Prison Break Fic: Variations on a Theme of Almost and Never (1/1)

[burntcircles]

Summary: A man, a woman, and the different choices that make up a life.

Characters/Pairing: Michael Scofield/Sara Tancredi, mentions of Lincoln Burrows, Veronica Donovan, LJ Burrows, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tancredi, and Bruce Bennett

Genre/Rating: Het/Mild NC17

Length: ~ 2,900 words

Author's Note: Especially for skybelpb, an unbelievably wonderful woman. I'm

Comments

[gypsiee]

You luv are a poet.

[burntcircles]

Thanks...

[gypsiee]

Just realised this was for skybelpb, and I was the 1st to comment. So OOOooops... Sorry Sky.

[lizparker6]

Very interesting look at the various possibilities the life offers and the slightest detail can change singnificantly. :)

And yet, I cant help but like 'our' possibility the best. :)

Ive been thinking about the thing, that if sara and michael met under other, less desperate circumstances, if they would fall for each other, and personaly, i came to the conclussion than rather not, there would be too many bringing them apart (lincs problems and her secretive drug past), whereas the way things played in the canon, everything was minimized down to basics, where all else didnt matter anymore, just the very core of the two of them, attracted to each other, a match made by heaven as well as pure accident.

Well, I dont know if i make any sense here, but these are the thoughts that your story brought up into me.:)

Thank you for sharing this wonderful piece with us.

[burntcircles]

Oh, you made a lot of sense, dear. I agree that the circumstances have to be just right at times--the mix has to be just right or it won't fly, exactly what parrot_sketch says *points down-thread*
I'm sorry I'm not very coherent (I blame lack of sleep), but really I appreciate your comment. You're too kind, as always. *hugs*

[lizparker6]

You ARE coherent, no worries there. :) And my comment is predominantly honest, you DO deserve the priasing. :) You did a great job.

[darkwriter69]

You have me in tears! Real tears because this fic was simply brilliant and poignant and so skillfully written and it was written for me! The whole thing, from start to finish was mesmerising. Each time you write you awe me with your skill and I'm so honoured that you were thinking of me when you penned this masterpiece

[burntcircles]

*hugs* You can squish me all you want, Julie. This is so late that it's embarrassing, and I'd written this sooner then it wouldn't have been as hard for you to read. I'm sorry, dear.

I know you like Gretchen, so I tried to write a sequel to In Extremis. But Gretchen wouldn't play, so I tried writing something in the Flower universe (at least 6000 words, I had an outline and everything) but it just wouldn't come together.

*hugs you very, very tight*

[darkwriter69]

That's ok Nona, what you wrote for me was beyond enough and in fact was absolutely perfect.

Thanks again!

[chapter_stork]

Nona! This is absolutely lovely. I adore stories that explore the "what if" scenario of how Sara and Michael meet, and I'm feeling spoiled because here you have given us five. (if I'm even counting correctly?) The person who is exactly perfect for you in every way might be out there, but if you don't meet, or come together under the wrong circumstances you might miss the chance of a lifetime and there is no recovering from that, really. I love the poignancy of the first scenario, and how they sense the absence of the other even when they have never met, and I LOLed at the 7-11 Asshole encounter. The fact that in some of the scenarios OTHER characters, like Lincoln and Veronica, actually fare much better, also speaks volumes about the vagaries of fate. Each part was beautiful though, fully formed, and told the story it needed to tell. Very thought provoking, and your writing just gets better and better, girl. I LOVE this. Thanks for writing it and to skybelpb for inspiring it!

edited for icon, cause I'm anal like that *g*

[burntcircles]

You wanna know the truth? Wentworth gave me the plot bunny! LOL

I starting thinking about it, then Candy and lizzyyuan posted related comments that had me thinking some more, and then you posed that question about soulmates, so I knew that this story was meant to be. Took me a long time to find the words because I'm slow and clunky like that...

Each part was beautiful though, fully formed, and told the story it needed to tell.

This? And *love* in caps and italics?

Excuse me while I go weep.

Thanks, Viva. *hugs*

*honks*