FF: Escape Hatch (April/Ben)

[cypanache]

Title: Escape Hatch
Fandom: Parks and Recreation
Pairing: April/Ben (seriously) with some background April/Andy and Leslie/Ben (but no cheating, see author's note)
Word Count: ~11,000
Rating: R (for sex, language, and screwed-up people)
Timeline: Up through 3x05 "Media Blitz"
Summary: "I don’t remember you being such an asshole in Pawnee." ~ "Yeah

Comments

Would it be weird if I grovelled on the floor, Wayne's World style, chanting "I'm not worthy"?

[halo_221]

2 things: first, part 2 doesn't have a link attached right now, so I can only imagine how many people are having heart attacks trying to get the rest of the story (because that's what I was doing, lol). But for those who see this comment before you fix it, it did all post on the nbckink comm, so go read it there

[fromiftowhen]

Oh, I KNEW this was you, just based on the quality of the work and the fact that I literally couldn't scroll fast enough to see if there was a new part. This is amazing. I really have no other words for it than that, which is a) understandable, because it's THAT good, and b) sad, because it's SO good it deserves a proper review.

[saucydiva]

I was wondering if this was you; I almost wrote it there, but I felt weird about making assumptions so I didn't. I can't believe it. My god, it is amazing.

[shornt]

I've gushed about this several times on tumblr, but I just have to say, this completely changed my idea of this ship (which I 100% didn't understand when people started prompting it) and this character relationship and what it could have been. It's so messed up and twisted but somehow makes sense that things could have fallen the way they did here, and they can still end up with the right people in the end. I'm so pleased to find out you wrote this; the quality certainly showed :)

[synecdoche]

Okay, I'm about to get on a plane & I haven't finished yet, but in case I don't have internet for a while, I just wanted to say that this is AMAZING. Seriously, I can't stop reading (which may prove inconvenient once I board). Really. So much love ♥ ♥