FIC: Once Lost, Now Found (2/5) -Nuke BigBang 2011-

[carolinablu85]

Title: Once Lost, Now Found
Author: carolinablu85
Artist: x_serenade
Rating: eventual NC-17
Disclaimer: I own less than nothing.
Summary: Based on the prompt: What if Luke had met Reid first?
A/N: Thank you to natashaodwalla for the prompt, to BB mods for running this whole shebang with poise and class and hard work, to x_serenade for her beautiful art!, and to all writers and artists who

Comments

[spirelloforyou]

“Don’t feel something out of obligation. Don’t force anything. If you’re happy, be happy. If you’re not happy, fix it.”

Some really good advice. Luke needs to quit his job and be with Noah.

"Noah chuckled, throwing a dish towel in Luke’s general direction. Luke caught it, joining in on the laugh. He did that a lot around Noah- laugh."

I'm aww-ing here.

“And I can’t help it. We hang out all the time, but it’s like... like it’s not ever enough, you know?”

Now I'm going to cry here. I'm not even sure I can continue reading. I'm scared. :S

[carolinablu85]

haaaaaa, don't be scared! I promise, hand to every god there is, I have to write happy endings. Every time. :P

Lucinda's the best at giving advice. Always will be! And Noah's the best at saying stuff that makes you want to aww. I don't think he can help it!

[seajellybaby]

I adore all the subtle (and not so subtle) and very clever connections to the original L&N story. How you played with them and reshaped them from a different perspective. Fascinating to read. Especially Noah here… where he’s so used to being alone… so used to meeting people and then having them disappear from his life… that he can’t even bring himself to rely on anybody but himself.

“But making the ending too depressing makes the whole journey needless to begin with, doesn’t it? What’s the point of taking it if it doesn’t work out?”

Kinda reminds me of another journey we all took only to have it not work out…

Damn that first kiss scene was like… DAMN!

[carolinablu85]

oh man, THANK you! I spent a little bit of time picking out bits of canon that I wanted to nod to, I'm so very very glad you picked up on them! And double-glad you picked out what makes Noah, Noah. That really sums up a lot of the conflict of his character, and what makes him so interesting to write.

And yes, ha, the meta-talk about ATWT itself. Yep. That was a shoutout to us, not gonna lie. But just like Noah, I tend to think we'd get our happy ending :)

Thanks!

[babslovesmusic]

Picturing Noah little-kid giggling made me giggle. Noah guessing Luke was blond was priceless.

Casey's comments have me ROFL. "That's one of your best bitchfaces yet." More giggles.

"Me. I...feel like me." "Me too." Oh, I love that exchange.

I'm enjoying the twist on canon with Luke/Reid and Noah.

[carolinablu85]

I could totally see Jake as a little-kid-giggler :P It helped with the inspiration!

Funny story, I was kinda struggling with parts of this chapter and second guessing stuff, and then that little scene of hyper-active Casey appeared and, I don't know, I felt way better about stuff! Casey does that for me :)

Yay, thank you!

[random_nic]

Hmm I wonder what Noah's prognosis is?

And dang, Luke, just embrace what you really want already, would you? Although, I guess that would make the story too short lol.

[carolinablu85]

Too short and simple! Where's the drama in Luke actually doing what he should? :P At this point on the show, he was all "fiddle-dee-dee" about stuff too, as frustrating as it was. I am simply canon-correct here :P But I'll fix it soon!

[freakykat]

There is so much I love here, not the least being Reid and Noah's strange and endearing relationship. I honestly love those two characters interactiing.

�I didn�t say that.� Luke frowned, trying to figure out what he was actually saying. �But making an ending too perfect kinda negates all the struggles they went through to get there.�

�But making the ending too depressing makes the whole journey needless to begin with, doesn�t it? What�s the point of taking it if it doesn�t work out?�

Luke sat back too. He hadn�t thought of that. �Well, maybe it could end well. With hope for fixing everything. But it can�t be perfect, Noah. Nothing real is.�

This bit of meta is brilliant in this fic. I love what you're saying here.

I just -- srsly, love this.

[carolinablu85]

They just mesh so well! I can't help it! Would've been AWESOME if on the show, before all the stupidity, if Reid- looking for a place to live- and Noah- looking for a place to live- had ended up finding a place together... Nothing romantic, of course, but it would've been fun!

Ha. My meta. Oh, my meta :P

Thank you!