media fic: And I want to tell you so much (I love you)

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Title: And I want to tell you so much (I love you)
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: Mark/Eduardo
Prompt: For the following tsn_kinkmeme request: Mark may have kept all those little notes Eduardo left him during college. The ones that say things like, 'Eat something and stop drinking Red Bull. I refuse to take you to EMS again' and 'I did your washing. I expect sexual favours as compensation' in Eduardo's prim and proper handwriting.
Note: I’ve never done a media fic before but I loved putting this together, even though it took up over nine hours of my life. It was fun. If I weren't so tired, I'd try to write a drabble for all 26 of these dates. Maybe some day. I don’t think my handwriting would ever match what could be Eduardo’s, but I did my best. I hope you don’t mind two wholly different fills, anon!

And, yeah, the receipt I used is for Krystal. I couldn’t find another one in my house. I didn’t want to screw with continuity but it was my only good option. ;_;

I’m also pretending Joshua Radin’s “One of Those Days” was not written in 2008 because apparently I didn’t plan appropriately last night. ;_;





Stuck inside Mark’s Intro to Psychology book on September 17, 2002.




Set on Mark’s stomach after Eduardo, Dustin and Chris dumped him on his bed on October 1, 2002.




Slipped under Mark’s door in the early hours of October 2, 2002.




Crumpled in Mark’s fist after happy-faced Eduardo’s breakfast was paid for on October 13, 2002.




Squeezed between the index and middle fingers of Mark’s right hand on November 1, 2002.




Crudely drawn in Mark’s CS notebook on November 2, 2002.




Found under Mark’s bed the morning of November 27, 2002.




Rescued from the floor at Trader Joe’s on February 2, 2003.




Circled in highlighter on the front page of the Crimson on April 28, 2003.




Folded carefully five times in an envelope postmarked Brazil on June 20, 2003.




Adhered to Mark’s forehead the morning of September 15, 2003.




Slid discreetly across the table on a double date while the girls were in the bathroom on October 23, 2003.




Propped against a water bottle on Eduardo’s nightstand on Halloween morning 2003.




Laid on top of Mark’s keyboard in the middle of the day on November 19, 2003.




Paper-clipped to Mark’s “New Co” sketches on December 11, 2003.




Tucked into Mark’s hoodie pocket at 6:53 AM on December 26, 2003.




Left on top of Mark’s suitcase at some point in the morning on January 2, 2004.




Stashed inside Mark’s bookbag after being found on his desk on February 3, 2004.




Placed on Mark’s face after Eduardo shook him awake the evening of February 14, 2004.




Hidden inside a Whole Foods bag on March 29, 2004.




Noted by Eduardo, emoticon-d by Mark and written across in highlighter by Dustin in April 2004.




Arrived inside a box full of so many things on September 15, 2006.




Crumpled in a manila folder that held settlement papers on June 21, 2009.

Comments

[azephirin.livejournal.com]

I love mediafic, and stories like this are why. Wonderful!

[learnthemusic.livejournal.com]

Ahh, you're so awesome for saying that! Thank you :D

[littlestclouds.livejournal.com]

YOU WANT ME TO GIVE YOU A NEW COMMENT? JEEZ YOU'RE SO DEMANDING.

OKAY HOLD ON.

YOU'RE THE MARK TO MY EDUARDO. I FEEL SO USED.

BRB WITH A PROPER COMMENT.

[learnthemusic.livejournal.com]

LOL. WHAT. NOW. I JUST THOUGHT YOU SHOULD LOOK AT IT AGAIN SINCE YOU NOW CAN GET THE CONTEXT OF IT.

AND, HEY. I DON'T LIKE THAT. :P

[crosshair.livejournal.com]

UGH ALL OF THIS IS SO PRECIOUS. I'm grinning like a fool over this in Starbucks; this is just. Adorable and lovely. ♥

[learnthemusic.livejournal.com]

Aww, man, thank you so much! I'm not gonna lie, I love the idea of someone grinning maniacally in Starbucks over this fic. And, bahaha, Samurai. :D

[melroseee.livejournal.com]

This is honestly the best thing of my life.

[learnthemusic.livejournal.com]

You have no idea how that comment makes my life. Thank you!

[freakbeatphntom.livejournal.com]

oh god this is amazing. GREAT JOB

[learnthemusic.livejournal.com]

THANK YOU SO MUCH :D

[reogulus.livejournal.com]

do I deserve you?
No
but I don't care


the most gorgeous piece of napkin I've seen since...ever.
AND CHRIS' PINK HEART BWAHAHAHA

[learnthemusic.livejournal.com]

Bahahaha, thank you for commenting!

[electrumqueen.livejournal.com]

oh wow, this is so clever and hilarious and heartbreaky and just NEAT

*draws hearts around it*

[learnthemusic.livejournal.com]

Thank you SO MUCH! I'm glad you enjoyed it enough to mark it. ♥

[ellot.livejournal.com]

the heart eyes, they are ginormously big right now. this is just so gorgeous. i'm jealous of your media skills, first of all. and second, it's just so gorgeous. the beginning is so great and then at the end, i seriously just want to cry. it's so perfect but the bit of my soul that needs a happy ending is kind of dying right now.

"you were supposed to wait." <--- MY HEART! ♥

[learnthemusic.livejournal.com]

I'M SORRY! I have considered following this up but I have no time to undertake any such endeavor at the moment. Who knows, maybe one day I'll right it! (But, honestly, it seems like all the Mark/Eduardo fic I try to write ends up being sad.)

Thank you so much for taking the time to comment! It means so much. :)

[poemwithnorhyme.livejournal.com]

This whole thing is just beautiful! Gorgeous job!

[learnthemusic.livejournal.com]

Oh, gosh, thank you SO MUCH! <3

[slasher48.livejournal.com]

I (stubbornly) refuse to believe this is not canon. It fits so well into a friendship-turned-epic-love-turned-tragic-ending it's ridiculous, especially theirs. I love your mind and I want to live in it and poke it once in a while so things like this happen constantly. ♥

[learnthemusic.livejournal.com]

Awww, thank you so much for this comment! It has already made my short day. ♥

[shifty-gardener.livejournal.com]

he really doesn't deserve him :( ♥

[learnthemusic.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid it seems to be that way ;___;

Thanks for commenting! <3

[typhon-9.livejournal.com]

This is honestly one of the best things I've ever read/seen/enjoyed. Especially "NO MORE RAMEN AND RED BULL, FUCKER". Loved that bit. :)

[learnthemusic.livejournal.com]

Oh, GOSH, thank you so very much! I'm so happy you enjoyed it!

[espaciosideral.livejournal.com]

So amazing! I can totally picture Eduardo writing all those notes! Love the first one and the arguments about what food to buy, and DUSTINs highlighter marks! Oh and the flip flop one too! So awesomely different and fun! And angsty in places too- made me wonder if mark ever wrote back and what his notes might have said... Thank u for this!!!

[learnthemusic.livejournal.com]

lol, YES, someone liked my ugly foot scribble X)

Seriously, thank YOU for the comment. :)

[ketsi.livejournal.com]

this is really beautiful and creative and heartbreaking and i love it so much. i feel like i have to read it again right now

[learnthemusic.livejournal.com]

Dude, read it as much as you'd like! Thank you so much for taking the time to comment. ♥

[apintofblood.livejournal.com]

YOU ARE THE BEST. This is just THE BEST. I laughed out loud at the Alex Trebek picture. Eduardo is so sweet, I just want to bite him or something.

You've made my night with this.

[learnthemusic.livejournal.com]

THIS COMMENT IS THE BEST.

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! ♥

[weinende-rot.livejournal.com]

Media fic is such a cool thing! *__________*

I feel ridiculous not commenting before, since I'm person translating the fic and everything, but I HAVE NO WORDS

This is so wonderful! I *love* all the details (binary code talk, yay!)
For some reason napkin part is breaking my heart ;__;

Thank you, and thank you for letting us work with this, it was really fun. :3

PS Sorry if I make no sense, but I'm sleep-deprived ;___;

[learnthemusic.livejournal.com]

aldjfa;lkdjf THANK YOU!

I might have to say the napkin is probably the second most heartbreaking one of them all. I think. Not sure I can pick. But it just presents such relent that it's kinda like a dagger to the chest.

[fixedfoot.livejournal.com]

This is fucking adorable!

[learnthemusic.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm glad you think so :)