FIC: Once Lost, Now Found (5/5) -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 stuck with

Comments

[wheelie47]

I love this amazing story on so many different levels.

Love the whole twist that you bought to the story - such a great idea. The way you wove parts of the real storyline into your own story with a twist worked really well.

I LOVE Noah in this story - how he is so together and coping with his disability and doesnt take any crap from Reid. I also love the real fear that you show of having Noah scared of what having his sight back would mean... that he might not be able to deal with it.

Love the relationship that Noah has with Casey. Always love me a bit of Casey!!!

I just love the way Luke is drawn to Noah - that they gel on some many levels, making him want to be the best he can be and making him realise probably what he has known all along that he and Reid arent right for each other.

Oh and loved the ending... just perfect.

Thanks for sharing x

[carolinablu85]

aw, thanks so much!! Weaving in the nods to canon was really fun, kinda like building a jigsaw puzzle and connecting it all together! Fun.

And yeah, I feel like I've said it in every reply, but it's true: writing Blind!Noah was so much more fun than I thought it would be, and I kinda fell in love with it/him. And that would be a huge fear- as someone who had to recover from a major injury, going back to my "real life" after that was scary!

YES. Noah/Casey is always awesome. Always. Always. And you sum up Luke perfectly- he finally wants to do something, not just settle.

Yay, thank you!

[barbaragail]

Ella - this was simply perfection. And I have to say - made me way more emotional than I expected. Thank you for that! Your a wonderful writer and I love love LOVE your love for Noah! <3

[carolinablu85]

I feel like saying thank you and apologizing at the same time! :P But I'll stick with thank you, very very much for liking this! One thing you can always count on (besides death and taxes) is my love for Noah ;) <3 back!

[secondmezzanine]

At some point he really should learn the names of the people who worked at Java.

Love this first line! In fact, I love the whole opening first scene. The introspection, the voice. You just really grabbed me with your writing.

AND CASEY! ONLY MY FAVORITE NON-LUKE/NOAH CHARACTER! *hearts in my eyes*

I totally love these “what if” scenarios. Watching this play out was brilliant. “Reid has no reason to be jealous.” Ah-muahahaha!

And uh, chapter three? Specifically, THE EXTREME HOTNESS OF CHAPTER 3? Unf. Just, unfffff forever. *passes out* (But of course I love the angstiness that goes along with it)

MADDIE AND CASEY MADDIE AND CASEY MADDIE AND CASEY MADDIE AND CASEY MADDIE AND CASEY MADDIE AND CASEY
(I approve)

Oh my gosh. The ending. So cute. And adorable. The end. Roll credits.

I ♥ you

[carolinablu85]

Ha, I seem to recall your love of Casey from last year's BigBang! :P (Though I have to agree. He's always my go-to 3rd character. Sometimes 2nd! The combination of teddy bear, best bro, and ADD-toddler: we all need one in our lives!)

Oh, Chapter 3. Oh, oh, chapter 3. It took me forEVER (only slight exaggeration) to figure that scene out. Thank you so much! Angst, I'm cool. I can do. Hotness? It takes a while longer!

Maddie and Casey are forever how I'd want ATWT to play out in a perfect world (strange to use ATWT and "perfect" in the same sentence....) I love them. I don't care who's playing Casey, I love them!

Thank you so so much! I kinda think maybe I ♥ you too.

[jessnic85]

Ella, we probably sound like a broken record by now in regard to our feedback to your stories, but we just have to say it again...this was absolutely BEAUTIFUL! Adore the idea of them meeting after Noah was already blind (huge kudos to Tasha for the prompt), and the struggles they both faced throughout the story were so incredibly real. Also, there's just something about the WAY you write them falling in love with eachother...GAH! Always takes our breath away.

And we're still so sad that Nicole didn't get paired with you again this year, but still grateful we have this to read and re-read over and over again. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for this gorgeous, amazing story! <3333

[carolinablu85]

I'm actually, like, really glad you read this and liked it! You two are my go-to BB people in my brain because of last year :) I love writing them falling in love and I love that people reading it feel it too!

I'm really really grateful too, to have y'all around to read this (and hopefully see you both in October or sometime in the fall? Coming back to NYC, yes?) OOH! AND! I'm working on that prompt of yours! I may have to wait till the DVD comes out so I can do better research, but it's almost done being outlined!!

[carolinablu85]

Thank you Anna! And while- ha- I'd never EVER want ANYONE from the show to read anything I've written, it is nice to dream that the show could've gone differently and been written better by... pretty much anyone! But that's what fic is for- to right/write the wrongs! (see what I did there?)

But thank you thank you- putting in all the little bits of canon was actually fun and hey- writing pretty boys is never NOT fun!

Thanks! :)