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"Change the World" by MiraMira (G)
Fandom: Musical Theater / In The Heights
Pairing: Benny/Nina
Length: ~500 words
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: At AO3
Why this must be read: How could you listen to a song like "Sunrise" or "When You're Home" and not hope these two crazy kids can find a way to make it work? It's true Benny and Nina have a few things working against them--not the least of which is the considerable physical separation of Washington Heights and Palo Alto--but MiraMira makes you believe they'll go the distance (literally and otherwise).
"How Nina got her groove back," the bold ones tease, before turning serious along with the rest. Making sure she knows there's no way it can last. That long-distance relationships never work, that Stanford will change her life if she'll just give herself over to the experience, that there are thousands of well-educated, highly-qualified guys already in California who are hunting for jobs. The barely-buried subtext being, of course, that she can do better.
She knows. Hell, Benny would be the first to agree…well, first besides her father. "You're gonna change the world someday," he told her when they made their plans. The barely-buried subtext being, of course, that a little barrio business, while a suitable dream for one who intends to stay there, is not the stuff of revolutions - and he gives himself no credit for having changed her own world.
So while she hates to admit it, a part of her is surprised when the phone calls and e-mails from New York keep coming. She isn't always able to return them right away – she has to put schoolwork first, this time around – but it doesn't seem to bother him. Turns out he's almost as good at Daniela at keeping tabs on everyone from the old neighborhood, and twice as amusing. (Usnavi, she suspects, might be helping out a little with the e-mails – but she knows he's not responsible for the sweet nothings, so that's all right.)
But none of their exploits interest her as much as his own, which unfold to her delight and the consternation of the gossipers.
Change the World
Pairing: Benny/Nina
Length: ~500 words
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: At AO3
Why this must be read: How could you listen to a song like "Sunrise" or "When You're Home" and not hope these two crazy kids can find a way to make it work? It's true Benny and Nina have a few things working against them--not the least of which is the considerable physical separation of Washington Heights and Palo Alto--but MiraMira makes you believe they'll go the distance (literally and otherwise).
"How Nina got her groove back," the bold ones tease, before turning serious along with the rest. Making sure she knows there's no way it can last. That long-distance relationships never work, that Stanford will change her life if she'll just give herself over to the experience, that there are thousands of well-educated, highly-qualified guys already in California who are hunting for jobs. The barely-buried subtext being, of course, that she can do better.
She knows. Hell, Benny would be the first to agree…well, first besides her father. "You're gonna change the world someday," he told her when they made their plans. The barely-buried subtext being, of course, that a little barrio business, while a suitable dream for one who intends to stay there, is not the stuff of revolutions - and he gives himself no credit for having changed her own world.
So while she hates to admit it, a part of her is surprised when the phone calls and e-mails from New York keep coming. She isn't always able to return them right away – she has to put schoolwork first, this time around – but it doesn't seem to bother him. Turns out he's almost as good at Daniela at keeping tabs on everyone from the old neighborhood, and twice as amusing. (Usnavi, she suspects, might be helping out a little with the e-mails – but she knows he's not responsible for the sweet nothings, so that's all right.)
But none of their exploits interest her as much as his own, which unfold to her delight and the consternation of the gossipers.
Change the World