lie to me fic: slowly, and then all at once (Emily, Gillian, pre-series, pg)

[etoilefilante]

title: slowly, and then all at once
Emily, Gillian, Zoe, Cal, mentions of Cal/Zoe and Cal/Gillian, set pre-series, pg

Author's Notes: As yet un-betaed, so all mistakes are my own! For vickysg1 in answer to her prompt over at the Lie to Me Comment Ficathon.

Comments

[canterlevi]

My heavens, I love reading your stuff. It's like sitting outside and the temperature is perfect and the sun is just the right amount of warm and the breeze is just the right amount of lift.

That Emily, she's a smart one.

Yummy!

[etoilefilante]

This made my day. Thank you so much.

[canterlevi]

I should've said 'a breeze with the right amount of gentle' but I don't have your facility with words!

[etoilefilante]

I actually really like the image of a breeze with just the right amount of lift :)

[vickysg1]

Gorgeous fic! I love what you've done with my prompt! It's quite perfect!!

[etoilefilante]

Thank you! I'm so glad you like it! There are so many prompts I'd love to write and not enough time to do it in. Perhaps if I learned to write shorter responses it'd be more doable! Thanks for the great prompt.

[vickysg1]

I know what you mean! I'm going to write for one of your prompts, but these past few days another fic had taken over my mind/Muse. But I'll write it! ;)

oh, and I look forward to 'The Coldest Skies', just so you know!

[etoilefilante]

Don't worry, life's getting in the way for me, too! I'm looking forward to reading it whenever it's ready. :)

And thank you!! I will finish and publish it soon. I'm excited for you all to read it.

[crumpled_up]

Oh Emily. I freaking love Emily. I love how she's already perceptive at such a young age and picking up on all these little nuances and making predictions. Correct predictions at that. It flows so well and Emily is such a bright spot. Put her with Gillian, it's easy to see that Cal would never want to walk away from these two. And I LOVE the secret junk food with the muffin and the ice cream. They both spoil her. This is a fantastic way to fill this prompt. (And I, too, have issues writing things comment length lol. I'm working on a prompt and I doubt it'll end up being comment length. In my head it's ridiculously long lol.)

♥

[etoilefilante]

I freaking love Emily, too. I'm so happy to see so many Emily prompts, because I love writing her almost as much as I love writing Gillian. I'm so glad you liked this! Are you working on a prompt from this ficathon? I hope so! I'd love to read some of your LtM again.

♥

[crumpled_up]

Yup! A prompt from the ficathon. I hope it actually materializes. :P I'm currently rewatching S3 to get back into the mood. I wish I had the entire series with me though because my brain has forgotten so much. But I am definitely trying to write again.

[etoilefilante]

Oh, I hope so, too! I'm going to pester you now if I don't see it turn up. :) Do you have Netflix? I don't know if it's the same in every country, but the whole series is on mine. I need to do a re-watch, too!

[firefish]

[etoilefilante]

Thank you so much! I just can't seem to kick the habit. No other show has me wanting to write like this one does. And I was probably projecting my schooling onto her where I was taught it was always 'an' in front of a word beginning with 'h', but I didn't look into whether it was the same rule in the US? Sorry if it was distracting!

[firefish]

[etoilefilante]

I'm sure you're right and I've over-simplified the rule to work to my needs here! I'm so glad this made you care for Emily, especially if she isn't usually one of your favourites (I had no idea up until now!).

[phrenitis]

Gorgeous!! It has been far too long since I read Lie To Me fic, and this was such a lovely way to start it again. Now I want to do an entire series rewatch.

I adore the way you wrote Emily - her quiet strength in the situation even with the normal thread of doubt and guilt, her keen observations, and her acceptance and fondness for Gillian from the start. LOVE.

Simply awesome.

[etoilefilante]

Thank you!! I still miss this show so much. I won't bore you with the details as I'm sure you've seen me ramble on about enough already, but I am still writing a huge post-series fic. It's thrown me so many curveballs but I am determined to finish it.

I adore Emily. I'm so glad to hear you think I got her right!

If you're at all interested (and don't worry if you aren't) the mini Lie to Me ficathon is still going on here!

[phrenitis]

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW EXCITED I AM BY THIS POST-SERIES FIC. I'm absolutely beside myself with flail wanting to read it. YES YES I APPROVE.

And yes! I never really managed to figure out how to write LTM fic, but I am ALL about reading it, so will definitely check it out! <3

[etoilefilante]

YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME. I shouldn't need it as a writer, but right now I really, really do!

Well I for one would LOVE to see you give it a go because I just know you'd get them right, but it's absolutely fine to just read and/or prompt! If you're going there to read, though, this is the only fic to come out of it so far. I have failed to round up the fandom that seems to mostly be dead now, sadly. But prompt away if you feel like it, and if you do decide to write and would like someone to look it over before you post I'd be more than happy to do that! <3

ps. we have all the same LtM icons. That's always a good sign.