FK Fanfic: "Heart's Ease"

[brightknightie]

I've spent many a holiday reading fanfiction; I posted this new piece to FKFic-L on US Thanksgiving Day for anyone in that position this year.  "Heart's Ease" is a tidied-up take on the commentfic I gave hearts_blood in late September; she requested Natalie, Lacroix and "human!Nick" with his first cold in eight centuries.  Thanks to wiliqueen for beta-reading!

My previous post poked fun at the usual characteristics of my fanfic, so there's irony that this light little story runs off those rails.  If I didn't know, I wouldn't guess it was me.  (Would you?)

	•	Title:	"Heart's Ease" (also on AO3)
	•	Length:	~1,200 words
	•	Date:	Posted to FKFic-L on November 25, 2010
	•	Rating:	G
	•	Summary:	Soon after achieving a cure, Nick finds himself at the hospital.
	•	Characters:	Nick, Tracy, Lacroix, Natalie
	•	Quotation:	"You aren't going to spend a sick day on a little cold, are you?"

Comments

[kickair8p]

Awwww, sweet!

~

[brightknightie]

Thank you for reading, and thank you for sharing your reaction!

[senmut]

I enjoyed this immensely.

Favorite bit:

Lacroix rose, shaking his head. Nick watched eyebrows lower and lips smooth as his former master’s dismay subsided. Lacroix crossed his arms. “My offer remains open.”

Nick met searching eyes. This much, he could give. “I’ll never doubt it.”

[brightknightie]

Thank you! I'm very glad that the conclusion to Nick and Lacroix's conversation works properly for someone who focuses on that interaction.

[senmut]

I admit to being something of a Lacroix and anyone interaction fan. +grins+ Of course I take two different interpretations on Lacroix and Nick depending on if I am focusing on the series, or the Springfield TV-Movie.

[celli]

Oh, I love this! Both Natalie and Tracy rushing to take care of Nick, and even Lacroix too, in his way. And it made me miss Schanke, too. :)

<3

[brightknightie]

Thank you for reading, and thank you for sharing such an enthusiastic reaction! I'm glad that all the characters present got their moments, and that the Schanke memory stood up, too.

("Fatal Mistake," the episode in which Nick wrangles a city bus, ends:
Nick: "I'll never live this down, will I?" / Schanke: "Not if I don't let you, partner. Not if I don't let you.")