YAY. :D :D I am too! like I said, I don't want it to seem like me being intractable means I don't like the way our story is going, because it means the opposite? :D?
GOOD. That's the important part. :D :D
as terrible as I am? because I am just like IT KEEPS GETTING BETTER? :D?
it does! i mean, i'm with you, if you mean, it's awesome now and keeps getting better? because that's basically where i am. i'm so excited for charles' feelings during move in! and erik's feelings during charles' birthday! and halloween! and thanksgiving! AND FEELINGS OKAY SO MANY MANY MANY FEELINGS.
yes! exactly! that's what i mean. :D :D I AM SO EXCITED TOO. <3 <3 FEELINGS EVERYWHERE. (and you're really fine with me like, wanting to undo the backstory? It won't be a problem for the birthday story or the bowls or??)
seriously, i'm totally okay with it. i will rewrite as necessary or ignore or come up with new ideas! because i know you have/will do the same for me, so it's totally fine!
okay, so now i have feelings about the proposal? because sean asks charles to go ring shopping with him, okay, because his best friend from his job says he knows nothing about moira's taste, and alex absolutely, 100% refused to set foot in a jewelry store, because he tends to break things everywhere he goes, and he can't afford to break things in a jewelry shop, and also hell no. so charles goes with him.
woooo! i mean maybe Moira teases Charles at some point at how he hit on her and Charles is just like, yes, well, I admit, it was one of my less shining moments, and maybe Erik wonders then if Moira is Charles' type, perhaps not realizing how Charles kind of used to hit on a lot of people during his time at Oxford? or something? :D?
YES! EXACTLY! and while erik is pining, it's the only confirmed example he has of charles' type, and he's not a tiny, petite, gorgeous, sassy girl, and so he's kind of really sad. except that charles is crazy about him! and does things like dragging him off into a closet somewhere and jerking him off exactly they way erik likes and also kissing him hot and sloppy and deep, and you can see why erik is confused, right??
and so obviously charles is just there for moral support and to steer sean away from the rings he obviously can't afford and the ones moira would hate and to say things like, "um, it's moira. i don't think she wants you to propose to her. frankly, i think she wants to sit down and have a conversation about marriage and then go from there," and sean is like, "but i can't do that without a ring! she'll think i don't mean it!" so charles says fine.
only, when he gets to the store, there's this ring that would be perfect for erik, okay? totally, totally perfect. and he's been thinking about marriage a lot, because he adores erik, and he knows they're going to spend the rest of their lives together, but he also wants to get married. and the ring is right there. and it's perfect. so he kind of has to buy it, right? it's fate!
this is, like, all that i have of the story right now. if you don't tell me more, i will continue to make it up. so, you know, do it for science. or something. or oh those wacky ancients.
okay, so clearly the answer is for me to make more of this. sorry if i'm jumping in front of ideas you have; feel free to tear this all down.
so charles has this ring now, and it's kind of burning a hole in his pocket. look, he knows that erik is crazy about him, right? but, like, it matters to charles. this whole marriage thing matters to charles. and he isn't sure when it started, and he knows that erik would marry him if charles explained that it means a lot to him, but he kind of wants erik to want it too? not just for him, but because he wants to be married to charles. so, you know, they're in love, and they live together, but charles wants it all, okay?
and so he comes home, and erik's in a foul mood because he can't find anything in his office. because look, the only apartment they can afford on their crappy assistant professor salaries is university housing, and you know, the university is nice, it's amazing, but the apartments they have for professor housing are not exactly large, okay? so there's two bedrooms, which okay, fine, but they haven't shared an office for a while, right? and charles has a tendency to, uh, take up as much space as you'll give him. which is fine, but it drives erik crazy. like, really crazy, because he's a neat freak, you know? so, you know, it's one thing if his bedroom is a mess, because fine, he'll make the bed in the morning, and so long as he can reach one of his identical black turtlenecks—look, what do you want from him, it drives charles crazy, and sometimes, that's really all erik can be bothered to care about in the mornings—and so erik can't find anything that he's looking for under charles' stacks of books and articles printed from microfiche and j-stor and catalogue entries and all these other things that he keeps all over their damn office, what the hell, charles?
because the thing is, charles has all that family money, but erik knows how he feels about it, and he knows charles wants to spend it on him, but he also knows how much it costs charles every time he has to see his mother, and the thing is, he wants a place that belongs to the two of them, not a place that belongs to charles' stupid trust fund that's going to remind him of how much his mother disapproves of his gay Jewish lover, because, yeah, that meeting didn't go so well. so he keeps refusing to allow charles to pay for anything nicer, and it's not like erik's parents have anything to spare, though they'd give them the shirts off their backs if they asked, which is precisely why charles and erik will never ask.
so they get into this huge fight that night when erik can't find what they're looking for, and the whole time, charles is trying to give back as good as he gets, because that's what they do, but inside he's thinking, oh my god, i want this man to marry me, and he's so mad at me, what the hell, this is the worst thing ever.
and then erik says, "i can't live here anymore" in the midst of his ranting about how charles is such a slob, and how charles can't keep the apartment tidy, and why can't charles possibly learn to pick up after himself, and he can't even put the recycling in the proper container, oh my god, charles, you're impossible to live with.
and charles—look, he knows that erik loves him, he does, he really does, but he's kind of freaking out about this whole ring that burning a hole in his pocket, okay?—so charles kind of freaks out, sort of a lot, and is like, "i...are you breaking up with me?"
and erik is completely poleaxed and is like, what the hell? charles, seriously, what the hell?
and okay, charles is kind of a mess, the way he hardly ever, ever is, and his eyes are watering a little—because, okay, it's not like he's about to cry, charles doesn't cry, but, uh, you know, he like inherited erik's allergies or whatever, okay, but he's totally not crying—and he's like, "because, um, i was going to ask you to marry me."
and erik is like, "wait. what????"
and charles starts babbling about ring shopping and about the ring sean bought for moira and their discussions about how sean should broach the conversation, and erik is like, no, wait, charles, seriously, start at the beginning, and charles takes the ring out of his pocket and is like, "SO I BOUGHT THE STUPID RING."
and erik is like "..."
and charles is like, "and now you want to break up with me," and okay, fine, now maybe he's crying a little bit.
and erik grabs the ring from him and puts his arms around charles and says, seriously, charles, you're so stupid, of course i don't want to break up with you, i just want to move out of this stupid apartment, okay? i love you. you know i love you. what the hell is wrong with you?"
and charles laughs a little and lifts his head up from where he's buried it in erik's collar bone and is like, "i—what?"
and erik is like, "look, i know how you feel about your mother's money, but if you want to buy us a bigger apartment, who am i to say no, i can't live in this tiny apartment any long, seriously charles, i require my own office. and of course i'll marry you, who do you think you're kidding?" and he takes the ring out and puts it on his finger and kisses charles and charles says, "you're supposed to look at the ring, you idiot," and erik says, "i don't need to look at it, i'm looking at you."
i like it! :D :D so i am glad you told it to me, because awwww.
hahaha. oh man, he totally would. i really need to try to wrap that one up. even though it's like, there's no conflict to resolve/no major ~growth~, since I pretty much eschewed reality and just like, plunked them at the point in life where they could just be fluffy together. and occasionally there's baseball. i still don't know how that ended up as more than like, a one-shot, short fic. FEEEEEELINGS.
also, sometimes those are fun? i mean, our story has SO many conflicts and SO much major growth, and it's a little daunting sometimes :)
(and by daunting, i mean completely A++. of course.)
unrelatedly, i'm having swelled head syndrome because i'm pretty sure someone complimented my story. but then again, it was anonymous, because maybe it wasn't about me? hmm...
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Date: 2012-02-16 01:04 am (UTC)GOOD. That's the important part. :D :D
as terrible as I am? because I am just like IT KEEPS GETTING BETTER? :D?
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Date: 2012-02-16 01:06 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-02-16 01:11 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-02-16 01:18 am (UTC)okay, so now i have feelings about the proposal? because sean asks charles to go ring shopping with him, okay, because his best friend from his job says he knows nothing about moira's taste, and alex absolutely, 100% refused to set foot in a jewelry store, because he tends to break things everywhere he goes, and he can't afford to break things in a jewelry shop, and also hell no. so charles goes with him.
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Date: 2012-02-16 01:21 am (UTC)I DON'T THINK YOU TOLD ME ABOUT THE PROPOSAL?
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Date: 2012-02-16 01:25 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-02-16 01:20 am (UTC)only, when he gets to the store, there's this ring that would be perfect for erik, okay? totally, totally perfect. and he's been thinking about marriage a lot, because he adores erik, and he knows they're going to spend the rest of their lives together, but he also wants to get married. and the ring is right there. and it's perfect. so he kind of has to buy it, right? it's fate!
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Date: 2012-02-16 01:23 am (UTC)and awwwwww, Charles. :D :D
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Date: 2012-02-16 01:24 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-02-16 02:45 am (UTC)so charles has this ring now, and it's kind of burning a hole in his pocket. look, he knows that erik is crazy about him, right? but, like, it matters to charles. this whole marriage thing matters to charles. and he isn't sure when it started, and he knows that erik would marry him if charles explained that it means a lot to him, but he kind of wants erik to want it too? not just for him, but because he wants to be married to charles. so, you know, they're in love, and they live together, but charles wants it all, okay?
and so he comes home, and erik's in a foul mood because he can't find anything in his office. because look, the only apartment they can afford on their crappy assistant professor salaries is university housing, and you know, the university is nice, it's amazing, but the apartments they have for professor housing are not exactly large, okay? so there's two bedrooms, which okay, fine, but they haven't shared an office for a while, right? and charles has a tendency to, uh, take up as much space as you'll give him. which is fine, but it drives erik crazy. like, really crazy, because he's a neat freak, you know? so, you know, it's one thing if his bedroom is a mess, because fine, he'll make the bed in the morning, and so long as he can reach one of his identical black turtlenecks—look, what do you want from him, it drives charles crazy, and sometimes, that's really all erik can be bothered to care about in the mornings—and so erik can't find anything that he's looking for under charles' stacks of books and articles printed from microfiche and j-stor and catalogue entries and all these other things that he keeps all over their damn office, what the hell, charles?
because the thing is, charles has all that family money, but erik knows how he feels about it, and he knows charles wants to spend it on him, but he also knows how much it costs charles every time he has to see his mother, and the thing is, he wants a place that belongs to the two of them, not a place that belongs to charles' stupid trust fund that's going to remind him of how much his mother disapproves of his gay Jewish lover, because, yeah, that meeting didn't go so well. so he keeps refusing to allow charles to pay for anything nicer, and it's not like erik's parents have anything to spare, though they'd give them the shirts off their backs if they asked, which is precisely why charles and erik will never ask.
so they get into this huge fight that night when erik can't find what they're looking for, and the whole time, charles is trying to give back as good as he gets, because that's what they do, but inside he's thinking, oh my god, i want this man to marry me, and he's so mad at me, what the hell, this is the worst thing ever.
and then erik says, "i can't live here anymore" in the midst of his ranting about how charles is such a slob, and how charles can't keep the apartment tidy, and why can't charles possibly learn to pick up after himself, and he can't even put the recycling in the proper container, oh my god, charles, you're impossible to live with.
and charles—look, he knows that erik loves him, he does, he really does, but he's kind of freaking out about this whole ring that burning a hole in his pocket, okay?—so charles kind of freaks out, sort of a lot, and is like, "i...are you breaking up with me?"
and erik is completely poleaxed and is like, what the hell? charles, seriously, what the hell?
and okay, charles is kind of a mess, the way he hardly ever, ever is, and his eyes are watering a little—because, okay, it's not like he's about to cry, charles doesn't cry, but, uh, you know, he like inherited erik's allergies or whatever, okay, but he's totally not crying—and he's like, "because, um, i was going to ask you to marry me."
and erik is like, "wait. what????"
and charles starts babbling about ring shopping and about the ring sean bought for moira and their discussions about how sean should broach the conversation, and erik is like, no, wait, charles, seriously, start at the beginning, and charles takes the ring out of his pocket and is like, "SO I BOUGHT THE STUPID RING."
and erik is like "..."
and charles is like, "and now you want to break up with me," and okay, fine, now maybe he's crying a little bit.
and erik grabs the ring from him and puts his arms around charles and says, seriously, charles, you're so stupid, of course i don't want to break up with you, i just want to move out of this stupid apartment, okay? i love you. you know i love you. what the hell is wrong with you?"
and charles laughs a little and lifts his head up from where he's buried it in erik's collar bone and is like, "i—what?"
and erik is like, "look, i know how you feel about your mother's money, but if you want to buy us a bigger apartment, who am i to say no, i can't live in this tiny apartment any long, seriously charles, i require my own office. and of course i'll marry you, who do you think you're kidding?" and he takes the ring out and puts it on his finger and kisses charles and charles says, "you're supposed to look at the ring, you idiot," and erik says, "i don't need to look at it, i'm looking at you."
AND THEN THEY STOP CRYING AND BONE OR SOMETHING.
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Date: 2012-02-16 08:14 pm (UTC)i like all of this on initial impression? oh, Charles. ♥♥
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Date: 2012-02-16 10:56 pm (UTC)not that it has to stay that way, but i decided i had to tell it to you :)
also, dee dee pujols is on a rerun on paula's best dishes, and now i'm totally imagining charles from out of the park going onto paula. :D
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Date: 2012-02-17 12:00 am (UTC)i like it! :D :D so i am glad you told it to me, because awwww.
hahaha. oh man, he totally would. i really need to try to wrap that one up. even though it's like, there's no conflict to resolve/no major ~growth~, since I pretty much eschewed reality and just like, plunked them at the point in life where they could just be fluffy together. and occasionally there's baseball. i still don't know how that ended up as more than like, a one-shot, short fic. FEEEEEELINGS.
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Date: 2012-02-17 11:06 pm (UTC)also, sometimes those are fun? i mean, our story has SO many conflicts and SO much major growth, and it's a little daunting sometimes :)
(and by daunting, i mean completely A++. of course.)
unrelatedly, i'm having swelled head syndrome because i'm pretty sure someone complimented my story. but then again, it was anonymous, because maybe it wasn't about me? hmm...
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Date: 2012-02-18 01:48 am (UTC)sometimes, yes! like i enjoy our conflicts and growth and everything. :D :D
(hahaha :D :D :D)
:P
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