Date: March 14, 2007 10:21 pm Title: Chapter 1
I'm definitely not tirinng of post-Coctails fics, but yours is superb and among my favorites. It is just so natural and real and like it could (should) happen. Really enjoyable... must read again.
Author's Response: Glad to hear everyone isn't over Cocktails fic...and that this one worked for you. Thanks so much!
Date: March 14, 2007 10:19 pm Title: Chapter 1
Ugh....Colette, you are MY American Idol. lol. Just gorgeous, as usual.
Author's Response: That is too funny, LoveFool. Do I have to sing and dance now too? Thanks much, you're such a wonderful audience!
10 [Report This]Date: March 14, 2007 10:03 pm Title: Chapter 1
You are a great writer! You never disappoint.... Your stories are always AMAZING! Can't wait for the next one!
Author's Response: Aw, shucks, slpchic...thank you. Need to start ruminating on the next I guess!
10 [Report This]Date: March 14, 2007 09:50 pm Title: Chapter 1
Okay, I'm going to be completely honest: that has to be the best smut I've ever read in my entire life. It was sexy as hell and so completely in-character. The idea of Jim waking up and realizing he'd wrapped his arms around her was fantastic, because it just sounds like something he would do. I love the fact that no words were spoken between them as she was tracing his bruises. That was so incredibly erotic and so beautifully written. I loved Jim here: "Say my name." That's so perfect. Wait, no, actually this entire story was perfect. You have a lovely writing style and a wonderful way with words. Brilliant job!
Seriously, thank you for sharing this. I loved it.
Author's Response: Wow. I so appreciate your saying that, threeholepunch. And, thanks for picking up on the idea of them waking up like that...an important detail for me, cause I thought it indicated that for all his resolve, when his defenses were down - he just loved her. For all the complications, that simple. And on some not entirely conscious level, it spurred Pam to will herself to brave enough to do what she does. Thank you so much for this incredible review.
10 [Report This]Date: March 14, 2007 09:44 pm Title: Chapter 1
Love love love.
Thank you. So much.
Author's Response: Your welcome. And thanks back at you!
Date: March 14, 2007 08:20 pm Title: Chapter 1
This was really nicely done. I think the ending was great in that it was realistic--not everything was instantly resolved.
Author's Response: Yeah, I think a lot would still be open ended at that point...but the essential element would be in place (them, together.) Thanks JinRain!
Date: March 14, 2007 08:15 pm Title: Chapter 1
wow. that was hot. i love that she just followed him to his room and got in bed. it reminds me of something i would do, actually (when i was single that is...). loved it!
Author's Response: Hee. And I think it's still okay for you to do...as long as the guy you followed was your husband. Thanks super perfect!
10 [Report This]Date: March 14, 2007 08:13 pm Title: Chapter 1
Wow....that was amazing. I loved how Pam had to keep repeating to herself "This is Jim". Just amazing.
Author's Response: Lord knows I'd have to keep mentally pinching myself to believe it was really him! Thanks flamingos!
10 [Report This]Date: March 14, 2007 07:49 pm Title: Chapter 1
Oh, Colette, this was wonderful. There were just so many things to love about it, from Pam not leaving, to Jim looking hot even while injured, to the tenderness, to the happy ending. This was really everything we needed to read. Thank you.
Author's Response: Well, this was kind of do or die for Pam...if she'd left, I'd have had to have written her into a convent! Seriously, glad the tenderness came through, because I think beyond the defenses, they're all feeling when it comes to each other. Also that I'm not the only one nutty enough to think he'd look hot even with a black eye! Thanks, as always, Luna Mystik.
10 [Report This]Date: March 14, 2007 07:36 pm Title: Chapter 1
This was so gorgeous- I think I was holding my breath through most of it. The moment where Pam crawls into bed with him had me clutching my chest. Its beautiful stories like this that make me scream at my tv even louder- THESE TWO NEED TO GET A CLUE! And for the record, if a man ever said this to me in that ahem, situation,
‘I just need a minute,’ he breathes.
Yes, I think I would die. GAH!
Author's Response: Thanks lama! And absolutely - the cluelessness knows no bounds with these two. And glad you liked that line...he was, ahem, a bit overstimulated and overwhelmed at that moment, poor boy ;)
10 [Report This]Date: March 14, 2007 07:19 pm Title: Chapter 1
This totally made me cry! I'm such a sucker for a happy post-Cocktails fic. :)
Author's Response: Well, glad they were happy tears. Thanks juteux!
Date: March 14, 2007 07:15 pm Title: Chapter 1
See how it works? You write the smut...I'll pimp it.
OK. That's so inappropriate given the beauty of this story.
You can feel everything in this story. Pam's panic at the beginning - Jim's reticence to let her in at first and then finally....the inevitable. The way you described it is so almost heartbreaking and then you let us exhale that breath we'll all be holding until it's implied onscreen that this has happened "for real".
SIGH.
Really beautiful work, my dearest. It's perfect, perfect, PERFECT.
Author's Response:
Well, you know I owe you one (or two, or three) for your reassurance on this one! (Oh, and remind me to buy you a giant pimp hat for your birthday!) And yes!!!! Don't know how much longer we can hold our breath 'for real'...I guess until then we'll just need to exhale via stories.
So happy you felt this one...and that you didn't let me wimp out about posting, xoxoxo. Much gratitude!
Date: March 14, 2007 06:50 pm Title: Chapter 1
This story is just beautiful. After hearing xoxoxo hint it would be great on TWoP I couldn't wait to read, and you have not disappointed.
"With every elapsing minute, she feels more like she might quite literally burst. She imagines her skin, her guts, all of her, splitting apart and disintegrating, until it was like she’d never really existed."
Just Unbelievable! Loved it from beginning to end.
Author's Response: Phew...was afraid it wouldn't live up to the advance publicity! Glad you liked that bit too - kind of fretted over that one. Thanks much uncgirl!
Date: March 14, 2007 06:41 pm Title: Chapter 1
Lovely. Just lovely.
I know there's more to say, but the image of Jim you've given me has left me speechless.
Author's Response: Speechless sounds pretty good to me! Thanks, ayla - glad it worked for you!
10 [Report This]Date: March 14, 2007 06:35 pm Title: Chapter 1
Wow,Wow and WOW...."Say my name" so very HOT! "Just you and me"....if only.....sigh... Loved it !!
Author's Response: Yeah, if only...much appreciate the Wows, Iena 67!
10 [Report This]Date: March 14, 2007 06:34 pm Title: Chapter 1
Man, I don't think I can possibly gush enough about this without just sounding ridiculous. It's beautifully crafted, the writing is flawless, the character are captured perfectly, the love scene is exceptionally well done. Just a great story well told that left me satisified and smiling. This must have taken a lot of work; thank you so much.
Author's Response: Satisfied and smiling? Best praise ever. Thank you for this lovely review, brokenloon.
Date: March 14, 2007 06:32 pm Title: Chapter 1
Wow. Never doubt your ability to deliver the goods. This was such a release...all the anger, miscommunication, and sadness topped with a healthy dose of steam with heart. Beautiful job, as always.
Author's Response: Yes! Steam with heart is so what I was after. And yeah, there needs to be a counter balance to all the misery eventually.Thanks for this, bitterpill!
Date: March 14, 2007 06:15 pm Title: Chapter 1
Loved! Loved! The ending. le sigh.
Great story, of course loved the smuttiness- but also just utterly romantic.
Author's Response: Hooray! I'm so glad the romance came thru...thanks so much!
Date: March 14, 2007 06:07 pm Title: Chapter 1
That was amazingly gorgeous and sweet and perfect and wow. I love how Jim's so cold and quiet at first yet not pushing her away, and then he can't help but give into her... And, guh, Pam taking the lead and undressing him and touching him and kissing him and being honest and the say my name and this is Jim... yowza. I may need a minute!
Author's Response: Yeah, have to say the idea of her being the agressor, and him resisting at first, kind of 'moved' me too. Glad it was effective for you too! Thanks, Semby.
Date: March 14, 2007 06:03 pm Title: Chapter 1
I think I may be in love with you. Seriously, that was so freaking hot, I just have no words. The theme running through her head "This is Jim" was amazing, and, and, and, I have to go read it again.
Author's Response: Hee, thanks, Jen74! I means seriously, how could she not be amazed that she was with Jim? Finally! Re-reading is the highest form of praise - much love back at you.
Date: March 14, 2007 05:51 pm Title: Chapter 1
Wow, Colette, this is just really good. Perfect.
Author's Response: Why, thank you. Happy it worked for you!
Date: March 14, 2007 05:47 pm Title: Chapter 1
GUH.
That was ... perfect? I guess perfect is the most spot on analysis that I can come up with right now. So. Awesomely. Good.
Author's Response: I'll take it..now or whenever! Thanks so much for the kind review!
10 [Report This]Date: March 14, 2007 05:22 pm Title: Chapter 1
Oh my goodness! Not only is this beautiful and sweet and insanely hot, it's just so true to the characters and it feels so real. The way that Pam is so unsure of herself and slides into his bed and he doesn't move, but she stays...it just felt so much like her!
Also, it always seems in fic that Jim is so powerless against Pam when she makes her move, but here, I could totally feel his uncertainty and his struggle to keep his pride. And the story wasn't even from his POV, so it's just amazing and brilliant the way you did that.
This is definitely getting favorited. :)
Author's Response: That's so incredible to hear, 69con. Jim's sense of reticence/resistance/hurt pride was something I really wanted to express (and yeah, it had to come through Pam's filter)...so I'm so glad you felt that. And yay for being favorited! High compliment, coming from such a good writer herself. Thanks so much!
Date: March 14, 2007 05:14 pm Title: Chapter 1
Oh. My. Brooding, gruff Jim. "unbearably handsome" Yup.
"I just need a minute" Yup. Me too.
*thud*
Author's Response: Trust me, I needed to take several minutes while writing that scene, lisahoo! Sorry to make you go thud, but so happy you liked. Thanks!!!
10 [Report This]Date: March 14, 2007 04:53 pm Title: Chapter 1
*dies a million times* This made me feel all fluttery.
The whole thing was so quiet and honest. And you remain so true to the characters. The hesitant, but trying to be bold way that Pam does all these things was so spot on. It all felt so intimate and close and and- When she climbed into bed with him, oh.
And then the scene in the kitchen, their conversation, Jim's, "Just you and me."
Sigh. Just really, really amazing.
Author's Response: I'm so happy you liked it, unfold. Intimate is exactly the sense that I hoped would come across, and yeah, I think Pam does need to almost will herself into being brave. (And btw, that's my favorite line in the story too - kind of the crux of it, really.) Thank you so much!