Ficlet: A Waiting Game (Peter)

[chichuri]

Title: A Waiting Game
Fandom: Fringe
Author: chichuri 
Characters/Pairing: Peter, Peter/Olivia
Word Count: 370
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Peter considers how Olivia has been acting around him since the events of "Jacksonville".
Spoilers: Through episode 2.16, "Olivia. In the Lab. With the Revolver.".
Disclaimer: I don't own Fringe or its characters.

Comments

[heatherbird]

I agree- in the most recent episode, when she "agreed" with him that they don't want to hurt the "little family unit," his huge grin made it seem like he thinks he's telling her what she wants to hear.

[chichuri]

Yeah, I thought Peter seemed way too happy all episode for this not to be in the background--if he'd been really worried about screwing up the family unit, I doubt he would have been practically bouncy.

[chichuri]

Thank you! I'm glad it seemed plausible.

[monkeyprincess7]

Very well in character, you could almost see that in the last episode as well. The poor guy is confused, with good reason.

Very nice :D

[chichuri]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it, and that it seemed in character.

And yeah, poor Peter's in for a big shock whenever the revelation comes around.

[ghanimasun]

I really liked this. It sounds very likely to be what Peter's thought process is now.

[chichuri]

Thank you! I'm glad it seemed plausible.

[muselives]

See, I never get tired of how you can take canon and just make it better. It's the right tone for where Peter would be, it nails the fact that he's not oblivious to her interest, and it realistically and in-character-ly explains how he'd misunderstand the near-kiss as the cause of Olivia's tension. Brilliant.

[chichuri]

*blushes* Thank you, as always! Does this answer your request for fic for the SUV scene? *grins*

I'll admit, I think Peter would also be noting the tension between Olivia and Walter (I mean, how could he miss it?) and guess that some of her tension is due to that, but I couldn't figure out how to get all that in this little bit of story.

[sugangel7]

I really feel this is where Peter's head is right now. You could see it in the episode.

I like the distinction between the moment he noticed the attraction and she noticed. I definitely feel that seeing her in the hospital was the turning point for him.

And love love too that he recognized that it wasn't so much "not interested" as "not ready." I like how the episode handled it where they didn't discount that there was anything between them (in fact it reinforced it with her not wanting to tell him & him recognizing that she'd called him out of anyone!), just made it clear that romantically things can't progress right now.

[chichuri]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked what I did with this.

Yeah, I really like how the writers are handling the Peter/Olivia relationship in the show: not ignoring the attraction between characters, just putting it on the backburner even while showing that that the attraction--and maybe more--is really there.