FIC: Terra Firma (5/5)

[rotaryphones]

Title: Terra Firma, Chapter 5 (COMPLETE)
Pairing/Characters: Harry/Cedric, OFC
Rating: PG-13
Warning: My new favorite type of AU, in which Cedric replaces the epilogue.
Disclaimer: Harry Potter & friends belong to JKR.
Summary: Years after the war, the last place Harry expected to see Cedric was on a plane headed to Florence.
A/N: Sorry for the long wait

Comments

[psyko_kittie]

I started reading the first chapters, and lookie I get the last just as I'm finishing the fourth! Great fic. Alida is simply a lovely character. And the characterization of Harry and Cedric is just brill.

[rotaryphones]

Ha, good timing then!

And thank you so much. I'm glad you enjoyed all the characters. :)

[b00kaddict]

Oh, wow! I'm so happy you posted this--and yet sad to see the story end. Sequel? ;)

I like Harry's realization that he wants to be home more. "Harry hadn’t planned for those words to come out of his own mouth, but as soon as he made the statement, he knew it was true, and he wondered how long the decision had been forming": it feels very natural.

And then Cedric's big decision, a longer time coming... and Harry's decision to make sure Cedric will know he's supported. Very well done!

It's a big story; a big journey for them, in a lot of ways, and you handled it beautifully. Thank you for writing this story, I've really enjoyed it! :)

[rotaryphones]

Haha, no sequel I'm afraid. I'd even consider this my least likely H/C story to get a sequel.

It's a big story; a big journey for them, in a lot of ways, and you handled it beautifully.
I'm so happy that you got that out of it! I sometimes worried about the story being too understated if anything, maybe because it's mainly a story about Cedric but from Harry's POV. And even though we're inside Harry's head, his personal journey feels much more off-camera to me. Does that even make sense? Anyhow, if you got a sense of how both of them have evolved, that fills me with authorial glee!

Thank you for reading! *scuttles off to read your update*

[b00kaddict]

No sequel? Darn. But another H/C story instead will be fine. ;)

Understated is good. That's one of the things I liked best about Terra Firma. Not everything was up front and said out loud; a lot of it was just there in their gestures and in Harry's interpretations. It felt realistic that way, and right for the story, since they're both adults when they meet up again on the plane.

[nagi_schwarz]

I've absolutely adored reading this story, and there's something extra-special about getting to read it first and watch it come to its lovely final form. Well done - and I'm so, so sorry about the delay. (On a side note, I'm done with one exam and with my first full-blown trial in a real courtroom.)

[rotaryphones]

I couldn't have done it without you! (No, really. This would still have that awful first ending, which shall not be spoken of here.) You've been a huge help, and I'm glad you've enjoyed the story in the process.

(And congrats on your Real Trial! How cool. If you ever have time again to write, let me know. :))

[nagi_schwarz]

Now that the trial of all suck is done, I should be back in the writing saddle with some vigour, so I'm glad to be back! Thanks for picking me to be your beta - your writing seriously, seriously rocks.

[shell_77]

Awww shucks! I didn't want it to end. Will you be writing more stories?

[rotaryphones]

Thanks for reading! I'm taking a break from H/C at the moment to write a story for the lgbtfest, which I recommend checking out once they start posting. After that, (and some other ongoing projects), I'll probably be back here. :) Maybe I'll even finish that Super Long Story that I need to stop hinting about because at this rate it's never going to be written anyway. Lol.

[bablefisk]

Oh, I love this story. Nice ending:)

[rotaryphones]

Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it.