I just. That section about Leslie and Pawnee is the most spot-on description of her and that town I've ever seen. How she lives it and breathes it and it makes so much sense that it's the one thing she isn't sure about in regards to Ben. And really, them in the bathroom? That kink meme sure got you going, haha, but honestly I love that he wants to take care of her and I sigh at him not yet ready for her to take care of him. It's heartbreaking but plausible. And I love how you don't let Leslie's friendship with Ann fade at all, and I love that they can just be silly and drunk together still. And I can't wait to see what kind of effect that phone call has on Ben. And again, I'll never be upset when you announce you haven't finished, because the amazing time and care you've poured into this fic is astounding, and it hasn't lost its drive for a second. You're amazing at what you do.
Aww. Drunk Ann and Leslie are so much fun! Love them!
And, oh man, Ben has left the choice up to her again! All of this talk of Ben holding himself apart in order to not get gutted again made me think of a song called Breakable by Fisher. I looked for it and could only find this youtube video.
Nothing to forgive. I adore your feedback. I'm fascinated that everyone's so worried about Ben hanging up on an extremely drunk Ann Perkins after he ascertained Leslie was fine, just, you know, trashed. (He can manage to be friends with her. Forgive her for breaking his heart into a million tiny pieces and be willing to put himself out there again because he knows that if he was going to say no it was unfair to ask her to lean on him after her father -- Drunk!Ann is small time. Trust me
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I think half of this anxiety that everyone feels (well, at least me) is based on the fact that it all seems very tenuous. It seems like Ben's still got one foot out the door, and I understand the reasoning behind it, but that doesn't make it any less nerve-wracking. He's at the point where okay, he forgave her, mostly, but if she doesn't say yes, he really doesn't know how to be casual with her and he'll walk out of her life again for good (because, really--perfect or not--who comes back for thirds?). But, more than that, it feels like one little thing could send him spiraling off into the abyss never to be heard from again. And that's not the intent here, and he's already put in the time after her father, and her mess on the sink and her socks aren't freaking him out, but he's got this reserve that's so much the opposite of that passionate man offering his life at her feet that I think, without the first example, it would be less suspenseful, but of course at the same time it would be less stable and realistically less enduring
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And, oh man, Ben has left the choice up to her again! All of this talk of Ben holding himself apart in order to not get gutted again made me think of a song called Breakable by Fisher. I looked for it and could only find this youtube video.
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This story in general is the best thing in the world and I love that it's refusing to end. You're a total hero.
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