[rookie blue] fic | These Streets We've Named Will Never Be The Same

[waltzmatildah]

Title | These Streets We’ve Named Will Never Be The Same
Fandom | Rookie Blue
Characters/relationships | Sam Swarek + Luke Callaghan (+ Oliver Shaw + Gail Peck, implied ex Sam/Andy and ex Luke/Andy, hints at Luke/Gail)
Word Count | 5000
Rating | MA
Warnings | Graphic depictions of an MVA and associated injuries [including severe TBI]
Summary |

Comments

[catteo]

*flails*

I LOVE IT.

Especially the ending bits that I hadn't seen yet. You've done a brilliant job of getting all the Gail/Luke in just by using Oliver and Sam and you therefore get all of the awards. The whole thing is so atmospheric and truthy andI especially love the bits with Sam's inner monologue at the end. The way that he's re-making things into something that he can process. And Gail with her tears and her truthiness about Andy coming to see Sam and the re-establishing of all the walls. Love the imagery of her walls coming down and her being visible and then suddenly not.

Basically when's part 2: rehab?!

Also, you may have a rogue non-ending italic HTML coding cause it became all italics for me shortly after Sammy got to hospital. How's that for con-crit!

*flails some more*

[waltzmatildah]

You've done a brilliant job of getting all the Gail/Luke in just by using Oliver and Sam It's the Luke/Gail you get when you're not expecting any Luke/Gail! I'm sneaky like that :)

I'm glad you liked it because, oh my god, it was doing my head in by the end there!! But I also do like the ending. I got it to the point I wanted it to be at without needing another 4000 words to do it, so that's always a bonus!!

The thought of a part two terrifies me because I know, KNOW, KNOWWW how hard it'll be to make it realistic. I mean, we both know there is nothing glamourous about recovery from a TBI.

I guess I could always employ a Shonda-esque time jump?! Haha! /cheating.

I'm not sure what the issue is with the italics on your end, because it all looks fine on mine... Hmmm. Odd. I'll double check the html though.

[drzlilsuga]

YES YES YES YES YES YES!

You've basically got me all mute-like. This is amazing!!!!!

(Is there more? Please say there's more!)

[waltzmatildah]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!

Mute-like is good! Yay!

I'm glad you liked this. I initially wrote the first half on a whim and Catteo convinced me to show it to her and then, dirty enabler that she is, was like FINISHHHHH ITTTTT.

And so I did.

She is impossible to resist, yo!

As for a part two, I'm really not sure yet. I WANT a part two, but I also know how hard it'll be to write. No promises that there'll be a finished product, but I CAN promise I'll at least try!

[blood_red_alibi]

I really liked this... I've never seen the show and was intrigued enough to click the cut, but it was great that I got enough from the story to kind of put two and two together on what was going on in the car prior to the accident.

I love how you captured what it's like to be in an accident, the way your mind goes in and out and turns in circles as you start to process what's just happened. Damn good read.

[waltzmatildah]

Thank you! It's so awesome to think that you bothered to read this even though you don't watch the show. THANK YOU, THANK YOU!! And I'm even more glad that you liked it enough to tell me :) The show is VERY much a Grey's Anatomy rip off [Luke is my new Alex, and Gail is my new Izzie!!], but because I don't have anywhere near the emotional investment in it that I had with GA, it's easier to watch!! If that makes sense!

[blood_red_alibi]

That's such a great character dynamic. I miss the old Grey's with Izzie and Alex and their on again, off again, in the on-call room because "I need you now", kind of thing.And the story line really hits home atm because we had a big pile up on the interstate about fifteen miles from where I live. I don't think I could have read it today, so I'm glad I got the pleasure before.

I just found a gem...

[mahtra]

Wow, you did a wonderful job with this fic. It was heartbreaking and so beautiful. I loved it.

Re: I just found a gem...

[waltzmatildah]

Thank you so much!!! It's so awesome when someone discovers a fic you're half convinced no-one's read for over a year!! You've made my day ♥

I'm so glad that you liked this :)