Your character Leah from the Flash fic is a huge comfort for me. Shes so real with not wanting to socialise, and uh idk, I dont remember much, all I know is that I love Leah, and her mad skills, and that no matter what, the relationship between Cisco and Leah is always depicted as queer-platonic, which was super comforting to read 🤍
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA~ thank you! I really love Leah as a character. It took me 8 years to realize that Leah is likely aro/ace, but more falling on the demi side of things. She loves her friends with all she has. I like that she's ok with like, platonic kisses and stuff (mostly from her childhood friend, Adam.) Just really platonic affection. She has her found family and she loves them with all she has. And don't get me started on bedsharing. I fucking love bedsharing. It's so intimate, but it doesn't have to be romantic. But like, sometimes I feel like I keep her isolated from the rest of the world, just hanging out with Cisco for the most part. But I guess when you're not too social, that's how it is. *looking at myself on this one*
I hide the fic away from Ao3, because truthfully, it embarrasses me. It was my first time writing in YEARS after I got shamed for writing fic in middle school. My skills developed, don't get me wrong. But I will never get over the fact that I never even NAMED Leah in the first chapter. Like, what? I wrote it on a whim and I just kept going with it.
Thank you so much for reading! It means a lot. I know that damn thing is long as hell. Almost 120k words. Jesus Christ. And it is nowhere near done because I love a good slow burn. Like, so slow it's painful. But I can definitely see their love for each other more landing on the QPR side of things.
If you want to read about a good QPR, might I suggest the book Loveless by Alice Oseman? It had me crying at the end. Just, ugh. I'm tearing up thinking about the ending now. So good. I might run out to my bookshelf and grab it just so that I can read the end again.
