guess what we'll discover (1/11)

[dearygirl]

Pairing: Jeff/Annie
Spoilers: Only if you don’t already know what class the study group is taking next year.
Word Count: 2,810
Rating: PG-13, for language
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Description: Jeff gets a new roommate.

Author’s Note: Takes place the summer after the yet to have aired 3rd season. Title comes from Death Cab for Cutie’s Soul Meets Body.

Comments

[crackers4jenn]

OH HEY, I fist-pumped some air when I saw you were posting. AND POSTING COMMUNITY FANFIC. Hello first Jeff/Annie fic I've read in aaaaages, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

I love how you write Annie, but I SUPER-LOVE how you write Jeff. He's the perfect blend of snark and reluctance.

My favorite part:

“Number one: this excuses me from having to help you move.”

“Oh please. You wouldn’t have helped anyway.”

“Sure. And then I would have received thirty-five text messages from you saying that it’s okay that Britta dropped a box of your favorite snow globes and it’s okay that Shirley and Abed aren’t strong enough to move your dresser and you’re sure someone will come along to help. Eventually.”

“I don’t have a snow globe collection.”

“Kitten figurines. Heart-shaped candleholders. Same difference.”

Annie smacks his arm and he shrugs away with a laugh.

Ha ha ha! Kitten figurines and heart-shaped candleholders and Annie swatting at Jeff. So good. And there's TEN more chapters of this?! I can't wait for the rest!

[dearygirl]

True story: comments from you make me EXTRA happy. And I'm so glad that you enjoy the way I write Jeff. He's my favorite to write - there's something so fun about trying to get inside that guy's crazy screwed-up head.

THANK YOU FOR READING!!

[blithers]

Ha, I did the same thing as one of the other commenters and read the chapter count as 1/1 at first, was a little sad this wasn't the longer story you mentioned, rubbed my eyes, reread it correctly as 1/11, and was like: YES.

I feel like I've said this a million times, but I LOVE your Jeff voice, and this story is the perfect example why - He's so dry and funny and sarcastic but with that perfect thread of amused-despite-himself underneath it all.

It's been an awesome dearygirl week. *does a little happy dance*. I can't wait to read more!

[dearygirl]

Haha! I'm glad I could surprise everyone with 10 bonus chapters. Of course I couldn't end it there - there are much more co-habitation shenanigans to come!

Thank you for the sweet comment! *joins you in that happy dance*

[wallows]

My heart pogo sticked in excitement when I saw this, I just had to read it in the middle of a deadline. And 1/11, I clapped my hands in gleeeee...
These plots are my favorite. Just, it's tradition and with the dead-on interaction, capturing the cutest parts of them, it's lovely. Lold at Jeff's snow globe speech too, and just the way Annie argues and charms her way to his acquiescence, he doesn't stand a chance!

[dearygirl]

YAY! Thank you! And nope, Jeff was never going to be able to resist the Disney eyes of persuasion. And there's much more of that to come!

[teruel_a_witch]

I audibly squealed when I saw that you posted a new fanfic, I just love your writing SFM. And then I read it and it was riveting and I thought "wouldn't it be awesome if it were a series"...and then the comments drew my attention to the fact that it is indeed 1/11 and not 1/1 (haha, we all got selective blindness, apparently) and OMG LET ME DIE *so ecstatic that there's more of this

[dearygirl]

Thank you so much for the awesome comment!

It was really important to me that this be set in the not-TOO-far future, where J/A were in a drama free place where they had both sort of come to terms with their attraction for each other.

And yes, you will find out why Annie broke up with her boyfriend.

I do hope that s3 will pull us out of the funk/angst-pit we've fallen into during the second half of s2, and Jeff/Annie will be cute and funny again with we-are-so-totally-just-platonic-friends-and-this-is-not-denial-undercurrent.

This part of your comment amuses me since it was written before certain AMAZING spoilers came out.

[teruel_a_witch]

where J/A were in a drama free place where they had both sort of come to terms with their attraction for each other.
It's like you predicted the spoilers, you Jeff/Annie whisperer ;D

This part of your comment amuses me since it was written before certain AMAZING spoilers came out.
Haha, I know right? My wishful thinking turned spoilers? IS THIS A REAL LIFE?

[jennynoname]

Hi. We don't know each other so this may be a bit awkward but...I love you. For writing this. I'm so stoked to read a multi-chap fic that is well-written, witty, and chock full of J/A.

Favorite parts:

“Hmm.” Jeff considers this. “And you want me to use my awesome lawyer skills to have Dildopolis declared a landmark to be preserved for all future generations.”

“No. I need… Wait, can you do that?”

“No, Annie. This isn’t a Jimmy Stewart movie.”

Reminded me of their Debate 109 conversation (and the mention of iCarly, lol).

“Number one: this excuses me from having to help you move.”

“Oh please. You wouldn’t have helped anyway.”

“Sure. And then I would have received thirty-five text messages from you saying that it’s okay that Britta dropped a box of your favorite snow globes and it’s okay that Shirley and Abed aren’t strong enough to move your dresser and you’re sure someone will come along to help. Eventually.”

And that is hilarious to me because that is EXACTLY what Annie would have done.

“I’m sorry. I’m sorry. That’s the

[dearygirl]

Aww! Thank you for the love. And the comment. I have a special narcissistic place in my heart for comments that pick out specific parts. Lol. And the Jimmy Stewart thing was my personal favorite line so I'm glad you liked!

The next part will be up shortly!