BBC Merlin rpf: "Cutting Room"; NC17; part 2 of 5

[reveuse2]

Title: Cutting Room
Rating: NC17
Pairing: Colin/Bradley
Warnings: A little bit of sex; a lot of angst; they get there
Spoilers: None (near future fic)
Disclaimer: I wish 'Merlin' was mine, but it isn't. And though any resemblance to persons living is entirely intentional, what I have them doing is entirely fictional. Unless it comes to pass, in

Comments

[xmarie08]

Maybe that had been his and Bradley’s problem. They had delayed so long that it was, perhaps, inevitable that they should begin almost at the end of their story; that they should find themselves playing out scenes of passion and intimacy without knowing who they really were, where their true insecurities lay. But life had no editing suite; no place to sift the love with the fear or the doubts with the deeds, before reassembling everything in the right order to give them their happy ending. Somehow the best times of his life...the best of him...had ended up on the cutting room floor.

I adore this paragraph.

[reveuse2]

Spooky that you should pick this particular para out. When I was writing the original plotline notes, this para emerged in full and hardly changed at all. And of course it's where the title came from. It's sort of the core of the whole story for me. So thank you for adoring it!

[hungry_bkworm91]

This is sooooooooooo good!

And on to the next part agaiin... =D

(I promise to leave a proper comment when I finish reading the fic, I just really want to continue reading =P)

[feelsthemagic]

ok, this is going into my bookmarks now.
i am just eating this up! onwards...

[illariy]

I am very hooked by this, the format, the writing, the dialogue, the bits of the past coming together slowly... *hurries off to next part*

[inspiredlife]

I was so caught up in the angst of the first chapter that I didn't even comment on your format. I'm really enjoying the way you've set up this story; it flows together so well and the interspersing "scenes" are really interesting. Also, that bit when Colin is musing about his and Bradley's relationship is absolutely beautiful, terribly poignant.

[reveuse2]

I love that you're commenting as you go along - and such flattering comments - thank you! The script set ups were a real experiment so I'm really pleased to hear they work for you.