the journey is not based on increasing success

a good time;

Has exactly the tropes you like and the characterization you want to read;

Gratification: yes you did finish a thing and yes you did do good;

just a very fun time all around.

Cons of re-reading your own fic:

the intimacy between them is overwhelmingly beautiful

FELLOW TRAVELERS (2023) Episode 3 • "Hit Me"

Ricky fucking around at Spanish Jackie'z? Stede's already GONE

Jim and Olu and a suspiciously sweaty Lucius who had previously been missing standing there arguing? Stede's CLOSING THE DOOR, he's OUT

Ghost of your childhood bully representing your guilt chasing you around? JUST SAIL THE BOAT AWAY, ghosts can't swim

Antique shop burn down? He's OUTTA THERE

People being mean to you at a fancy party? lol just LEAVE THE ROOM

Master plan to escape the British in the finale was certainly cut heavily for time but as it stands it definitely scans like JUST WALK AWAY LMAO and that's another banger from my man Stede tbh

if you let me, i'll come through by anonymous [To Be Revealed Later]

Written for @startagainbuttercup

Teen | 3K | Hawk/Tim | Canon-Divergent Fix-It | Reconciliation | Epistolary | 1960s Era

One hand outstretched, a creak of the door hinges—he’s been meaning to have that hinge oiled for weeks—and Hawk, for all his sins, is rewarded with the sight of Skippy, across the room but still here, right in front of Hawk.

Or, Hawk finds Tim at the cabin before Tim turns himself in.

Day 1 of the Fellow Travelers Fic Exchange