Cannonball (for the Behind Closed Doors challenge, Relish section, Leslie's POV)

[rikyl]

Title: Cannonball (for the Behind Closed Doors challenge, Relish section, Leslie's POV)
Pairing: Leslie/Ben
Rating: Hard R
Words: 3,600
A/N: Thanks to my partner in crime

Comments

[princess_george]

OK, so, we've talked about this, but let me get specific:
- the very idea of her knowing she can be a cannonball
- the tunnel vision melting away, and, oh, other people are here? moment
- I think it is indeed a milestone for them to have had a fight as a couple. This is not something Leslie has experience with, in my headcanon.
- MURAL. Let's have a collective duh for that, because, duh. Of course. Ben should have known, we should have known after watching the next clue, and so on. Genius.
- Her having to get used to coming on as strong as she pleased.

And then all the rest of it. Lovely.

[lizinstereo]

The mural clue was perfect. That's now my head canon.

I love how thrilled Leslie was to be in a real, not secret relationship. I love how Leslie kept blurring the lines between their work and personal lives and she doesn't care because she's happy and fulfilled. Great job!

[emilyla]

Ahhhh! This was perfect! Mural, of course. That was genius.

Also, I will never thing of the hummingbird thing in the same way ever again!

[stiffleaves]

Ahhhh! I loved this! I've been reading all this angst, in order, and this is like the perfect breath of fresh air after that. So adorable and sweet and, yes, when I look at it like this, Leslie's extreme horniness makes perfect sense to me after all they've been through. Because finally, finally, things are moving in the right direction on all fronts and she can enjoy them while they're happening.

And I LOVE your solution to the cryptex. Excellent, excellent job with that. Of course, "mural"--what else could it be?!

This was adorable and perfectly in character. Wonderful job!

[levondrious]

This was amazing! I especially love the scene after their first fight. And this part in particular was really, really lovely: She didn’t have much experience with makeup sex, but she’d always pictured the foreplay as being angstier than this--more fingernails, maybe, more doubt.

This was so much better-comfortable, reassuring, good.