chapter summary:Charlie shut herself in her office and closed the blinds, forcing herself to ignore Javier’s arrival. She knew all the words that had been exchanged—all the promises and the soft kisses and the lingering looks—and still she couldn’t shake that old feeling.
rating: E [warnings: SMUT, feelings, PIV, oral sex, some light choking]
pairing: Javi x Charlie Ellis [OFC]
word count: ~3.3k
note: yes yes it’s been several months. I’m nothing if not completely inconsistent. Love always to my beta and writing wife @starlightmornings. This is mostly smut and soft feelings, and Charlie being treated r i g h t. And Javi is here, too.
He slept more peacefully than anyone she’d ever known. The creases in his brow disappeared; that ever-present frown relaxed; his jaw unclenched.
She traced the lines of his face with her thumb, still not quite convinced any of this was real. Cold, grey morning light and the sounds of the city waking filtered through the window. She’d need to get him up soon. But that meant facing the real world with all its obstacles. It was simple here.
Would he wake up and regret it? Would he push her away again?
When someone is really freaking mad at me for inducing an emotional response from them
when readers give me a background of how/when they read my writing
when readers give me a background of why they shouldn’t have been reading my writing (usually while at work)
when readers quote my work back to me in comments
the frickin’ real heroes here, the ones who comment on every chapter of an ongoing multi-chapter fic
when someone notices something I deliberately left as subtext and cries about it in the comments :3
When someone tracks subtle hints toward anything—a character development arc, a subplot arc, a major plot arc, etc.—and understands where I’m going with it. Seriously, fuck that writing-for-shock-value nonsense that’s prevalent in media today. Your audience should be able to get the gist of where you’re going, and get a thrill from it when their suspicions are confirmed! I feel like lovingly crafted foreshadowing is becoming a lost art. The element of surprise is all well and good, but seriously, give your audiences what they need when they need it.
When someone freaks out at me because I got them to read a fandom/pairing/trope they normally would never have considered but they did anyways because the fic was so good
