win some, lose some - part three: august (2/3)

[of_hearts]

Glee. 7,228 words. Noah Puckerman; Puck/Rachel.

The summer after Puck's junior year, picking up where we left off in August: Finn comes home and something changes.

For previous chapters: JUNE ( 1/1), JULY ( 1/2, 2/2), AUGUST ( 1/3)

A/N: So sorry for the ridicuously long wait for the second part of August! I'm going to be out of town for a bit, so

Comments

Love

[howlinchickhowl]

Ugh, I love this. This is entirely the kind of thing that just breaks your heart and makes you hurt and leaves you needing more. This is the kind of fic I love to read.

Just the whole series has been lovely and I adore how you convey a sense of inevitability throughout, it has that whole tragedy vibe to it (tragedy in the shakespearean sense I mean, not depressing-like). I loved how you got inside Bam's head at the end there as well, excellent work.

More please.

Re: Love

[of_hearts]

This comment! I want to print this comment out and frame it, it was just so lovely and thoughtful and really quite touching! I'm so unbelievably thrilled that you're enjoying this, and the fact that you took the time to drop me such a wonderful note makes me that much more happy. :) Thanks you, and I hope you check back in when I post part three, which should be soon (fingers crossed).

[mancrave]

Ahh, god damn how can one boy be so stubborn and oblivious and just plain stupid?? I mean, ok he is a teenager and a boy so it is kinda understandable but it doesn't make me want to shake some sense into him any less. His reaction to Finn wanting to see if there is anything between him and Rachel and the way he treats Rachel after and all their avoiding and not speaking to each other. Gah! Puck needs to man up and admit to himself how much he cares about her and then he needs to tell her that

[of_hearts]

Ahh, god damn how can one boy be so stubborn and oblivious and just plain stupid??
IT'S AWFUL ISN'T IT? LOL, IDK what it says about me that I'm saying that about my own fic, but whatever. He's just such a clueless teenage boy. I almost can't hold it against him, but at the same time, that's totally not a valid excuse. He totally should know better.

OH LAWD, the whole second paragraph of your comment? That's an author's dream right there. Everything you felt for those characters in that moment is exactly what I was feeling/hoping to convey, so I can't tell you enough how amazing it was to read your feedback. Honestly, you always take the time to leave such fantastic comments, I don't know how to say thank you without having it sound trite and overdone. Just thank you, dude. It doesn't matter how many times I've said it, it's true: hearing what you think really makes my day

[wander_lust_79]

oh god oh god oh god oh god oh god oh god....NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Seriously you are so mean stopping there...evil evil....I thought Hudson would be the big drama, but Bam, hot Damn!!! Poor guy!!! He's love stuck over Berry, who wouldn't be...and she's heart broken over Noah, such a bad boy he was...OH MY GOD! This is all kinds of wrong that its so right...I need to know what's gonna happen next....Ahh the angst!!! The drama!!! The pain!!!

Seriously I wanna smack Noah for being a jerk, knock Rachel out of not taking things into her own hands and pushing Noah for his feelings in the car that night after the gig and and and...I dont know what to Bam.....

Guh you're good...Please give us the next part soon....this...this is gold!

[of_hearts]

LOL I'M SO SORRY TO LEAVE YOU HANGING LIKE THAT! Makes for some quality suspense though, right? ;) I'm working on part three now, so hopefully some of the tension will be relieved soon enough. As always, thanks so much for taking the time to drop a line! So glad you're enjoying this!

[nesza]

Oh my God! you're really one of the BEST Puckleberry fanfic writers out there! I adore you. Your fics are always amusing to read. And this one made me want to bawl.

I kinda like Bam's character and it's great that you've included hints of a Bam/Rachel thing in the early chapters so they have a fairly good build up. I wish there would be a character like Bam in Glee!

Oh, the tension! I can't wait for the next one.

[of_hearts]

Oh my goodness, you make me blush!!! That's such an incredible complement, I don't even know what to say. The PR ship has an incredible cadre of writers so I'm seriously honored that you'd say that.

I wish there would be a character like Bam in Glee!
I DO TOO!! Ryan Murphyyyyyy, please steal him!!!!!!

I'm so, so happy you're enjoying this. And thank you so much for taking the time to leave such kind and thoughtful feedback! I'm working on part three of August now, so I hope you enjoy that as well.

[comeundone]

Puck is SO cute with her in the beginning of this story (for him at least) that it killed me to see him completely stop their relationship. I hate that he didn't sing with her... but I liked how he pulled her onto his lap afterwards. That's how I kind of view him right now. I like certain things he does, but I hate others.

I like how jealous and protective over Rachel he is and I was waiting for Bam/Rachel to happen. I don't like them together but I think that's what Puck needed to see in order to get his shit together. I just really want Puck and Rachel to work out in this. She really understands him and you know what, he gets her too. They're both so in character and everything is so believable. I love this story!

[of_hearts]

I like certain things he does, but I hate others.
So frustratingly Puck, right? Dude drives me bonkers, I swear.

I don't like them together but I think that's what Puck needed to see in order to get his shit together.
I totally agree.

As always, thanks so much for taking the time to leave such kind and thoughtful comments! Knowing that you guys like where I'm taking this is so lovely.