FF: Hand Me Downs (Part 3)

[cypanache]

Title: Hand Me Downs
Characters/Pairing:  Ann, Ben, Leslie; with some Ben/Ann and some background Ben/Leslie
Word Count: ~9,500 (this part); 30,000k+ total
Rating: R over the long term, PG13 this part
Timeline: Post 'Lil' Sebastian'
Author's Note: For those of you who've been reading this over on nbckink the back half of this chapter is brand new for you.

Comments

[anonymous]

Aww, I continue to love this so! Thank you for continuing!

I like that Ann gets her own project! :) How do you get in Ann's head-space so well?! I might have mentioned this before on the meme, but it makes me happy that the best friend gets her own story where she's not always the supporting character! This line (among many) just rang so true as Ann to me when I read it:
Is that all she’s got? Her great contribution? Leslie Knope will miss her.... Aww, ANN! D:

And as always it feels like you know the ins and outs of Ben no matter what story you're writing! You could probably write Ben with any character in Pawnee (or outside of Pawnee!) and it will make total sense to me that I wonder why I never thought of them before, heh! This part kind of broke my heart, oh Benjy:
On Tuesdays, he gets her. On Tuesdays, he isn’t the third wheel, isn’t an after-thought. On Tuesdays, between the hours of six and midnight, he gets to have someone’s entire focus, be their first choice.All of this blabber is to say I love this and look

[synecdoche]

I just started catching a cold, and seeing that you had posted an update completely made my day ♥
(I'm not at all coherent right now, otherwise I would say more, but I just wanted to let you know that I'm reading and loving this oh so much)

[rikyl]

As you know I struggle to see these two together, even aside from the Leslie issue, but you are really selling it to me in this story. Especially in this section, I could see why Ann would fall for Ben. I loved your description of Ben's sense of humor, and how it was similar but different from Mark, and her seeing how sincere and kind he can be.

Aside from all that, I'm just really enjoying this story. It's a really interesting, complicated journey for these characters to take, and I like your characterization of Ann so much. It feels true to what we've seen, but more fleshed out.

[anonymous]

I'm so happy you've updated and continued this story. I really like the relationship that's developed between Ann and Ben.

Can't wait for the next part. You are an incredible writer and I devour your stories like crazy.

[americnxidiot]

I'm intrigued. It's weird, because I'm usually very fervent about the pairings that I like and rarely want to read about others, but I like this. The way you're writing it makes it make sense, and I really appreciate the time and detail you're taking to tell it. Thanks :)