I'm so glad to see more. I hope you are planning to work your way through the whole series, movie, and maybe the books too. I love your insight. Thanks for writing and sharing.
Thank you so much for your support! It is so gratifying to know that you’re enjoying my L/V meta. I would really like to tackle the whole lot. It’s a big project but I’m pretty motivated right now, the LoVe love is strong and it’s such a rich relationship, there’s so much to pick apart.
Ok, how about LoVe cuddling in a blanket fort. I think it would be fun preseries, but that's up to you because post movie would be cool too.
@acaniglia I am SO SO SORRY for the delayed reply for this prompt. My real life is a bit out of control right now or I’m out of control or both. Anyway, I hope you like this!
“Veronica, we are too old for this.”
“No, we’re not,” Veronica replies. She drags the desk chair over to the corner of Lilly’s bedroom and then walks out into the hall to the linen closet. She digs around until she finds a couple more lightweight blankets.
“Veronica,” Lilly calls to her from the bedroom, “we are mature and sophisticated women of the world. We do not build pillow forts.”
Veronica returns from the closet, unfolds a blanket, and offers one end of it to her best friend.
“Lilly, you are 15 and I am 14 and we are having a sleepover. I think the situation demands a blanket fort.”
Lilly looked at the proffered blanket, green eyes narrowing with disdain. “Where are you even getting all these blankets?”
“Linen closet.”
“We have a linen closet? How do you know where it is and I don’t?”
Veronica laughs. “I know where it is because I pay attention. You don’t know where it is because you’re too fabulous for such mundane domesticity.” She waggles the blanket at Lilly again.
“You know what we should do?” Lilly ignores the blanket and gives Veronica a wicket smile, “We should sneak out and do something wild and crazy!”
“Hmmm…wild and crazy doesn’t really mesh well with the whole ‘My dad is the sheriff and he’d definitely figure it out and I’d probably end up grounded for life’ thing,” Veronica counters and waves the blanket edge at Lilly yet again.
Lilly rolls her eyes, turns, and walks out of the room. Veronica watches her friend depart and sighs. She knows this isn’t Lilly’s thing, but she just wanted one night of normalcy. Life at home has been so tense lately and she just wanted a break. After a moment, Veronica straightens up and decides to finish the fort herself. With a few more minutes of work, she has transformed Lilly’s bedroom into a perfect cozy hideaway.
Veronica grabs some pillows and another blanket off Lilly’s bed. She arranges them on and floor and then settles into the fort, lying on her back, and staring up at nothing. She’s lost in her thoughts when a voice sounds from the doorway.
“Nice fort, Mars.”
Veronica looks up to find Logan looking down at her. Hands in his pockets and leaning against the doorframe, he looks effortlessly handsome and cool. She knew he was here, but he and Duncan had been locked away in Duncan’s room playing Resident Evil for the most of the day.
“Hey, Logan. Get tired of killing zombies?”
“Mr. Kane came home and wanted to talk to Duncan.”
“Ah. Care to join me?” Veronica asks as she scoots over and pats the spot beside her.
“Sure,” Logan bends and slips into the fort. He lies down beside her and they rest quietly, shoulder to shoulder, for a while.
“So where’s the fabulous Lilly Kane?” Logan asks.
“Don’t know. She decided we’re too old for pillow forts and left,” Veronica says with a sigh. “I just wanted a quiet night with my best friend. Nothing wild or crazy. Just a normal night away from all the crap at home.”
Logan turns on his side and Veronica can feel him watching her. After a moment, she rolls to face him, looking into his deep brown eyes.
“I’m sorry that Lilly doesn’t get it,” Logan says tenderly. His gaze is soft and filled with empathy. He hesitates for a moment and then reaches for Veronica’s hand, giving it a gentle squeeze, “And I’m sorry things suck at home.”
“Thanks,” Veronica gives him a small smile and squeezes his hand back.
Logan rolls onto his back and pulls Veronica toward him until she’s laying against his side, head resting on his shoulder. They stare up at the blankets above them quietly. It’s cozy and comfortable and just exactly what she’d wanted for tonight. Veronica smiles as she slips an arm across Logan’s waist and hugs him. It’s so wonderfully relaxing she finds herself begin to drift off.
“So I leave for a few minutes and you cozy up to my boyfriend?”
Veronica’s eyes fly open and she finds Lilly standing in the doorway holding a large bowl. Veronica reluctantly pulls away from Logan and sits up.
“Oh, are we dating again?” Logan asks, tucking his hands behind his head, “I wasn’t aware.”
“Of course we are, Logan,” Lilly says in a voice that says she’s stating an obvious fact. She sits down on the floor next to Veronica and offers her the bowl. It’s filled to the brim with buttery popcorn sprinkled heavily with M&M’s. “Peace offering? Sorry I ditched.”
Veronica smiles at Lilly, “You know me well. This is a perfect peace offering, Lilly. Thank you.” Veronica wraps Lilly in a hug that Lilly returns easily. When they separate, the popcorn bowl is in Logan’s lap and he’s tossing an M&M into the air, ducking his head and catching it in his open mouth.
“Hey! That’s mine!” Veronica says reaching for the bowl.
“You were busy,” Logan argues, grabbing a handful of popcorn as Veronica snatches the bowl from him.
“Logan, shouldn’t you be off playing games with Donut?” Lilly asks as she digs through a pile of DVDs near her TV/DVD player.
“He’s busy. Can’t I hang out with you guys?”
“Only if want to watch ‘10 Things I Hate About You,’” Veronica says around a mouthful of popcorn.
“Hey, you know me,” Logan smirks at her, “I love a good romance.”
A quick note to @cheshirecatstrut, @theawkwardterrier, and @acaniglia: I got your prompts and I'm hard at work on them! It may be a couple days before I post because of silly things like my "job" and "real life," but they'll be posted soonish! :) Thanks for sending the prompts my way!
hanitjemars said: HAAAhahaa this is cute! I wonder whether they would remember the next day?
gendervilleusa said: Dying. Dead. This is so adorable. Awkward first kiss mishaps quickly smoothed over by their ridiculous chemistry, perfection.
acaniglia said: We’ll now require a next morning sequel… or first date! Very fun, thank you!
toastanonofmystery said: This was delightful.
Thank you all! I was less confident with this one than I was with the Soulmates one. I sort of wanted them to be drunker, but then you lose the banter a little.
The meme thing was a good challenge for me though! It's hard to just write and post quickly without spending time trying to make it better ;)
acaniglia replied to your post “Veronica Mars Movie Rewatch”
Well shoot, missed it again. My hope is that y'all intend to start over with season one at some point, I'd love to rewatch from the beginning with other fans. Are you rereading the books together too?
Yes! Starting over is the plan. Watch for a post next Monday.
I LoVe it!!! I don’t feel it’s ooc - they certainly had their playful moments. And I think it’s very IN character that they might be trying to make their friends uncomfortable at dinner, too funny!
I’m glad you liked it and they seemed like themselves! That’s a relief! :)
acaniglia replied to your post: acaniglia replied to your post:Looking for fic...
Coincidentally, I am in the middle of re-reading KtD, I am on chapter 13. I wanted to tell you that it amazes me how much is packed into this 20 chapter fic! I love it! Everything from Weidman and the Mannings, Piz and his band (Emily), Mac and Casey!, Dick and Mac going…
Looks like this got cut off but I liked where you were going ;) Thank you so much! I've actually been giving the epilogue a lot of thought again (it's okay, you can go ahead and laugh). For real though, when I'm done with Bound14 and Darcy13 I'm getting back to that sucker. I really liked where my revision was heading. Anyway, glad you're enjoying your re-read!
