Fic: 5 x 7

[stiffleaves]

Title: 5 x 7
Fandom: Parks and Recreation
Characters/Pairings: Leslie, Marlene, Leslie/Dave
Rating: PG
Word count: ~3400
Summary: Five defining moments of Leslie in seven-year intervals, from Marlene's somewhat unreliable POV. For the Defining Moments Challenge in Government Shutdown.
Notes: Big thank you to stillscape for the beta! And to rikyl, jncar, and saucydiva for

Comments

[sullen_aquarian]

I cannot deal with how adorable 7-year-old Leslie is. The salt of her tears!

[stiffleaves]

Hehe. Now you know why there had to be sugar on pasta from then on.

[americnxidiot]

This is excellent. I love your Marlene.

[stiffleaves]

Thank you!

[stillscape]

Love how these turned out, especially Marlene's thoughts on Dave, which are remarkably similar to my own.

[stiffleaves]

Thanks! Aww, I love Dave, actually, and I almost felt a little bad writing Marlene's snap judgements of him. But then again, I think I loved him as a character more than as a boyfriend for Leslie.

[lizinstereo]

I loved the backstory about her dad. It was heartbreaking and plausible.

I really enjoyed this.

[stiffleaves]

Thank you! Glad you liked it.

[shornt]

I ADORE your Leslie voice in this. Just spot-on. The part about her father was especially lovely, all the emotions Marlene watched Leslie go through. I love that you used Marlene's pov and the relationship you struck between them felt right and and I loved it

[stiffleaves]

Aw, thank you so much! I found Marlene's POV kind of frustrating to write, actually, at least while I was at it. I don't know, it's darker, but not so dismissive of everything that it's comical (like Jen Barkley's) ... anyway, so I'm extra happy to hear people seem to be enjoying these!