crack_van | Discography by kasuchi (PG-13)

Fandom: BIG TIME RUSH
Pairing: Mama Knight-centric gen (Mama Knight/OC)
Length: ~4,700 words
Author on LJ:

kasuchi
Author Website: Fic tag
Why this must be read: Two seasons into the show, Kendall's father has never been mentioned directly -- and his absence is conspicuous. Kendall has unstated but oh-so-present daddy issues, and it's been said in canon that Mama Knight hasn't had a date in at least seven years. On the one hand, it's kind of awesome to have a show that features a happy, functional single-parent family; on the other, basically everyone who watches wants to know what, exactly, happened to Mr. Knight. This is my favorite fic that takes a stab at answering that question, as it paints a history for Jen Knight in her pre-Mama days. She has a complex relationship with Kendall's father that feels very real -- and the fic shows how she grows and finds the strength we know she's got in canon.

"Why did you move out here, anyway?" he asked her, tracing patterns in her freckles like constellations in the sky.

She laughed. "You really wanna know?"

"I do now," he remarked tartly.

"I was a groupie."

His mouth dropped open. "You're kidding."

She shook her head and grinned sheepishly. "Nope. I, uh, really hit it off with a guy in Rented Tuesday when they played in St. Paul." She shrugged and laid back, expression turning distant. "I followed him out here -- I wasn't planning on college anyway, truth be told -- and then they broke up and so did we." She shrugged and turned back to him. "I fell in love with the music and the way Seattle is, though. Reminds me of home."

"Of the Midwest," he teased, the constellations giving way to his warm hand flat against her stomach.

"Whatever, L.A." She poked him in the side gently. "You're one to talk."

"You always listen, though," he breathed, pushing her shirt over her head.

"Always," she replied, and then she said nothing at all.

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