Fic: Beginning Again

[stiffleaves]

Title: Beginning Again
Fandom: Parks and Recreation
Pairings: April/Chris, Chris/Jen Barkley (+ the merest hint of Leslie/Ben)
Rating: R
Word count: ~4900
Summary: This is a sequel to Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, which is about Chris and April's affair in January 2014 (while April is married to Andy and Chris is in a long-distance

Comments

[princess_george]

Holy shit. This is so deeply weird and yet so very right. Thanks for this. What a bizarre trip inside Chris' brain and heart.

Poor Andy, in this world.

[stiffleaves]

Yay! Thank you! "Deeply weird and yet so very right" is a verdict that makes me very happy. Seriously.

[stiffleaves]

Yaaaay! I love it! Thanks for saying that. I weirdly ship Chris with both of them, too, obviously. So--yay!

[sullen_aquarian]

So many feelings. Honestly, you've made me love and hate Chris and April at the same time--and love Jen Barkley completely. I'm happy for Chris if he can make it work with Jen, but where does that leave April? Or Andy, for that matter? Any thoughts on writing a part 3 of this saga?

[stiffleaves]

Thank you so much! That's really great to hear, and I definitely share all of those feelings

[sullen_aquarian]

I'm picturing April staying in Indianapolis, or maybe even going to a bigger city, but either way finding her own place. Sadly, I see her losing touch with everyone from Pawnee. Leslie will try to keep in contact, because she's Leslie, but even that ends after a few years when April never replies.

Well, maybe Orin keeps in touch with her.

[courtknees1]

You are a magical wizard of crakship fanfic. How did you do that. It's just all so wonderful, and so true to character, and so well written. And I'm so happy that April is gaining independence and making something of herself, and Chris and Jen are going to give it a shot. Ahhhh!

"Jen! Barkley!" Her name is emerald and burgundy. And it sparkles.

This is lovely.

[stiffleaves]

Aww, thank you so much! That's really, really great to hear. So glad you enjoyed this!

[stillscape]

This is so great. I don't necessarily ship Chris and April, because of the age difference among other things, but you make it work. And I love April growing up. There's no way for her to do that without outgrowing Andy, I think--because he is just not going to change much and she is--so I'm delighted to see that explored somewhere other than in my own head.

[stiffleaves]

Thank you! I was actually thinking about you when I put in that bit about April contemplating going back to school.