Coda

[septemberoses]

Title:  Coda
Author: septemberoses
Fandom: True Blood
Pairing: Godric/Eric
Rating:  NC17
Words:   5600
Summary: This is a follow-up to The Treatment (aka the Dark Fic) and probably won't make a lot of sense if you don't read that first.
Note: God, I had so much fun writing this.  Hopefully this will please those of you who were upset by the ending of

Comments

[flwrpwr_vampyre]

I love this almost too much for words. The little references to what Godric went through and *happy sigh* the happy ending. I love me some angst but I love happy endings even more.

I can't believe the doctor ripped out Godric's fangs! I'm with Eric in wishing that Pam had ripped his out before killing him. Personally though I think he should have been tortured like he tortured Godric only without being drugged first.

Anyways, this was too cute and perfect and fantastic, thank you so much for writing it.

[septemberoses]

I'm glad it made you happy, hopefully it wasn't *too* cute. I tried to balance it with the angst.

I think fang-removal would be a terrible thing to do to a vampire. But the doctor ... I didn't want to to into all of that in this fic, I wanted to tell their story. Personally I think Pam did something awful to him -- after all, he could have gotten her into a lot of trouble with Eric because of what he did.

[berthablue]

So awesome! I do love me some comfort. I love the way they come back together, so tender and gentle.

Thanks!

[septemberoses]

Glad you enjoyed it!

Re: Um. Long comment responses are long.

[septemberoses]

And you hit on my issue with the doctor -- *I* spent hours thinking about what Eric would do to him! But what would be the point? And I didn't want all that nastiness in my fic, I wanted this to be about redemption. So having Pam do him in solved my problem, and also works for me this way: in the end the doctor becomes irrelevant, consigned to someone else to do away with. If it makes it any better, I think Pam probably did something nasty to him, Eric COULD have blamed her. Maybe she invited a couple other vampires over to play with him before they killed him

Re: Um. Long comment responses are long.

[septemberoses]

... and there's that awful scene on the show in S1 (?) when Bill goes before the magister for staking Longshadow, and another vampire gets his fangs pulled

[gruochrua]

There are so many parts in this story that absolutely delighted me, but what I really love about this fic is that it's as much about Eric's own redemption as it is Godric's. You dealt so beautifully with the feelings of guilt and forgiveness and hope--it never felt heavy-handed or forced. I have to say that as much as I wanted that horrible doctor to get his long, excruciating comeuppance, I'm glad you basically left him out. I think it shows real love that Eric chose to devote himself entirely to getting Godric back on his feet rather than seeking the brief satisfaction of revenge. It shows, too, that Eric is capable of moving on, which is so necessary to both his and Godric's recovery and release.

And did I mention that I LOVE that hot spring scene?

[septemberoses]

Oh my god I was just torturing myself by watching the Roof scene on YouTube for the millionth time, what is wrong with me? I cry every.single.time. Poor Godric. Also hearing Sookie say "you know, that wasn't very smart about the FOTS" makes me want to reach into the screen and smack her, that hasn't changed either.

Yeah, absolutely. Because this can't just be all GODRIC IS SAVED. There's tremendous pain and guilt here (jeez, even I feel guilty, just having written it.) And I really felt what Eric ended up verbalizing, that torturing the doctor for three days wasn't going to fix anything, or even provide much satisfaction. As you said, Eric chose in that moment to act on love, not revenge.

I have been wanting to write the hot spring scene since I first snuck it into a fic (I can't even remember which) as a flashback.

[gruochrua]

Ha! Whenever I need to get in the mood to write something angsty, I go and watch that scene. Although, like you, I prefer to pretend that the Roof never happened. And I want to smack Sookie too, but then I want to smack anyone who wears pink lipstick after the age of fourteen.

I know that at some point I begged you for the hot spring scene when you used it in a flashback. The Foursome fic, maybe? And you delivered. Melted me like snow. I'm going to go read it again...

[azulay]

that's incredible! each of your stories make their bond even stronger, and this one is no exception...they went through all kinds of things, not always together, but it brings them closer! I love the way you work on it =)
Eric reading and commenting to himself, wishing it was Godric who talked to him, is so sad and beautiful!

[septemberoses]

It makes me very, very happy to work on their fictive backstory and weave these together, so I'm glad you liked it. And Eric reading to Godric, wishing he'd respond, made me so sad too.