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[alicebluegown16]

Title: Wisdom
Author: alicebluegown16
Rating: R
Pairing: Will/Finn, mentions of past Will/Terri and Will/Male.
Summary: Finn learns more about Will's not so perfect past.
AN: For the Winn prompt: Finn finding out that Will is the child of alcoholics and how it affects their relationship. Part of my series of stories that includes Closer , Hollywood

Comments

[hermiones_twin]

I don't think I've ever heard someone describe what it feels like to be the child of someone who drinks too much quite as perfectly as Will did there at the end. It's like that, you know, when you're the only one who sees it because they function the rest of the time. And people think if they can function, it must not be a problem.....

Anyway. Wonderful.

[alicebluegown16]

Thank you and I'm so relieved it rang true.

[alicebluegown16]

Thank you.

Thrilled it seemed in character for both of them and so glad you enjoyed my exploration of Will's psyche since I love poking around in there.

I'm relieved I managed to convey some of the complexity of the issue since that was by far the most daunting task.

More fic very soon with more Will backstory and also lots and lots of smut.

[hopenight]

I cried. I literally cried. Oh wow that was so sad.

Again your Finn voice was just so good. It was just so clear and utterly Finn. And I like the fact that his relationship with Will is forcing him to deal with the big scary things that he would probably rather ignore.

And I loved it. All of it. It was Finn facing the fact that his boyfriend has things that he won't know and accepting it. But trying to help when he does know. It's about him growing up and it's so sad but amazing at the same time.

It's just a great balance between angst and love and everything. And all I wanted to do was give Will a giant hug at the end of the story. I love the fact that it isn't an instant fix but people keep trying.

You are just such an amazing writer and I'm glad you choose to write Winn.

[alicebluegown16]

Sorry for the tears.

I did warn you of the potential cry factor.

I'm so happy I managed the angst to love ratio properly.

And I'm so glad Winn chose me!

[madmenfanatic]

Shit. I shouldn't have read the other comments before writing my own. Ditto, ditto, I know right?, uh huh, ditto

[alicebluegown16]

Honestly, I didn't have Finn holding Will because I've been in that exact situation and it ended in a black eye because at that moment the person was so very much not in a place where touching was a good idea.

Anyway, after you were pissed at Finn agreeing to the taking a break, I'm glad you enjoyed the second part and that you found everything realistic and in character.

Thanks for reading.

*and next fic is the blowjob one*

So, you've got that going for you.

[tawg]

There was some stuff in this fic that was laugh out loud funny, and then some parts that were making me tear up. I really liked reading Finn and Will's fight, because that played out a lot like a real fight would, and they things they said and the decisions they made both made sense given how you've built these two up in that series. I think that's a real achievement, because of course we all love reading stories about our favourite characters getting together, but it takes some skill to make someone enjoy reading their pairing argue and fall apart.

I enjoyed Finn's research, mainly because I can remember doing the same thing about eating disorders when I was in high school. I was also really struck by the way Finn was finding all of that information and processing it alone, but at no point did you write him resenting that fact - he was wrapped up in wanting Will to be better, not wanting their relationship to be easier, which said a lot to me about the kind of person Finn is, and his maturity about his relationships. Small details,

[alicebluegown16]

Thanks for commenting and I'm just some crazy combination of happy and relieved that I managed to break them and put them back together in a manner that was halfway realistic and rang true to the characters and how I've written them in this series.

Finn's searching and fearless moral inventory was the hardest part to write because I didn't want to diminish the fact that this was something he had to sort of struggle with (and that struggling with it was okay), but I also couldn't just sweep Will's issues under the rug in favor of a big rainbows and kittens happy ending. Oh, and all while also not having the story grind to a screeching halt with a massive information/research dump.

So, so, so glad that scene worked.

Next fic is more Will backstory. And porn. Soooo much porn.