Title: Just Trying to Get the Good (Part 2/2)
Author:
allthingsholyPairing: Ben/April (Parks & Rec)
Rating: R? NC-17? Let's say NC-17.
Words: ~15000 total; ~6500 this part.
Notes: Thanks so much to
cypanache for looking over all of this one, two, three times and helping me work out some plot and characterization kinks. Thanks to
ishie for the once-over and
slybrunette for being the
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I was going to use a gif, then I realized it would probably be Andy, and that's just mean.
The cooking and the convenience fucking and Ben's voice and their permanent attachment to the sofa, everything. Yes.
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Just. They're so fucked up, and somehow bring out the best and the worst in each other.
They sit and watch some nature program about gorillas and Ben reaches out and slides a hand around her ankle, dips his thumb into the hollow around her tendon.
I'm in love with this image. And this entire fic. Every single word is just...guh.
I'm done. Going down with this crack!ship like the Titanic.
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That's basically exactly how I feel. They're so similar I just can't NOT ship them. LIKE THE TITANIC.
Thanks so much for the comment, I'm so glad you liked it. MORE BEN/APRIL NOW PLEASE.
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(Using my Leslie & Andy icon almost seems appropriate here in a weird, roundabout way.)
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(Ha, I used a Ben/Leslie icon for part two and my April/Andy icon for part one, so. TOTALLY APPROPRIATE.)
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I'm so glad you liked the fic, thanks so much for commenting! These two are kind of eating my brain. A LOT.
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And wow, "kind of hard to read" I actually take as a compliment, I guess? Like, yes, they spend a lot of time being miserable. Hopefully it struck kind of a hopeful balance at the end? I don't know, I worked on this thing so much I literally can't even see it anymore, but I'm so glad that you liked it!
YAY BEN/APRIL!
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