MacsLady
CSI Level Two
Great job, Mel. You have such a wonderful feel for both Mac and Stella. I especially love how you write Mac - I've always thought he must be a man haunted by nightmares - from what happened when he was a kid, from his military days, from 9/11, from certain cases, and I love how you touched on that by mentioning Stella finding Mac in the midst of nightmares after dozing off at work, and then how you use that aspect of the character for your story - that he has nightmares about the explosion. I loved how he opened up to Stella, and the reasons he gives for not opening up are realistic and honest and very Mac, as is his confession that she is his rock and the only one he can talk to about his feelings. Loved that Stella admits she's had similar problems, and she doesn't like talking to doctors either, that's totally in character for Stella. Loved her telling him he's not Superman, and the point that both Mac and the people around him make the mistake of thinking he's Superman and forgetting he's human.
It's so sweet that he let her sleep with him and hold him, that whole chapter was so sweet and intimate, a really good example that you can write intimate scenes that are based around emotions and not two people ravishing each other.....
....but there will be ravishing occuring later, right?
I think it's very in character of both of them to want to wait, though, they're at that stage of their life, and they're just the kind of people, who wouldn't be ravishing one another after the first kiss. Besides, the longer the wait, the hotter the ravishing.:devil:
Great update, I've been keeping an eye on this fic since I first found it and was so excited to find it was updated.
It's so sweet that he let her sleep with him and hold him, that whole chapter was so sweet and intimate, a really good example that you can write intimate scenes that are based around emotions and not two people ravishing each other.....
....but there will be ravishing occuring later, right?
I think it's very in character of both of them to want to wait, though, they're at that stage of their life, and they're just the kind of people, who wouldn't be ravishing one another after the first kiss. Besides, the longer the wait, the hotter the ravishing.:devil:
Great update, I've been keeping an eye on this fic since I first found it and was so excited to find it was updated.
