Fic: Deep Breaths (R)

[apocalypsos]

Title: Deep Breaths
Author: apocalypsos
Artist: ileliberte
Genre: Femslash
Pairing: Ellen/Mary
Rating: R
Word count: around 22k
Warnings/Spoilers: Bad language, sex, character death, mockery of baked goods, and bribery of small adorable children.
Summary: AU. Azazel offered Mary a choice, and she did what she had to do. She looked him in the eyes when he offered to bring her dead boyfriend back to life, and she told him no.

Fifteen years later, she's divorced, a single mom, and living in the sort of quaint small town she used to dream about raising her family in. Enter a strange woman with a mute little girl, a woman who cracks through Mary's barely stable facade of a normal life. Featuring five tequila shots, four threatening angels, three fatherless children (maybe), two kickass women, and a platter of peanut butter brownies.
Link to fic: Here!
Link to art: Here!

Comments

[22by7.livejournal.com]

YES. I have been looking forward to this one so very much. Reading it already, absolutely engrossing, LOVE your writing, and fuck yeah 2nd person pov!

[deepbluemermaid.livejournal.com]

Yay, you posted it! It sounds absolutely fascinating from the summary, and I'm looking forward to reading :)

[lovedbythesun.livejournal.com]

Oh god. This... this is probably the best fic I've read in a long time. I love the characterizations of Ellen and Mary, and the presence of the kids. I want more. I want to know what Jo would be like now, scarred at such a young age but growing up with Dean and Sam as 'brothers.' *grabby hands*

[earis.livejournal.com]

OMG YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!

Unfortunately, I have papers. But after papers, I can has fic!

[weesta.livejournal.com]

Wow! I'm going to make a concerted effort to actually read Big Bang fics this year and yours was first! Way to go!

I do not normally dig the second person POV, but it really worked in this fic. I loved Mary's perception of the Stepford PTA moms and her disdain of the whole bake sale thing.

I loved the introduction of Ellen and Jo. I really liked the fact that when I thought I knew where things were going I was wrong. My initial thoughts about Jack were wrong...but then I was kind of right - and the reveal was very cool.

I LOVED that I had no idea who was "really" behind everything until you revealed it(being deliberately vague for those who read comments before reading fic) and the character voice was dead-on. Just perfect.

I'd love to see where the ladies go from here. Well done!

[soundingsea.livejournal.com]

Commented on AO3, but this is worth commenting on twice; it's excellent and twisty and all sorts of Bechdel-test-passing. Loved it.

[elusive-life-77.livejournal.com]

Something I don't get to say very often: This was different than anything I've read before. I really liked it a lot.

I didn't see the twists coming at all. Brilliant job!

[azurelunatic]

I enjoyed the fuck out of this. I like twisty AUs.

[alias_sqbr]

Oh wow. So I was loving this for the characterisation and femslash and then I hit the end and was utterly blown away by the awesome way it all tied back in with canon. *flails*

[lav123.livejournal.com]

This story had such a sad tone to it. It was a very interesting take on the cannon and the twist at the end was a shocker. Liked it.

[tinylegacies.livejournal.com]

I normally loathe second person but it's not like I was going to pass up the opportunity to read a rare femmeslash fic in SPN fandom - especially by you :)

Such a fantastic story. The writing was elegant and lyrical. The plot was fantastic. I didn't see either twist coming. Loved the relationship you developed between Ellen and Mary and loved the kids.

[adinarj.livejournal.com]

This was incredible. I decided to read it on a whim, mostly- just curiosity about how this pairing would work, and how the boys would be if they weren't John's boys. I certainly got more than I ever expected. It was amazing, and I kept having to go back and reread the reveals. I'm totally reading this illegally at work, BTW, and the bombshells (the twists in the story, that is, not the ladies themselves) made my jaw drop, my eyes dance, and everything a good story should do.

I didn't figure out much early on- I don't try, really; I prefer to let the story lead. I did get an uneasy, Pleasantville-type feeling from the town.when Stars Hollow seems seedy in comparison, something has to be wrong.

In short, amazing job! Is there anything else written in this 'verse?