“Extracurricular Social Interaction For The Clueless And Inept”, Sarah Jane Adventures, Clyde/Luke

[paperclipbitch]

Title: Extracurricular Social Interaction For The Clueless And Inept
Fandom: Sarah Jane Adventures
Pairing: Clyde/Luke
Rating: PG (by my standards, anyway)
Word Count: 4710
Genre: Slash
Summary: Luke discovers that being grown by aliens in a lab for various nefarious purposes really doesn’t help when your best friend decides he’s got a crush on you

Comments

[such_heights]

So cute! So, so cute!

“I could kill you with my brain,” he offers.

Ftw. :D

[paperclipbitch]

Thank you, I got warm fuzzies just writing it :)

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[tonko]

I only watched the pilot of this, so I've never even met Clyde, but I remember Luke. This is adorable.

[paperclipbitch]

Clyde is quite sweet, really, and Luke is great. Thank you, I'm glad you liked :D

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[allyndra]

I feel all bubbly and happy after reading this. You did an excellent job with Luke's POV. This line: The best thing about television, Luke has realised, is that he can watch people to his heart’s content without any of them turning around and demanding: what the hell are you looking at, freak? was one of the ones that showed both how different Luke is from other people and what he's been going through, trying to adjust.

This: “… I don’t think you should learn about life from Hollyoaks,” she says carefully. made me giggle, because of the "She worships a Holy Oak ... no, she worships Hollyoaks" line from the first ep. Also because I enjoy Hollyoaks, but I pity the boy who tries to learn how normal people behave from it.

And this one: By morning break, Luke has started writing out a formula based on hormone levels and exhaustion from playing football combined with potential temporary insanity in order to explain what Clyde did yesterday, because then he can show Clyde that it’s all fine and Clyde will look at him again. The line is

[paperclipbitch]

I've never tried to write a story from the point of view of someone who knows nothing about social interaction or life on Earth, so this was really fun!

I'd forgotten all about the "Holy Oak" line until I was re-watching the other day, and I thought it would be the perfect place for Luke to learn about the awkwardness of life. *grins*

Thank you so much, I'm really glad you liked :)

xx

[elyssadc]

SO SO SO SO GREAT!!! Such brilliant lines, too. This has got to be my favorite:

“I’m learning about life,” Luke replies cheerfully.

His mum looks doubtfully at the screen and then at him.

“… I don’t think you should learn about life from Hollyoaks,” she says carefully.

But this bit:

Luke looks at him. “Clyde, I was grown by the Bane for evil world-domination purposes and even I know that this isn’t normal.”

comes in a close second. It was all so adorable and perfectly in character and sweet as can be.

[paperclipbitch]

*grins* Thank you very much! It was too much fun to write and gave me lots of warm fuzzies. Glad you liked!

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[lonelybrit]

Oh I am so glad I am not the only soul waiting for this particular handbasket to hell!

Great, great fun, my only complaint would be the lack of Mr Smith offering utterly useless advice, but then we did get Maria ruling the roost just a bit, so I don't mind :) Bravo!

[paperclipbitch]

SJA is one of those things where you think you shouldn't slash the kids and then you do anyway! I'm glad to find I'm not the only person out there either!

Mr Smith offering utterly useless advice would've rocked, but I was having enough difficulty writing a boy who knows nothing about the world without adding in a slightly evil computer ;)

Thank you very much!

xx