The O.C. Fic: Bitter / Sweet

[silverweave]

I miss The O.C.
I miss writing angsty fic about The O.C.

This is why.

Title: Bitter / Sweet
Fandom: The O.C.
Rating / Genre: PG-13, Gen
Words: 1935
Spoilers: The whole series.
Disclaimer/ Schmoopy Dedication: The O.C. is property of Fox. This is for brandywine421, to keep her warm at night.

Summary: What if after this all I can see is this? Lying there, in

Comments

[katwoman76]

I really liked this a lot.
You should start writing more OC-stories again.
I miss your stuff.

[silverweave]

Thanks Kat, I missed it too. But I'm mostly at the mercy of demonic Supernatural plot bunnies at the moment. They're quite determined, can chew anything and breed like sex is going out of fashion.

Also, I ran out of OC ideas. Shh!

[katwoman76]

Also, I ran out of OC ideas. Shh!
Hehe. Got you. *bigsmirk*
THAT is no excuse at all.
You can find plenty of wonderful plotbunnies that need someone to adopt them here.
http://community.livejournal.com/oc_plotbunnies/tag/bunny+needs+home

[fredsmith518]

I love when you write too
Poor 'Turo, you did a very ood job of presenting him comletely sympathetically although he wasn't there

[silverweave]

An ood job? Does this mean I roamed spaceships terrifying people with my collective psychosis? Hee!

I liked the idea of Arturo in the first series, that Ryan's past had a rich history, not just the ex-girlfriend, you know?

[fredsmith518]

I must proof read comments! I don't, hardly ever. Can you tell?

Very much, the back story with 'Turo, and Trey and co is a fascinating mine...you could write more?

[60schic]

...........*sigh*..............

I'm sure I've said this before, but you really need to write more often. Your work is always understated and yet rich in language. I was waffling between Daniel and her mom, thinking maybe Turo or Eddie even as also-rans. Making Ryan do the ID was nasty, poor woobie.

I really wanted- and started- a Ryan/Theresa sex moment in this, but it just didn't quite work, which was disappointing. Didn't fit somehow....well, see - that's what a TBC is for. Change of mood/change of tone, and voila - we have sex!!!!! (doesn't that sound simple enough----hee!)

[silverweave]

Glad you liked it and thanks for commenting chica, I always appreciate it.

Basically, I'm too burned out by Move On to do O.C. multi-chapter fics anymore I think! Also I was always such a canon whore, must of my ideas tend to spring from specific missing scenes and the like. Although not here... hmm. Must be laziness!

[chazper]

Like famous, I had a heart-stopping moment of believing that Daniel had died. Thank God you didn't do that, although this was wrenching enough (in the best way possible.)

I love so much about this: the thread of unbreakable friendship that runs through this fic , so that Seth knows instantly that the phone call is bad news, and that Ryan knows instinctively what Theresa needs him to do; the details--like Daniel dropping his head shyly onto Theresa's shoulder, and Daniel noticing that Sophie is already asleep when Seth says he has to read her a bedtime story--that make the scene both vivid and poignant; the spare, gorgeous language; and how delicately you show us that Marissa's death is still always in Ryan's mind and heart--and that Seth, with the sensitivity of true brotherhood--makes it possibile for him to acknowledge that.

Just lovely, all of this. Only now you've reminded me how much I miss your writing.

[silverweave]

It never really ocurred to me kill Daniel! Dammit, just think of the missed angst-otunity. Glad killing Arturo seems to have struck a chord with people though.

the thread of unbreakable friendship that runs through this fic, so that Seth knows instantly that the phone call is bad news, and that Ryan knows instinctively what Theresa needs him to do.

Thank you, that means a lot as the constancy of certain friends was what I was ultimately going for. Seth sometimes gets short shrift in the fandom, but I still love him, it's just his screw ups tend to be more internally emotional than traditionally dramatic.

God, I miss Seth. I really loved him and the way his chracter was this year really rang true for me- that feeling of having spent your life knowing what you want to do and where you want to be and then suddenly wondering why it's not true? It's a kind of grieving and if the series had been a full one (grr, Fox) I would have loved to have it more overtly explored.

Somehow, I don't think this fandom's done with me yet...

[helen_c]

First things first. Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. You wrote an OC fic! I'm in love with your writing, by the way. This was just gorgeous.

But he still told him he loved him. Just in case.
Snif.

He felt Sophie stir against his chest. The warm reassurance of the wooden floor of home beneath his feet. The presence of old friends and brothers close by.
And this, right here, is why I'm in love with your fics. This is just a perfect sentence.

I love the sense of friendship--Ryan being here for Theresa, Seth being here for Ryan, and the two of them taking care of the little kids as well as each other. Awesome.

[silverweave]

You wrote an OC fic! I'm in love with your writing, by the way.
This feeling is entirely mutual. Um, about your fic, not mine!

And this, right here, is why I'm in love with your fics. This is just a perfect sentence.
Thank you. I think I am by far the mushiest writer on my flist, but I'm glad that people seem to like it! I'm just a big softie at heart!

Seth being here for Ryan, and the two of them taking care of the little kids as well as each other. Awesome.
This was the one scene that would have made the finale perfect for me. Just Ryan and Seth hanging out, babysitting Sophie. But then this is what fic is for, right?!