PJO: Halloween Challenge | Nico/Rachel, Edgar Allen Poe ain't got nothing on me

[exlibris_tenisu]

I really need to stop writing fics based on songs. XD; Also? Muuuuuushyyyyyyy~ One of these days I'm going to write something horribly tragic. Actually, maybe for the other prompt I'm thinking about doing...Anyhoo, this started out totally differently than it ended up, but that seems to be the usual fare around here. So maybe I'll save the other

Comments

[greenconverses]

Awwwwww, I love it! The ending melted me right into a comfortable puddle of goo.

Thanks for submitting this! I was a little worried there wasn't going to be any content for the challenge!

[ad_exia]

Aw, thanks! :D (I hope the ending wasn't too abrupt. XD; Or mushy. I actually wrote about two or three paragraphs more this morning that I may ninja in a few paragraphs from the end, just to make it a little more obvious what's going on in Rache's head. Clearly I was too tired last night to expound very much.)

I've been working on it for a while, really! I just hadn't had a lot of time and then it up and changed on me and I wasn't sure what was going on for a while. XD But there definitely need to be more submissions! I may try for a second. >>;

[greenconverses]

No, I thought the ending was just perfect! I really liked you how tied the prompt back in from earlier in the fic as well. It was very well done.

I was waiting to finish the latest chapter of DD before I worked on something for the challenge, and now that that's done, I'm hoping to have something posted by Friday.

[ad_exia]

Thanks~ It's good to get feedback, just to make sure I wasn't skipping over things so they didn't come out clearly. XD I actually wrote a lot of that first and then went back and filled in the rest, so I wasn't sure if it worked.

YESSSS, MORE DD. I really want more, you ,know. :D (And I will definitely read any Halloween fics, too!)

[starrlit_eyes]

This is fantastic. It's almost enough to make me cry, and it takes a lot to make me emotional. I love all the parallels between life and death, light and dark. The detail is great and it seems like you put a lot of effort into it :)

If only people really celebrated Hallowe'en the way it was originally supposed to be celebrated. *Sigh*

[ad_exia]

Thank you so much! I'm really glad you liked it~

Definitely! I bet it would make things a bit better in the Underworld... >>;

[alibi2014]

Oh, I loved this. I loved how the mood was changing all over the place-- from silly to serious to romantic-- but it never got choppy, the way a lot of stories do when switching between tones. Your stories always have such a nice flow to them. What Nico said about Rachel being the light amidst so much darkness was perfect. I never really bought that whole "opposites attract" thing, but with Rachel/Nico it just works.

[ad_exia]

Thank you! I'm always a little unsure about the flow, since Rachel and Nico seem to bounce around a whole lot. XD; I'm glad to know it works! (And I always doubted that opposites attract too, but I think they're proving me wrong...)

[dynastessa]

Ahh! Beautiful. I really enjoyed this fic. :D Your Nico and Rachel voices are spot on.

[ad_exia]

Thank you so much! I'm really glad you liked it - I think it might only be the second time I've written this pairing!