I forgot to check my activity page for a while and therefore did not realize that I’d missed quite a few replies. So, I’m sticking my replies in one post and putting it behind the cut. Sorry for getting to them so late!
@osmarinamo replied to your post “omg these snippets are killing me! how about almost kiss + aroused by...”
OMG! If you dont give us a part 2 to this story, I'll I'll...cry... 😢😢😢
I hadn’t thought about it, but maybe I could cook something up...
@ladyinredfics replied to your post “54 and 91 for mike and Ginny with maybe a little”
I probably shouldn’t have read this sitting at a table with my in-laws, LOL.
Hah! Maybe not, but I respect your poker face if that worked out for you 😏
“I wish I could explain to you how much I appreciate your writing and...”
Still reading, still trying to write here I’ve just been blocked in general. I put the show on my kindle to rewatch on vacation for inspiration.
Oh, I totally get that. That’s what these trope ficlets have been for me, trying to brute force something out of my brain. Maybe I should sit down to a rewatch soon, too. Fingers crossed something gets knocked loose for you because I do love your fics!
“Mike's bobblehead dressed up as Han Solo is everythingggggggg. I'm...”
Seriously, Star Wars Night is Mike’s favorite. Post retirement he dresses up in costume and goes to the stadium to be part of it. He doesn’t advertise it, and usually wears a costume with a mask so he isn’t recognized, but he doesn’t deny it if someone does figure it out.
For sure! He must’ve been so excited when MLB started doing them, though I’m sure he also tried to play it cool; he probably thought he had to protect his rep or something. And that idea is adorable! He misses dressing up for the ad spots he always talked his way into doing, and getting to be in the crowd is a very different from experiencing Star Wars Night on the field.
“If you were the one writing pitch and it’s hadn’t been canceled (��)...”
I’ve thought that business might bring them in touch again, with both of them owning auto dealerships.
Oh, that’s so good! I hadn’t thought about that as a possibility, but now it might be all I think about? I’d considered Mike maybe getting into the business because of Dave—he had a family and kids and his own car dealerships, maybe that’s how I get it, too?—but spinning that out into the future opens up all kinds of opportunities for angst.
@hermiginnyharvelle replied to your post “@perfectblue: 12 + 60! (Bawson, obviously!) roommate au + poorly...”
KEYBOARD SMASH
Thank you!!
@masterclassinprocrastination replied to your post “62 and 70 for bawson!”
A full fic dedicated to Evelyn’s match making shenanigans is a gap that deserves to be filled! I love this!!
Unfortunately, it’s not all about Evelyn’s matchmaking abilities themselves. More like the consequences of them? But they still definitely come up!
@lerayon replied to your post “That gif of Mike is too damn sad. He looked so guilty about leaving....”
I can't read or reblog this because I can't open up the Mike Lawson Feels Floodgates. But I support you. 💙
I can definitely respect that, especially since I’m still trying to close those floodgates 😭
@everylastline replied to your post “I wish I could explain to you how much I appreciate your writing and...”
I second this. If you knew how much I refreshed your page you’d file a restraining order. We ADORE YOU! You keep writing we’ll be reading and rooting you on! 💓💓
Aww, thank you!! And I probably wouldn’t, haha. That’s pretty much exactly what a writer wants to hear!
@cheremary replied to your post “That gif of Mike is too damn sad. He looked so guilty about leaving....”
So much yes to all of this, but especially SF and the Break. His struggles with his body breaking down, yearning for love (with Ginny, Rachel, his parents)...some truly heartbreaking moments in there, but it makes me love the man even more
Those two episodes are peak sad Mike Lawson. He so clearly wants to keep playing, and will lie to everyone he can if it means getting to do it. You’re very right, though. The heartbreak is what makes us love him so.