lead to one seriously HAWT fic! Yet you can feel their love and caring of each other. I especially love this bit...

Still restless, Jack rubs the soft end of a lock of her hair between his fingertips, just for the contact, for the connection. He's knows he's getting old, because he's thinking about how much he'd like to wake her, not to repeat their earlier performance, but just to hear her voice, to see the light in her eyes when she talks and to feel the warmth of her hand in his.

This was a lovely birthday surprise! Thank you thank you thank you!

[mrspollifax]

Hee. Well, it is rare that I get to actually surprise you with something! :) I'm very happy that you liked it! And happy birthday again. :)

[a_loquita]

Oh wow! Not sure I have words!!! I like the “5 times Jack woke up” structure to this that frames the story. You have so many great lines in here, I can’t possibly quote them all, but this struck me:

When he slides his hand up under the fabric, fingers splayed against her warm skin, the soft sound she makes is a few parts less waiting-for-battle-stations, a few more of home-in-bed.

I really like how it weaves in these weighty moments between the domestic.

That, he learned long before he knew about the ticklish spot behind her knee or the way she solved her trickiest technical problems in between getting out of bed in the morning and finishing her first cup of coffee. Too many long missions and overnight watches not to know that.

It just shows the depth of their relationship and the long history, I love it. But best of all, YOU GAVE SAM AN EVIL GENIUS NAME!!! Hahaha! (And I am so making you write the fic about Cassie sending Jack his super-villain name *nods*)

Such a sweet, beautiful fic! Thank you so much! *hugs*

[mrspollifax]

I really like how it weaves in these weighty moments between the domestic.

I am glad that this works, because I sort of feel like they can't possibly ever escape that completely, so it is all tangled up with how I think about romance in their context.

And I am so making you write the fic about Cassie sending Jack his super-villain name *nods*

Sadly, it sounds more like a facebook quiz. LOL! Cassie must be on facebook, but Jack can't possibly be, so she must have just answered the questions for him. THE END

And happy birthday again! *hugs*