*sniffle*

[aruan]

walkingshadow said to bring a tissue when I told her I was reading Snow, and it's not as if the story hasn't been breaking me a little bit more with every sentence, but oh my god, I'm an absolute blubbering mess right now because JC drank the wine he knew was poisoned and didn't let Justin do it and the glasses shattering to the floor and his sadness and emptiness despite Justin, whose devotion and hope break me, too, and Chris, who wouldn't let himself believe even at the end but knows he's never done anything but just that, and it's all broken now and I know that's how the story goes, but that doesn't mean it hurts any less.

It's so beautiful. Every heart-breaking word of it.

*goes to take Miranda's good advice*

Comments

[glendaglamazon.livejournal.com]

Because I am clearly the most twisted kind of masochist, I read this entry then promptly went and read the story and am now sitting in a little puddle of tears. Thank you for the rec. I think.

[gjstruthseeker.livejournal.com]

Not twisted, smart. Amber's fantastic, but her stories usually end well! Because it's TrickComgOTP4evah when I read her stuff, and as much as she hurts them in the process, she wants them to be happy because neither one of them was ever accepted by the world. But this JC broke me so badly - not since Rhys' Experiment have I felt this strongly for a characterization of JC. People never smiling at him, being shunned by his family and called a curse, the cold when he touched people - I was so ready for him to be finally happy, which he was for exactly 2.3 seconds in there. This story's got me so strung out - there are few things I tolerate worse than injustice and cruelty to an innocent, and one of them is true love denied, and oh, hi, bucketfuls of both. Such a mess here. I'm so glad you read it though, because it really is breathtaking from start to finish, and I know I'm saving it to reread for a long time to come.