Cloud no. 9
1) All fills for prompts of the earlier prompt posts go in the post the prompt was posted in. No re-posting or splitting up prompts and fills.
2) Self-prompt when you post unprompted fic. (This means posting what the fill is about in a first comment, like a real prompt, and commenting on that with your fill.)
3) Try not to get too srs business. ( Read more... )
Some soul-searching angst please?
This would probably also work from a JLund POV, but I leave it to you, Anons - Do with it what you will
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Growing older just makes it harder.
It just makes it more difficult to break away from the past and the lies and it just makes loosing people more difficult because they've been there longer. And people, they're not more tolerant after high school, just less loud about it. It all gets worse.
Maybe that's why James makes it all look so easy. David watches the younger man sleep, his hair in a mess, half hidden under a pile of sheets in the middle of the bed, their bed. James overwhelms him. Blows his mind. He cuts through the pain and the homophobia like it's nothing, like it can't hurt him. David can only watch in awe ( ... )
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I'd hope James wins him over eventually.
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I had similar thoughts about the 'It gets better' videos - You just have to look at DLaws and Crispin Blunt to see that time itself isn't going to make things easier or people more understanding. You get stronger is so much more appropriate, in my experience.
"We've come this far."
"And we can go a bit further."
Also, this line was simply heart-shattering.
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It’s after his bedtime and David Laws is sitting on the back step in his parents’ garden, arms around his knees.
His parents haven’t been arguing, because they would never do that. It’s a principle with them, not to air their feelings in front of those who shouldn’t know them, and that includes never raising their voices when their son is in the house. But David’s nine years old, and he's not stupid and the air is particularly heavy with misery and resentment tonight and he just needs to get away from it, just for a few moments. He can’t say how he knows his parents aren’t happy; he just knows he’s not supposed to mention it ( ... )
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This is looking heartbreaeking in a good way, anon
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Can't wait for more.
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Now you've got me wondering if David's a neat and tidy example of the kind. :D
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I certainly wasn't expecting that - I was beginning to think that he was a drug addict!
Being a werewolf does not appear to be fun ): But I like to imagine there are Telegraph reporters terrified of dangerous wild animals...
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You are not alone there, seriously. It was this fic that made me suddenly spot a connection and realise quite why I find DLaws so appealing. Clearly there's something about men with deep dark secrets which aren't their fault and for which people will dislike/disapprove of them unfairly...
Plus the dry senses of humour.
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David was barely aware of the brush of fur as he tried to smile reassuringly at him, but it hurt and his lips twisted unbidden into a rictus of pain as every muscle in his body clenched tight against the change ( ... )
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