Too Late, 2/2

[fleetingfancy]

As promised, here's part dos.

Please forgive mistakes.  I stupidly don't do betas.

Comments

[brandywine421]

I love the way this turned out.

Total love.

[fleetingfancy]

I'm glad you enjoyed it. I almost had Seth the one assisting Teresa, with Sandy and Kirsten left to try to repair the damage but then I decided that would take too long because my Seth would have done it completely out of selfishness and therefore would have been harder, if not impossible, to forgive. lol. Sandy and Kirsten were a bit selfish in their motivations but the other reasons were true for them as well.

Anyway, yays! I started and finished a fic. lol.

[beachtree]

I know, I'm still backing up to read your latest chap in the ongoing fic you've updated. I go in reverse way too much. On with the show

[fleetingfancy]

I hated the original storyline on the show, too. They always seemed to have everyone give more attention to the people other than Ryan. Theresa, Taylor, Frank and Julie. I liked Taylor at first. I thought she was quirky and I thought they might be cute together but then they deleved into her issues when there were so many left unexplored with Ryan.

At any rate, I'm glad you enjoyed my quick little fic. The funny thing is it was Brandy's other suggestion that really intrigued me but then I ended up writing this one.

[beachtree]

Somehow this got a little lost in my abyss of email. However, you know you're so preaching to the choir. It was so frustrating and disappointing that someone- whoever it was, and I have my doubts that the Schwartz was capable- created certain characters and initial scenarios. Regardless, he set the standard as showrunner and first writer as someone who simply had no interest or ability when it came to exploring and developing characters that required, you know, thinking, work, insight and continuity- for starters. He- and his staff- went for the easy way out and glossed the surface with far less compelling, or even engaging secondary and tertiary characters. It was all about the one-liners and short-term payoff. The way they went for stereotypes and cliches was beyond annoying

[fifimom]

It's wonderful, thanks!

[fleetingfancy]

Thanks:) Glad you liked it.

[indigorayne]

damn, you made me cry! Loved the story.

[fleetingfancy]

Aww, thanks. I kinda made myself cry when I was writing it and trying to tap into how Ryan might feel. Poor woobie.

[60schic]

I didn't think I was going to like this - not due to the subject matter, but b/c of the always ineffectual apologies of the Cohens. But you rectified it in the 2nd part with Theresa being so adamant and then with the one thing that Ryan wanted to hear from Sandy - that he didn't want to lose Ryan.

And I'm so glad Seth was clueless.

[fleetingfancy]

I'm glad you felt I rectified things well enough. I, myself, did not quite know how I was going to fix this after I started it. lol. All is not forgiven for Ryan and I think it would be a while until Sandy earned his trust back but the door is open.

As I mentioned in a comment above, I had thought of having Seth the one to help Theresa but he would have been really unlikable and I don't think there would have been a happy ending there. lol. I envisioned Seth coming across an upset Theresa and as she's pouring her heart out about the pregnancy he realizes that Ryan would leave Newport to be with her and raise the baby so he talks Theresa into not having it and talks her into keeping it all a secret. Yep, he would have been a completely selfish little prick. lol.