Heroes, "Back to the Start" Edgar/Lydia | rated R

[quirkysmuse]

Fandom: Heroes
Title: Back to the Start
Author: Paynesgrey
Characters/Pairings: Lydia/Edgar, Claire Bennet
Rating: R
Genre: Drama/Romance
Word Count: 2,330
Spoilers/Notes: Retcon of a character's death, Season 4 end. Done for rtwofan for her help_haiti, who kindly gave me a lot of time to work on this, even though I'm a jerk for taking so long. Thanks to apckrfan for the

Comments

[game_byrd]

That's very sweet! I especially like how you wove it into the show, not having him make off with Lydia's body until after everyone else thought she was gone/buried; how she stayed hidden so the rest thought she was dead; and you even managed to put Edgar back at the carnival in New York! (which when I saw him in the show I was like "Wha?")

Thanks for sharing. Lydia was a great character with a lot of potential. So was Edgar.

[quirkysmuse]

Thank you so much!

[commen_sense]

oh, this is SO my canon from now on. I am still furious that they killed Lydia-she had such potential! D: But I like how you played this situation out, it was very believable. Also, you're writing had a certain mystic quality to it that I've always associated with the Carnival and I think that made me enjoy this fic even more! :D

[quirkysmuse]

Thanks! I'm glad you think it could be your canon. I would have loved some redemption for Lydia like this. I guess the writers couldn't be bothered to save her like they could Noah or Maya with Claire's blood. I mean, she was right there! And Edgar is a speedster, so he can make things happen just like that.

Thanks again for reading!

[rtwofan]

Aw, I'm so glad to see more Lydia/Edgar in the world. I really thought they were canonical and that they would "end up" together on the show, but then she died and...rawr. Lydia's death was one of the most irritating deaths on Heroes IMO. As the others said, this story fits really well in with the show and is so gonna be my personal canon from now on :D

I wasn't sure what you were gonna do with this aside from it being Edgar/Lydia - I assumed it would be a past!fic but this was a really pleasant surprise. I love that there was flashback mixed with the present to give them sweet moments, without ruining the urgency and severity of her death scene (aka, I'm glad they weren't having wild sex right after she came back to life, lol, cause...ew)

And thanks so much for writing this for me! I bet it's a huge weight off your shoulders now, lol.

[quirkysmuse]

Yay! Thank you! I"m so glad you enjoyed it and thought it worked.
I was happy to write it, but yeah, I'm sorry it took so long. I just wanted to be really 100% into it before I gave you the finished piece.