Re: I'm Ready to Suffer and I'm Ready to Hope (2/2) lizook12February 21 2012, 16:33:14 UTC
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She’s sitting next to him, hair blowing in the light breeze, beer cup clutched in her hand as the team takes the field. He watches as she shades her eyes from the sun, sips from the cup, and then whistles, an honest-to-God wolf whistle, at the second baseman.
He can’t help it, he laughs.
Loudly.
She narrows her eyes at him as his arm falls across her shoulders, but it only causes him to laugh harder. And now she’s laughing, too, pink flushing her cheeks in the afternoon sun as they wait for the game to start.
The past month has been a whirlwind. Scary and crazy at times, but-her fingers drift across the back of his neck as she leans in to ask him to explain the infield fly rule one more time-he knows he hasn’t been this relaxed (happy) in a long time
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Re: I'm Ready to Suffer and I'm Ready to Hope (2/2) nessakitty821February 21 2012, 17:17:23 UTC
ahhhhh - this is even better than I was hoping. I love how you explain how the months are different for him. And how he's spending his free time at the ball park, because really, where else would he spend his afternoons in the spring? and then you brought in Alicia!! honestly, words can't express how much I love this!!!!
Re: I'm Ready to Suffer and I'm Ready to Hope (2/2) lady_josie2412February 21 2012, 19:58:22 UTC
This story was really great. I loved how you had done the different months and when brought him back together with Alicia in the end. I loved the final sentens that was just so sweet:-)
Re: I'm Ready to Suffer and I'm Ready to Hope (2/2) nessakitty821February 22 2012, 04:43:59 UTC
Love this even more after the second reading. I like that he studies new case law, and considers calling Celeste for a poker game out of sheer boredom and desperation. You decribe the months of his suspension perfectly.
And then he gets on track, and get back with Alicia!! And they're really together and he doesn't care if he no longer has the big corner office because Alicia's in his life. oh Will!!
And this "he knows he hasn’t been this relaxed (happy) in a long time" - awwww, makes me so happy!!!
Re: I'm Ready to Suffer and I'm Ready to Hope (2/2) lizook12February 22 2012, 17:11:20 UTC
I didn't know which comment to reply to so I picked this one :) I'm so happy this held up on your second read through and that each month seemed right to you.
Really, happy that you were please with what I did with it. Thanks for such lovely comments ♥
Re: I'm Ready to Suffer and I'm Ready to Hope (2/2) sweetjamieleeFebruary 24 2012, 15:16:01 UTC
Wow, this might be my favorite of your Willicia stories yet, Liz! I love the pace and the arc of it -- Will's dark moments at being torn away from his defining role, the potential downward spiral looming right around the corner (I REALLY felt that... how lost he felt), and the ray of hope that Alicia brought back into his life and how it carried him through the rest of those six months. Some really lovely details in there that make everything seem particularly true-to-life -- not too dramatic or too easy, just very human. Really beautiful job!
Re: I'm Ready to Suffer and I'm Ready to Hope (2/2) lizook12February 24 2012, 19:18:29 UTC
Aww J, I'm glad that the shift of emotions came through so nicely for you, and that they didn't seem too over the top. Finding something for each month was a little overwhelming at first, but it was fun to play with the details and make them all wind together.
Re: I'm Ready to Suffer and I'm Ready to Hope (2/2) lizook12February 26 2012, 23:44:06 UTC
I'm so happy that you enjoyed it. Yep, the title, and lyric later in the fic, is from "Shake It Out" - nice catch! Thanks so much for reading and commenting!
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She’s sitting next to him, hair blowing in the light breeze, beer cup clutched in her hand as the team takes the field.
He watches as she shades her eyes from the sun, sips from the cup, and then whistles, an honest-to-God wolf whistle, at the second baseman.
He can’t help it, he laughs.
Loudly.
She narrows her eyes at him as his arm falls across her shoulders, but it only causes him to laugh harder. And now she’s laughing, too, pink flushing her cheeks in the afternoon sun as they wait for the game to start.
The past month has been a whirlwind. Scary and crazy at times, but-her fingers drift across the back of his neck as she leans in to ask him to explain the infield fly rule one more time-he knows he hasn’t been this relaxed (happy) in a long time ( ... )
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And then he gets on track, and get back with Alicia!! And they're really together and he doesn't care if he no longer has the big corner office because Alicia's in his life. oh Will!!
And this "he knows he hasn’t been this relaxed (happy) in a long time" - awwww, makes me so happy!!!
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Really, happy that you were please with what I did with it. Thanks for such lovely comments ♥
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Thanks so much for reading and commenting ♥
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