WC Reverse Big Bang 2014--PHEW IT'S DONE

[ivorysilk]

Title: "Being an Artist Kid Can be Hard, But Having an Artist Kid Can be Worse, or: Five Times Peter told Neal he was Proud of Him"
Artist: The lovely and talented Evian-Fork! (ibrahilprang@gmail.com)
Author: Ivorysilk
Word Count: Approx. 7500.
Characters/Pairings: Canon pairings-Peter Burke, de-aged Neal, Elizbeth Burke.
Rating: PG

Comments

[doctor_fangeek]

Oh, bb, so good to hear from you! And I loved this fic. It made me cry, but it also gave me that warm, fuzzy feeling. Poor confused wee!Neal, first not knowing where he is, and then not knowing how to deal with people who love him and want him to do what makes him happy. And then when he finds the "Caffrey Box," but manages to hear what Peter and Elizabeth are telling him and accept their love.

Basically, I loved this whole fic. Thanks so much for sharing!

[ivorysilk]

*hugs you and glomps you and non con cuddles you*

I miss you! And I'm glad you are glad to hear from me! And I'm glad you enjoyed it--as you'll read above, I basically spent two nights after work writing all but the first part of this, and then just threw it up there, so I am SO glad you liked it and it worked. I had a rough outline before I started, but that's about it, and I was worried it ended up too sappy or something, so I'm so pleased the response has been positive (even as I have noticed the gazillion typos). This week has been nuts, so this has been the bright spot.

*non con cuddles you again* I know you are having a time of it. I hope you are keeping well, bb.

[kanarek13]

Thank you, thank you so much for this. I'm a total mess right now *tissue alert* It's such a beautiful story, heartbreaking but filled with hope and unconditional love. You have captured the true soul of Peter and Elizabeth, their kindness and worry and warmth and love ♥ I can't think of a better way to show how much they were able to offer that beautiful boy, day by day, year by year chasing away his fears and insecurities. Damn, I can't even write a comment without crying, lol.

I love this, I'm so glad I decided to wait until this afternoon to read it in the quiet of my room. Beautiful ♥ Thank you *hugs*

[ivorysilk]

Thank you for such a wonderful, wonderful comment--you made my week, and I really needed to hear something positive this week. As I've said above, finding time to write of late, and particularly earlier this week, has been a real struggle, and so I'm glad that you found my effort worth the time. Thank you so much for taking the time to read this, and to write such a wonderful encouraging comment. *hugs back*

[reve_silencieux]

I normally don't read deaged fics, but the title/summary grabbed me. I don't care that we don't know how or why it happened, because you drew me in, and made me care so much about the new Neal. I felt so bad for him! But it was great to see how Peter and Elizabeth just opened their arms and loved him so much. It was a beautiful fic.

(and I can't wait to see how you weave in the Soy Museum! HA! I love catching it everywhere)

[ivorysilk]

I am so glad you enjoyed it! And yes, as I've said above, I really rushed to write this one the last bit of time, so I couldn't work in everything I wanted and its a little condensed. BUT YES. SOY MUSEUM. Wait for it in the edited version which will go up soon!

[embroiderama]

OMG WEE NEAL!I love this so much. The POV is heartbreaking all the way through, and I'm just so sad for him and so glad for him (and all of them) at the same time. ♥

[ivorysilk]

I am so glad it worked for you, and thank you so much for taking the time to read and comment my friend! I am very appreciative, and really glad you liked it :-)

[pooh_collector]

This was beautiful and bittersweet and absolutely made me cry.

I loved that Neal became who he did because of the support of El and Peter, even knowing who he had been in his other life or maybe it was despite knowing who he had been.

Thank you for this! You should really write more!!!!!!

[ivorysilk]

Your comment both made me happy and sad--I always worry my fic is sort of pointless, and then reading a comment like this makes me think that I'm actually just preventing myself from doing something I actually like, which is silly. Introspective reply FTW! Anyway, I am so so glad you liked it, and that I managed to finish it at all for the deadline (I promise, Elr was having a quiet breakdown about it in a corner, because I really hadn't done any of the draft deadlines, and really wrote this right before the due date, OMG never doing a BB again). But I am so glad it got done! And that you liked it! YAY!!!

Thank you so much for reading, for commenting, and being so supportive :-).