for Lyra: "Past and Present" (Wilby Wonderful) by stormymouse

[midsummer_fic]

Title: Past and Present
Author: stormymouse
Recipient: lyra_sena
Fandom: Wilby Wonderful
Author's note: My RL was pretty weird as the due date for midsummer_santa got closer and, to be honest, my mind wasn't really on it. But I wanted to write something and so this developed rather quickly and when I sent it off it hadn't been read by a beta and the person I usually test my stories

Comments

[sageness]

This is so nice, I think I like it even better on rereading. It's just a moment. Just one little moment of eyecontact from the sidewalk to the street, and yet it really captures the essence of what Buddy is. Buddy saves the Watch, but in doing so he *finally* declares independence for himself from what TPTB want him to do. And yet, Duck's had that all along. Duck won't pretend to be what he's not. He won't settle for a closeted lifestyle just to please society at large. And then Carol...wow. She wants so desperately to fit in. She gives up what she loved for a "respectable" profession helping people find HOMES...and just. Yeah. Duck's got all the integrity in the world, and he's happy to be sharing it with Dan. Meanwhile Buddy and Carol are just beginning to learn how.

Um, so yeah. I think I was trying to say how stunning and wonderful it is that you've packed so much into this single shared glance at a stoplight. *is delighted*

[stormymouse]

i know exactly what you mean, ictually didn't really like it when i wrote it and when i went over it a few times before i sent it off. but now i think it works. thanks for letting me know.

[lilac_one]

This is really poignant. I'm generally a bit skeptical of the Buddy/Duck pairing but you've really made it work in the framework of canon. I like it very much.

[stormymouse]

but you've really made it work in the framework of canon.

thank you, that means a lot to me.