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unfitforsociety) wrote2009-04-29 02:08 pm
unfitforsociety) wrote2009-04-29 02:08 pm
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i never asked that boy to stay
Calvin & Hobbes
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hollycomb
Oh my god, this story - I got sniffly several times, because it's so true to who Calvin would grow up to be - sad and inevitable except totally not because of who he is and how he doesn't fit in school, and Susie waiting and not wanting to wait, loving him and not wanting to love him. And his efforts to make it work, all the while knowing what a fuck-up he is, are heartbreaking and hopeful all at the same time. Fantastic. Highly recommended. In fact, you should go read it now. I'll wait.
"I had detention," he says, sliding across the machine and closer to her. The color of her hair is enough to convince him that the world was actually designed to make him happy after all. He can't even come up with a word for it; it's dark but warm, and it's hers so it's perfect. This has definitely never happened to him before.
"Of course you did," she says.
"You don't get it," he says. "I'm fighting the forces of evil to be with you."
She smiles so big that the roof seems to blow off, and he grabs her shoulders sort of involuntarily. She laughs.
"That's the first thing I've heard you say in two days that actually sounds like you," she says.
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Theories About Nuclear Winter by
hollycombOh my god, this story - I got sniffly several times, because it's so true to who Calvin would grow up to be - sad and inevitable except totally not because of who he is and how he doesn't fit in school, and Susie waiting and not wanting to wait, loving him and not wanting to love him. And his efforts to make it work, all the while knowing what a fuck-up he is, are heartbreaking and hopeful all at the same time. Fantastic. Highly recommended. In fact, you should go read it now. I'll wait.
"I had detention," he says, sliding across the machine and closer to her. The color of her hair is enough to convince him that the world was actually designed to make him happy after all. He can't even come up with a word for it; it's dark but warm, and it's hers so it's perfect. This has definitely never happened to him before.
"Of course you did," she says.
"You don't get it," he says. "I'm fighting the forces of evil to be with you."
She smiles so big that the roof seems to blow off, and he grabs her shoulders sort of involuntarily. She laughs.
"That's the first thing I've heard you say in two days that actually sounds like you," she says.
~*~