As soon as I realized this was a RL Mike thing, I got teary-eyed. I have such a soft spot in my heart for Mike post-2017. It was so hard for him. I know he’s not the only one, but there’s just something about the relationship between him and Chester that makes my heart hurt for Mike just a little more than everyone else.
Anyway, as always, this is so well done. All of the little sprinkles of truth that we all see and don’t want to admit - like your paragraph about the “pieces of his band” hit hard. The longer we go (it’s going to be *five* whole years this summer) the less confident I feel that LP will ever do anything together again, and that sucks.
I can very easily visualize this whole scenario. We don’t know how Mike copes, but he did mention in an interview more than once that he talks to Chester still, and I think you did a lovely job with that here. I can imagine him eating something he doesn’t particularly like because Chester liked it, and that image is so sweet to me. Mike loved him so much. :( This really just did me in, I was full out crying by the time he put the candle away. I love the little unexpected, poignant touches you add into things like this. I can see RL Mike being comforted by the secret ritual, and it just shredded my heart. I don’t what else to say, other than I loved it, and thank you for writing it. <3
From: lpfan503
Date: 2022-03-20
Chapter: 1
As soon as I realized this was a RL Mike thing, I got teary-eyed. I have such a soft spot in my heart for Mike post-2017. It was so hard for him. I know he’s not the only one, but there’s just something about the relationship between him and Chester that makes my heart hurt for Mike just a little more than everyone else.
Anyway, as always, this is so well done. All of the little sprinkles of truth that we all see and don’t want to admit - like your paragraph about the “pieces of his band” hit hard. The longer we go (it’s going to be *five* whole years this summer) the less confident I feel that LP will ever do anything together again, and that sucks.
I can very easily visualize this whole scenario. We don’t know how Mike copes, but he did mention in an interview more than once that he talks to Chester still, and I think you did a lovely job with that here. I can imagine him eating something he doesn’t particularly like because Chester liked it, and that image is so sweet to me. Mike loved him so much. :( This really just did me in, I was full out crying by the time he put the candle away. I love the little unexpected, poignant touches you add into things like this. I can see RL Mike being comforted by the secret ritual, and it just shredded my heart. I don’t what else to say, other than I loved it, and thank you for writing it. <3