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crack_van2012-03-20 12:49 pm
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the past is prologue by lit_chick08 (nc17)
Fandom: The Vampire Diaries
Pairing: Miranda/Grayson, John/Isobel, John/Jenna, Grayson/Liz, Carol/Richard, Jenna/Logan, Jenna/Mason, Miranda/Richard, Isobel/Damon, Isobel/Alaric
Length: over 70,000 words
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lit_chick08
Author Website: TVD fic masterlist and fic masterlist for other fandoms
Why this must be read: The hardest thing was choosing which oflit_chick08's stories to recc. I settled on this one because it is the clearest example of what she does well: take characters who you've never thought about and fleshing them out, making them full and real and whole and human and heart-breaking. There isn't much fic about the older generation of Mystic Falls residents, but this story is long enough that we really don't need anything else. It got such a broad scope that it covers all those questions we've all wondered: how Miranda and Grayson Gilbert fell in love, how Richard Lockwood found out about his family's curse, why John Gilbert agreed to let his brother adopt his daughter, how Liz Forbbes became the town sheriff, and what secrets about Jenna does Mason know.
Excerpt
They had four classes together at Mystic Falls Middle School; she sat in front of him in every one of those classes, alphabetically bound to each other for their tenure in Mystic Falls, but it never occurred to Grayson to speak to her without a purpose. Everyone knew Liz wasn’t friendly; she didn’t hang out at her locker between classes, never socialized with any of the Founders’, and the only time she ever actually spoke to anyone was when her grade depended upon it. Liz Forbes would not have been Grayson’s first choice for a confidante.
And yet he sat beside her on the couch in the sitting area and could not help but ask, “Do you think this is cool?”
Liz scoffed. “Are you kidding? I keep hoping it’s a really big joke.”
Grayson smiled, his entire body relaxing into the cushions. “I know, right?”
“It’s like a curse,” Liz declared, nose wrinkling as they watched Brad and Rich circle each other, parrying and thrusting wildly. “Just because we’re the oldest, we have to spend the rest of our lives on vampire look-out? Why would anybody want that for their kids?”
He nodded, grateful to Liz for voicing everything he was thinking but felt too treasonous to say aloud.
“All I know is,” Liz continued definitively, “I’ll never bring my kid to one of these meetings.”
It was at that moment Grayson decided Liz Forbes was going to be his friend.
Past is Prologue (masterpost)
Pairing: Miranda/Grayson, John/Isobel, John/Jenna, Grayson/Liz, Carol/Richard, Jenna/Logan, Jenna/Mason, Miranda/Richard, Isobel/Damon, Isobel/Alaric
Length: over 70,000 words
Author on LJ:
lit_chick08Author Website: TVD fic masterlist and fic masterlist for other fandoms
Why this must be read: The hardest thing was choosing which of
lit_chick08's stories to recc. I settled on this one because it is the clearest example of what she does well: take characters who you've never thought about and fleshing them out, making them full and real and whole and human and heart-breaking. There isn't much fic about the older generation of Mystic Falls residents, but this story is long enough that we really don't need anything else. It got such a broad scope that it covers all those questions we've all wondered: how Miranda and Grayson Gilbert fell in love, how Richard Lockwood found out about his family's curse, why John Gilbert agreed to let his brother adopt his daughter, how Liz Forbbes became the town sheriff, and what secrets about Jenna does Mason know.Excerpt
They had four classes together at Mystic Falls Middle School; she sat in front of him in every one of those classes, alphabetically bound to each other for their tenure in Mystic Falls, but it never occurred to Grayson to speak to her without a purpose. Everyone knew Liz wasn’t friendly; she didn’t hang out at her locker between classes, never socialized with any of the Founders’, and the only time she ever actually spoke to anyone was when her grade depended upon it. Liz Forbes would not have been Grayson’s first choice for a confidante.
And yet he sat beside her on the couch in the sitting area and could not help but ask, “Do you think this is cool?”
Liz scoffed. “Are you kidding? I keep hoping it’s a really big joke.”
Grayson smiled, his entire body relaxing into the cushions. “I know, right?”
“It’s like a curse,” Liz declared, nose wrinkling as they watched Brad and Rich circle each other, parrying and thrusting wildly. “Just because we’re the oldest, we have to spend the rest of our lives on vampire look-out? Why would anybody want that for their kids?”
He nodded, grateful to Liz for voicing everything he was thinking but felt too treasonous to say aloud.
“All I know is,” Liz continued definitively, “I’ll never bring my kid to one of these meetings.”
It was at that moment Grayson decided Liz Forbes was going to be his friend.
Past is Prologue (masterpost)