Aw, this was absolutely positively wonderful! I loved too many parts of it. Cassie *and the dog!* Very quiet and introspective and very in character.
. “I can’t be Janet,” is what comes out of her mouth. The one thing she hadn’t even considered saying.
“And Janet could never be her mother,” Daniel says. He sits up too, turns so they’re shoulder to shoulder, staring out across the street together. “But she was her mom, eventually.”
“I can’t.” Her throat’s dry, scratchy. She swallows and tries to clear it; picks up her can, but it’s empty.
I almost forgot about the dog! And then I couldn't remember if he ever had a name, or of the fandom thing of the dog being named Dog was fanon or not, but he made it!
Thank you very much. I was half nervous, half determined to take this prompt because it's kind of ouchy even think about Heroes, let alone trying to write about it, so...definitely nice to here that you enjoyed reading. :)
Angst! You've captured the "Heroes" aftermath very well, here, without getting melodramatic about it. I really felt that these were "our" characters dealing with it. Very nice!
Thank you. Always so nice to hear, and I'm really glad to know that the silences worked for you. And Cassie, as well -- for all the actual screen time she gets.
This was beautiful. Executed with such sensitivity and very faithful to the characters. Brilliant.
“You know, my first set of foster parents were really great people,” he says, instead. “In retrospect, I mean. But I was moved after seven or eight months. I was horrible. Wanted nothing to do with them.”
I really like this take on Daniel's past foster parent situation. So many folks have him at the mercy of evil foster parents that this is refreshing. Also very real and honest-seeming.
“She trusts you enough to fight with you and know you won’t leave,” Daniel says. He looks at her sideways, raises his eyebrows. “That’s something.”
Excellent. Many parents, not to mention foster-parents, should have a level-headed person around to say this to them when their kids hit the teen years. God know my mother could have really used this particular perspective when I was thirteen. :)
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. “I can’t be Janet,” is what comes out of her mouth. The one thing she hadn’t even considered saying.
“And Janet could never be her mother,” Daniel says. He sits up too, turns so they’re shoulder to shoulder, staring out across the street together. “But she was her mom, eventually.”
“I can’t.” Her throat’s dry, scratchy. She swallows and tries to clear it; picks up her can, but it’s empty.
Daniel hands her his. “No. You can be Sam.”
Sniff! Poignant.
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Thank you very much. I was half nervous, half determined to take this prompt because it's kind of ouchy even think about Heroes, let alone trying to write about it, so...definitely nice to here that you enjoyed reading. :)
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I know, Heroes...such a tricky subject to write about. You pulled it off beautifully.
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Loved the silences between them, that spoke even louder than words.
And Cassie. Her reactions, and Daniel's understanding of them are so real. And Sam's thoughts on her and Mark... wow.
Really, really special.
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Thanks :-D
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“You know, my first set of foster parents were really great people,” he says, instead. “In retrospect, I mean. But I was moved after seven or eight months. I was horrible. Wanted nothing to do with them.”
I really like this take on Daniel's past foster parent situation. So many folks have him at the mercy of evil foster parents that this is refreshing. Also very real and honest-seeming.
“She trusts you enough to fight with you and know you won’t leave,” Daniel says. He looks at her sideways, raises his eyebrows. “That’s something.”
Excellent. Many parents, not to mention foster-parents, should have a level-headed person around to say this to them when their kids hit the teen years. God know my mother could have really used this particular perspective when I was thirteen. :)
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