lirazel | Choco_cherries: Cracked Lightning

I'm never going to get over my mad love affair with

Title: Cracked Lightning
Fandoms: Angel/Heroes
Characters/Pairing: Charles Gunn/Elle Bishop
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: 300
Prompt: Run
Summary: He's done making excuses.

What is it about these girls and their electricity? Two girls in all the world with this curse, and somehow he manages to find his way to both of them.

Gwen had been understandable. Fred had just broken his heart, and Gwen was there and she saw him and let him help her (be the hero, the way he’d wanted to for Fred, though he quickly learned that he was nothing but the muscle, never the champion): he’d wanted to give her something that was really hers in return.

Elle is inexcusable. He’s lived with evil pressing in around him all his life: he knows darkness when he sees it (even W&H’s fluorescent lights couldn’t disguise it). And maybe she isn’t that far gone yet, but she’s racing along the razor-sharp dividing line between dark and light, her eyes tinged with crazed lightning that threatens to burn him (and the whole world) alive (he’s not naïve enough to think she won’t tumble over the edge and take him with her).

But the sparks on her lips make it so easy to forget (forget losing Alanna and Cordy, Wes and Fred, forget Illyria and his signature on a page and Gilbert and Sullivan lyrics still bouncing around in his head even after he sheds the suits and ties, forget that night in the rain, in the alley), and the pain is his penance (Spike tried to tell him that what happened to Fred wasn’t his fault, but anyone who spends five minutes around the vamp knows just what a shit liar he is. Besides, Angel can't meet his eyes anymore, and that tells Gunn all he needs to know).

And she sees him when she looks at him, and that’s what he wanted all along.

He’s done making excuses for that.

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Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god.

I just ...

*SQUEES*

I haven't even read it yet and my arm just flew up with goosebumps! Ah! I'm shaking. Just reading the little info before everything just made my skin crawl. Do you know how absolutely brillant you are to just pair these two off? Heeee ...

be the hero, the way he’d wanted to for Fred Oh Gunn. Always wanting something to be fair in the most simpliest way. To make up for everything. He is a lovely charmingly beautiful person.

Elle is inexcusable Well, that's basically her in a nutshell.

Wes and Fred, forget Illyria and his signature on a page and Gilbert and Sullivan lyrics still bouncing around in his head even after he sheds the suits and ties, forget that night in the rain, in the alley *heart clenches* Oh my. That just ... almost killed me. For seriuos. That just, oh I dunno, that practically shattered me. That hurt in all the right ways and yet it still aches. Oh my god.

I've just ofund another ship. Damn. Ship!bank is going to overflow.

*sniffles*
You are wonderful.

Aw. You are wonderful for being so sweet to me.

I am so glad you liked them together. I just adore Gunn (like you said, he's a lovely charmingly beautiful person, absolutely) and always thought he got short shrift. But I can't stop my Gunn love, nor do I really want to.

Well, that's basically her in a nutshell. Heehee! Don't you think?

That hurt in all the right ways and yet it still aches. Oh my god. *rubs hands together* Eeeeexcellent. Just what I was going for.

I've just ofund another ship. Damn. Ship!bank is going to overflow. This is what the inside of my brain looks like. Ships and ships and ships. They're unrelenting--they never stop. I surrendered long ago.

Thank you again, love, for being so lovely!

Also, I think it is inexcusable that I don't have a Gunn icon.

You are wonderful for being so sweet to me. So true, so true. I'm just a big suckup. XD

It's a little odd, but I guess I can see that. I mean Elle, isn't exactly over the edge. And if Claire had turned out more like Elle did, I would like her a whole hell of a lot more.
...
Okay, not really. I would still hate her a lot, but you know ... you can't ever hate KB. *nods*
But it's so different and so ... I dunno ... something so ... seductive in almos ta way. It's like this little peice of a secret world, that one day will have a million manips made for it. And it will be fanatically loved in the crack!ship world. Mhmm ...

Yes I do! I've been tryign to find a word to descrive her for so long. Bitchy, funny, lovely ... and you've done the work for me! Oh I adore it!

Eeeeexcellent. Just what I was going for. *SOBS* You take pleasure in my pain! My sides ache ... they hurt ... It's like someones knocking the wind out of me and cracking my ribs. *pouts* Why mus tyou do this to me?!!!!

This is what the inside of my brain looks like. Ships and ships and ships. They're unrelenting--they never stop. I surrendered long ago. It unravles and it gets longer an dlonger, but it's so full of crack that I think some have to go overboard.
*sighs*
Sorry Rosalie/Edward ... you has to go ...

*gasps* Blasphemy! You must get one now! Or so help me you'll ... be kicked virtually very hard!

Hey, as long as you're sucking up to me, I'm fine with it. ;)

Me, too--I adore Elle and can't stand Claire.

Why mus tyou do this to me?!!!! Because I'm secretly Joss Whedon, and you know I have no soul.

Or so help me you'll ... be kicked virtually very hard! I'll get right on that.

Hey, as long as you're sucking up to me Um .. you are a beautiful person on the inside? ...

I adore Elle and can't stand Claire. Elle is just awesome. Claire just a brat, and I love Elle. If Claire didn't exisit, I would love that show even more. *sighs*

YOU SOULESS PERSON!!!!! YOU'VE ROBBED ME OF MY LIFE AND HAVE COMPLETELY CORRUPTED ME OF MY SOUL!!!!

*kicks*

*runs*

Um .. you are a beautiful person on the inside? ... You're implying I'm ugly on the outside? I'M OFFENDED!

I really wish they would kill of Claire. She may be my least favorite character on a show with a lot of characters I don't like.

YOU'VE ROBBED ME OF MY LIFE AND HAVE COMPLETELY CORRUPTED ME OF MY SOUL!!!! THEN MY EVIL PLAN IS COMPLETE!

*laughs hysterically*

You're implying I'm ugly on the outside? I'M OFFENDED! No! No not at all! You are a perfectly ... wonderful person on the outside. *cringes* Uh huh!

So do I. I wish it was just a show of Nathan, Elle, Adam and a few other selectes that I won't name because their names have slipped my memory bank. God. Second season. A million people had come in each episode. *shakeshead* Confused me!

THEN MY EVIL PLAN IS COMPLETE! I WON'T LET YOU GET AWAY WITH THIS!!!!

laughs hysterically* *kicks harder*

*Gapes*

Holy crap! I never would have thought of this pairing, though I'm used to saying that when it comes to your fics because you're such an innovative writer. Brilliant interpretation of Gunn -- it's dark, and a little hopeless, but it still has that touch of self-deceit that brings it just enough contentment to be considered light.

Lovely, lovely, lovely. Straight to the mems. ♥

Heehee! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I honestly don't know where these pairings come from. I must have a weirder brain that even I thought. But thanks so much for your kind words.

it's dark, and a little hopeless, but it still has that touch of self-deceit that brings it just enough contentment to be considered light. That's exactly what I was going for.

Again, thanks for reviewing, and I'm thrilled you enjoyed it.

I always loved Gunn. He shouldn't have to make excuses for anything he feels. This is a wonderful ficlet - makes me want to go back and re-watch the series. I miss it. (Hope you never get over your affair with

choco_cherries!)

I love him, too. And honestly, I want him to have a wonderful life with a woman who loves and respects and appreciates him (I'm still a bit bitter at Fred about the way she broke up with him), but unfortunately when I write, that's not what comes out--it's all about the angst.

I'm so glad you liked it! And hey: any excuse to re-watch, right? Thanks again, and you needn't worry: Me + choco_cherries = my OTP. ;)

O.O

This is just absolutely incredible. Although I haven't seen all of Angel or Heroes, I know enough to just love the way you've captured the characters and their individual voices.

Thank you so very much! And it means even more to know you enjoyed it without having watched all of the series. Thanks so much for taking the time to review; I appreciate it so much.

I LOVE this. Gunn/Elle is amusing because of the Gwen factor, but you went way deeper than that and \o/! Yayay. I love your use of parenthesis.

Once upon a time, a very long time ago, you left me a lovely review for this fic, and I, being the horrible person that I am, never responded. I wanted to do that now, and apologize.

Thank you so much for reviewing and for your kind words. I'm so pleased that you enjoyed it. I agree with you about the Gwen factor, but I'm also glad that you thought it went further than that.

Once again, thanks.

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