23 The Ghost of The Past

[sylnl]

Word Soap: As The World Keeps Turning
Author: SYLnl
Title:  #23 The Ghost of The Past
Rating: PG
Summary:  Trust, hope and jealousy.  
Big Thanks To: ltklo, for securing my subjects.
Disclaimers: Yay! I can finally claim a character! So here it goes: (drum roll p-lease!) I created Dr. G.M. Who? Read it and you’ll know:-)

“Hello, my sweet. This is a nice

Comments

[joann414]

Once again, I LOVE these little reads. Grown-up Luke just does it for me and obviously Reid also. Another great one girl. thanx

[sylnl]

You're SO welcome! thanks for your kind words! It feels SO good to give Luke this space to show his true colors! He had to wait a long time for that:-)

[sylnl]

Hey you, I created Gary. So OF COURSE he's not a complete jerk, hahaha I don't believe in 'all bad' or 'all good'.

And I do feel Reid is very particular, even (or maybe even MOSTLY) about 'casual bed buddies'.
For instance, that whole 'microwave dinner' scene felt very out of character to me. I understand WHY they did it like that, but it didn't feel right.

***No second best choices for me. I want the best or I can do without.***

That's how I see him, anyway:-)

So I don't think Gary will turn psycho on us. It wouldn't look good on Reid:-)))

Thanks (again) for your feedback. Loved it!

[sylnl]

What are the odds! This is wwwwweird, hahaha. It took me a long time to come up with a name that's not really a person (according to Google, so as far as I know) and now this! Fun!

And... goodmorning to you! I just finished dinner:-))))

Thanks for the kind words!!!

[sylnl]

Glad you're back:-) Didn't know Queer as Folk, so checked it out and I understand the attraction:-) And I understand your avatar now:-)

20 children! Wow! Well, if there are any Gary Morgans out there, Google couldn't find them:-)))

[scotianova]

I do always love it, when someone is creating a back-story for Reid. On the show he seemed so shadowy.
Great chapter!

[sylnl]

Thanks! I agree. And it allows me to really figure out 'where Reid's coming from'. We're all multi-layered and I'm looking forward to 'stripping' Reid:-)))

[nancygrew]

Great chapter!

Love the Emma scene. It makes me happy that Luke had two such wildly different grandmtohers growing up and that they both gave him security and love. Emma's not as showy a character so I sometimes forget that she's just as much an influence on Luke as Lucinda. Luke actually lived with Emma for long stretches of time and it's good to see their bond.

Love that Reid is so used to the Neurowing being a project that he works on with Luke, that he automatically invited Luke to a meeting with Reid's ex sexual partner without being all soap opera-y about it and trying to hide it and so on. And Luke was about ten kinds of awesome during the encounter with Gary [confident, quick-witted, snotty].

[sylnl]

Thanks! I agree. I love both grandmothers. For some reason Lucinda hasn't been around yet, but I'm pretty sure she will be.

And Reid's 'feel free to join' was a nice touch, wasn’t it? :-))) I consciously moved away from the soapy road on this one, because it felt very out of character if I made Reid hide something.

Don’t you just LOVE Luke like this? It suits him so much better than the codependent, insecure Luke, doesn’t it?

That’s one of those things I never understood. Why the writers gave Luke all those ‘grow up’ tasks (running the Foundation, taking over Grimaldi Shipping) but on the other hand kept portraying him as weak, doubtful and immature.
(That’s why I made Reid voice that frustration in the car with Damian:-))