Looking for a Happy Ending - Part 4C

[firefly_ca]

Title: Looking for a Happy Ending
Author: firefly_caPairing,Character(s): Kurt/Blaine, with eventual appearances from pretty much everyone

Comments

[arial]

worst part about sharing a room with your younger sister and reading angsty fic? trying to keep your sobs under control when you break down crying.
i'm literally shaking and crying right now. i sat in my bed for three minutes staring at the screen with a hand over my mouth and crying buckets. this fic is going to be the death of my heart, in the best worst way, i just know it.

[firefly_ca]

I'm sorry it's made you cry, but I know what you mean. I actually am planning on giving this a happier ending than the true story it's based on and the main reason I'm writing is I read this real kid's (Steve Stayner's) story a while ago and it's haunted me ever since (although Stayner did ger reunited with his family in the end, thank God).

I literally burst into tears every time I read something new about his life and what happened. I've never read a true crime story that's got to me so much before, but something about this one just hurts.

I was very worried about trivializing a real person's experiences when I first thought about writing something based on it, but the more I thought about it this brave, heroic, amazing kid, the more I wanted the chance to seriously break down what he (and so many kids like him) went through, and how strong they are for surviving

[emilianadarling]

HOLY SHIT THERE IS ANOTHER PART OMG OMG OMG THAT IS WHY NO ONE COMMENTED. YOUR CHAPTERS ARE SO BIIIIIIG, I LOVE IT.

Omg, I don't know if I can stay up long enough to read this. I WILL TRY BECAUSE I LOVE YOU.

[emilianadarling]

ekjrhfiebsodfnpqwnbeofdnc OH MY GOD TERROR. TERROR FOREVER, OH MY GOD. He should never have gone back, omg, I'm so very frightened for Blaine, OMG.

I can't even. I. I used up what little sensibility I had left for the evening on Part B. I know that they didn't have all the information -- Blaine's conversation with Kurt made it sound like Tom was just fucked up, and that someone else had molested him over a long period of time. But Jesus Christ, still. I wish they hadn't let him go back at all, or had reported him to the proper authorities right away. Ohmygosh, and I know you're somewhat following true stories, and that just makes this whole thing so much more incredibly painful and horrible to read. (In the best possible way, bb, I promise. You're an amazing writer and you can just stab me right in the heart with your words.)

I have to go to sleep. Thank you so much for sharing this epic chapter!!! I'm on tenderhooks for what happens next. D:

[firefly_ca]

Hahaha! I LOVE YOU TOO (I may or may not have had a mini fangirl freakout when I figured out you were the same emilianadarling who was writing the Ella Enchanted story) :D

My chapters are so big because I'm so freaking wordy. I never realized how bad I'd gotten until I started to write fanfic. It works so well for full length stories and English essays I'd never even realized, but then I did a quick fill for the angst meme that ended up being 25 multi-part posts and was like... 0.o

[emilianadarling]

Aha, heehee, yes! I am, in fact, the author of that story. <3 The fact that you had a little fangirl freakout makes me giggle and blush. :)

Man, do I ever understand being wordy! I had someone ask me the other day how I got my chapters to be on the long side, and I was like: "... how do you get them to be SHORT?" I think we're very used to writing essays, m'dear. And, oh, man, I totally know what you means. My 'quick fills' always -- ALWAYS -- become massive. :)

Hearts forever, bb!

[firefly_ca]

Thanks so much for commenting! I'm glad you like the story, and that you're looking forward to the sequel. The sequel unfortunately is a long time away, since my last year of classes are starting up soon at university and I won't have as much time to write, but don't worry if you don't see anything right away, I promise it will be up eventually :)

[loreleilynn]

Oh god, I just read this entire story in one sitting and my heart. All else aside, you're fantastic just because of how amazing and subtle the tight POV in this story has been. Even through Blaine's denial/repression all of his trauma and projection over Kurt kept coming through and I just can't, this is so great. I'm going to need to reread this one to trufax process it, but I just really love it and based on what I know about the real story this is based on, I'm so anxious to see what happens next.

[firefly_ca]

Thanks for commenting! I'm glad you like it so far.

I was wondering how long it would take for someone familiar with the Steve Stayner story to read this. What you're thinking will happen next is probably right, since the way Stayner was found in the first place is what got to me so much I ended up modelling this mostly on his story instead of making it more generalized to most abduction stories.

Reading about what his abductor did made me ill, but at the same time I was reading I was thinking, "This kid is like a freaking superhero. I hope somebody made him a statue." Then I found out that, yes, they did make him a statue (I also found out other things about Stayner and his family that made me cry for a few days straight, but I won't get into that because I'm not following the Stayner story that closely, for my own mental well-being if nothing else).

[firefly_ca]

Thanks for the comment, I'm glad you're liking it :)

The next part is almost done. It's so close to done I can see the ending, waving at me and yelling at me to get a move on. It should be posted by the middle of the week.