LINKDING

<blockquote>She steps forward before she loses her nerve, listening to the old bell jingle above the door as she pushes it open. “Welcome to Rose Apothe - oh.” He’s just as beautiful as he remembers, eyes wide, lips rounded in surprise. “Hello, David,” she replies. Her palms are starting to sweat and she wipes them on her jeans, adjusting the strap of the tote bag looped around her wrist. “Rachel." Or, Rachel finds something in her closet she thinks Patrick might want to have.</blockquote>

<blockquote>They didn’t kiss, or even talk about it. It wasn’t real yet, maybe because Alexis wasn’t ready yet, after Ted, but it was possible, something she could hold close and dwell on with giddy anticipatory pleasure, Twyla’s face, Twyla’s freckles, Twyla’s voice. Something to look forward to. Something she probably ruined when she slept with Stevie on the night of the wedding reception.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Stevie and David get married on a whim during a time loop. It would really be a shame if the loop ended at that point, wouldn't it?</blockquote>

<blockquote>Patrick’s never met anyone who cares about food the way David cares about food.</blockquote>

<blockquote>It’s great; it’s wonderful. It’s great that David’s feeling so much better, just from that tiny pill once a day. But there’s a side effect that makes―that Patrick―there’s a side effect.</blockquote> ➤ charming ➤ the one about hypothyroidism

<blockquote>“I wish I wasn’t watching it all happen from behind the desk,” Stevie had said, and now she’s gotten what she wished for. The motel burns down. Stevie and Twyla go for a drive.</blockquote>

<blockquote>David gapes at the man calling himself David’s husband. “You think I’m falling for the married amnesiac trap? Yeah, no, my sister has been-there done-that and sent me the Embassy’s postcards.” Or, David falls off a ladder and can’t remember Schitt’s Creek. Things fall apart and come back together. </blockquote>

<blockquote>After Ted, and before the Next Thing, Alexis joins a curling team. She's great at it, because, what, like it's hard?</blockquote>

<blockquote>An AU where David becomes a wedding and event planner after the Roses lose everything. And Patrick is still...Patrick. With apologies for anachronisms, as I haven't seen the latest season.</blockquote>

<blockquote>So, as a queer person who grew up in rural Canada and had my queer revelations a little later in life than some, I found myself having a lot of feelings about Patrick. This fic is my attempt to write those feelings down. I hope you like it.</blockquote> ➤ this is my THIRD TIME attempting to actually successfully save this bookmark so this attempt at writing my feelings might be a little more curtailed, sigh. ➤ Excellent queer rural cdn content, excellent queer community & friendship, excellent relationship stuff. ➤ One major annoyance: storybeats covered in show are skimmed over in fic, bc the reader's assumed to have seen the show. As someone who hasn't actually watched the show, this meant that some relatively important moments in the fic have their pacing feel all wrong because things are summed up and moved beyond way too quickly. Still v good tho

<blockquote>Patrick takes David back to his hometown. Patrick, apparently, has a backstory.</blockquote> ➤ the one about Patrick's ongoing extended confusion on the subject of his own sexual identity

<blockquote>The moment he saw David, Patrick's heart started pounding. Hey, I think I’m in love with you felt dangerously close to being something he wanted to say out loud, even though he knew it would be a terrible idea. Especially this early on. Especially with his business partner. Especially because he’d only recently figured out the whole liking other men thing. Especially because now he was officially—having sex—with the other men. Man. With David. This is fast, he thought. char-char-char-char-char- A story about sex, intimacy, and falling in love way before you meant to.</blockquote>

<blockquote>Back at the car, he slid the pizzas and ice cream into the back seat and climbed in front and handed the lemonade and the cookies to David. He still wasn’t sure whether he meant them as a sweet reminder or a petulant declaration that he cared about how David felt, but it was definitely one or the other.</blockquote>

<blockquote>“We’ve got to call that vendor,” Patrick said. “Did you keep her card? You didn’t throw it away, did you?” “Um,” David said, running his hands down his chest now, his arms, oh god Patrick’s arms. “I don’t…I think so? Hang on, though, could we just...explore this, for a few minutes, maybe, because it’s actually kind of—” “David.” Patrick came over and gripped him by the shoulders, looking very serious, and David was in awe; that was hot, that was very hot, that I-mean-business-NOW look on his own face. He’d have to try it, practice it in a mirror, once he got it back.</blockquote>

<blockquote>“So, it occurs to me that I was making some assumptions,” David says, when Patrick opens the door. “Okay,” Patrick says. “About our sex life,” David explains. Patrick raises an eyebrow and leans one shoulder against the door frame. He looks relaxed and ironic, but David can see the little blush splashed across his cheeks. “You’re sure this is a conversation you want to have out in the hallway?”</blockquote>

as the author said on tumblr: <blockquote>Really really really self-indulgent sequel about the first week of David and Patrick’s relationship. I think the thing that compelled me to write fic is that Patrick said he wanted to go slow because he’d never been with a guy before, but the show has not spent much time dealing with Patrick dealing with that. It’s shown Patrick dealing with some other things, I think; I love lots of the stuff they’ve done with him! But it really interested me to have him so inexperienced but really wanting to try things but needing to take his time, and meanwhile David is really experienced physically but I think inexperienced emotionally, in that he flat out says he hasn’t had relationships with “people he thought were nice.” :o( OMG he’s so sad I love him.</blockquote> ➤ sequels: Week Two The Days After Completely Booked