And The Songbirds Keep Singing

[robotsfighting]

Title: And The Songbirds Keep Singing
Rating: PG-13 [language]
Characters: Santana, OC (Santana's grandfather)
Words: 3,416
Warnings: Fear of and thoughts about homophobia
Summary: She walks on the curb like it’s a balance beam, one flip-flopped foot swinging carefully in front of the other, her arms out to balance her, fingers splayed. She doesn’t

Comments

[mangofandango]

This is really awesome. For real. I'm so glad Stoney shared the link. :)

[robotsfighting]

Thank you! I am, too! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[brunettepet]

This well written, beautifully characterized piece captures the tension thrumming through Santana perfectly. This trip to the old neighborhood has her bridging the gap between childhood and womanhood, anxious about what being herself is going to bring. The push and pull of her terror and her need for somebody to know is fantastic. This emotional turmoil feels so true to Santana it makes me ache.

This is gorgeous: Brittany makes her happy. Brittany fills the holes that Santana has managed to gouge in herself, or that other people have gouged in her. Brittany curls around her and is like oxygen, so fucking necessary to keep breathing, and it’s completely separate from the fact that Brittany is legitimately beautiful. She’s beautiful on the inside, and Santana can’t even bring herself to temper that with anything sarcastic. She just is. It’s like she’s scrubbed clean internally, like her soul is totally untouched and unmarred by everything that sucks about the world, and loving her makes Santana feel better about - everything

[robotsfighting]

Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. stoney321 was so nice to have rec'd it the way she did. I'm happy that it worked for you, as well, on the emotional and symbolic level.

[poisontaster]

This is so incredibly teenagery--and I mean that in the best possible way! It captures all that HUGENESS and intensity and do-or-die while still being incredibly grounded and real feeling. It's a beautiful story; thank you for sharing it with us.

[robotsfighting]

Oh, that is the best comment. "Incredibly teenagery." I'm a Young Adult writer when I have my Actual Writer hat on, and to hear from someone who doesn't really have that information that the teenage voice is there in something I've written is just awesome. Thank you very much. I'm so, so glad you enjoyed it.

[mobile_alh]

What THEY all said.

Heart-wrenchingly beautiful.

[robotsfighting]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[nikitangel]

This made me cry:

She chokes. It’s like everything she has ever felt for the past year is rushing back into her, filling her up until she feels like she’s going to burst out of her skin, just explode from the pressure of all of that fear and desperation and love and stupidity expanding inside of her, and all she wants to say is I’m gay, I’m gay, I’m gay, can you still love me now? but she can’t make the words come.

God, have I been there. Thank you for writing this.

[robotsfighting]

♥ Thank you for reading.