Fic: 1461 Days

[citrinesunset]

Title: 1461 Days
Word Count: 11,733
Characters/Pairings: Gen, Neal
Rating: Teen and up
Warnings: Non-explicit violence, brief references to sex.
Summary: AU: Instead of prisons, convicts are sentenced to serve their sentences in penal colonies. After being convicted of bond forgery, Neal is sent to a small island colony for four years.
Notes: This

Comments

[hurinhouse]

I love this story - so rich and cerebral. I love how much of it is introspective, lonely but not hopeless. the passing of time felt sad but matter of fact - really well done.

great video also!

[citrinesunset]

Thank you! I decided to make it somewhat introspective because that seemed like it would work best for the scope of the story and would help avoid too much minutiae about island life (only so many times you can describe people fishing). I'm glad it worked for you, and that you liked it.

[treonb]

I love how Neal realizes that he's not going to survive on the island by being his usual flashy self, but though he may not be an outdoors type, he has the survival skills of the conman (as far as that gets him).

Also, how Neal misses Kate and dreams about her, but in the end realizes she might have always been a fantasy.

He had changed, and the world had changed around him.

The ending is so bittersweet - he's been dreaming about it for so long, and it's quite a realization that even if everything would have stayed exactly the same (which it hadn't), he himself had changed. It's perfect.

[citrinesunset]

Thank you! The good thing about Neal is that he is adaptable and determined. But he's very motivated by dreams, which don't always come true.

I'm glad you liked it, and thank you again for the great vid!