Changeling: Chapter 22

[randomweaving]

Fic: Changeling
Characters: John Dorian/Perry Cox
Rating: NC-17 (eventually)
Chapter Rating: PG-13 for language and implied sexual content
Description: This is a wildly AU story with fantastical elements based on thuri's Nano writing project. It begins late in season three, before Carla and Turk's wedding, and from there follows the characters as they face the Change, a strange, magical phenomenon that is turning ordinary humans into half-human creatures from fantasy.

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Author's Note: Sorry we're late! We were working on a new story and completely lost track of the time. But we do hope (*knock on wood*) that we'll be able to get chapter 23 out to you on Wednesday this time, instead of making you wait a whole week again.


The good news was they'd undressed this time. The bad news was they were still undressed when Elliot came in half an hour later to wake them for dinner.

JD had fallen back asleep, curled atop Perry's chest, but Perry was awake, gazing out the window at the falling snow and trying not to think about how much the large fluffy flakes resembled feathers. The sound of the hooves in the hallway gave him just enough time to grab the sheets and throw them over his and JD's entwined bodies before the knob twisted and Elliot poked her head in. "JD? Dr. Cox--oh!"

Perry growled. "What is it there, Barbie?"

Elliot averted her eyes, her blush visible even in the relative dimness of the room. "I--just--um, dinner. You know. When you--when you want it."

"Thank you," he said, raising an eyebrow. Then, when Elliot stood, unmoving, he said, "Now unless you're planning to join us, I suggest you go ahead and get a move on."

Elliot turned scarlet, and backed out of the room so quickly she ran into the banister behind her, and stammered an apology as she pulled the door closed behind her.

"You know, you don't have to keep up the act," JD mumbled against his chest. "They've all got you pegged now." He got up onto his elbows and grinned down at Perry. "You're a big softie."

Perry huffed. "Does this mean they're not afraid of me anymore?" he pouted, sticking out his lower lip.

JD grinned, and leaned down to nibble at it, which made Perry laugh. "Sorry," the younger man said, shrugging. "But nope. Now you're just the cute older doctor I'm doing."

"Still doesn't mean Barbie needs to be a voyeuristic busybody," Perry grumped. "And watch who you're calling 'old.'"

"I didn't say you were old," JD said easily. "I said you were older. The implication being older than us. And can you blame her, really? I mean...we do put on quite a show..."

"Careful, Newbie."

JD laughed, pulling up and swinging his legs over the side of the bed. "She mentioned food, right?" he said, pulling on his boxers and looking for his jeans. "Because I'm starved, which means you must be doubly so. Speaking of--let me see your wings! They should be getting pretty big by now."

Perry frowned. "They should?" he murmured, sitting up and extending one, eyeing it worriedly. He'd missed the first part of JD's development, and while Jack's had been pretty fast, he'd always assumed that had more to do with how young he was. Because his...

JD tilted his head, studying the wings. Though they looked to have all their joints and structure in place, but Perry was right--they weren't growing very quickly. In fact, they hadn't grown at all since the last time JD had seen them, in their shower yesterday.

"Huh," he said, moving forward and crawling across the bed to examine them further. He pulled one out, and Perry extended it for him so it stretched to its full length. "That's strange--by this time in my development they were growing a few feet a night, it seemed."

Perry glanced over his shoulder, twitching the extended wing a little. It was working fine, but it was just...well, small. "Is that... bad?" he wondered aloud. "I mean, do you think the rejection might have halted their growth?"

JD shook his head, tracing the line of one of the long finger-like joints on Perry's wing. "I don't know," he admitted. "Maybe it just slowed it down. I mean...your body has a lot to recover from--rejection is usually fatal, after all, so I imagine it must be pretty traumatic on the organ systems. Maybe it's just taking time to heal the damage we can't see, before it focuses its energy on the wing growth."

Perry sighed and snapped his wings in tight, grabbing a shirt and tugging it on over them. "Yeah, maybe," he mumbled.

JD tilted his head in sympathy. "Hey, come on," he said gently. "No rush, right? You'll get there."

Perry snorted, fighting the impulse to ask how exactly JD could be sure of that. Instead, he murmured, "Yeah, I know." Then, when JD continued to look at him, he added, "It's just...frustrating, I guess." He gave JD a half-smile. "Never would've thought it would bug me, being human, but it does. I'm ready to fly with you." He shuddered a little, a flash of his dream flitting across his memory, but he shoved it away firmly.

JD tugged him close and kissed him, long and soft. "You will," he whispered when he broke free, mouth barely an inch from Perry's. "Just not quite yet. I don't want to wait, either, but it'll be worth it." He drew back, and read the residual worry on Perry's face. He reached out, stroking the older man's cheek gently. "Hey," he said. "Stop worrying so much! It'll be okay. I promise." He wasn't entirely certain who he was trying to convince, but he didn't voice his main fear. He wouldn't even allow himself to think it. After all, everyone else's Changes were functional...surely Perry's would be, too?

Perry swallowed, but nodded, trying for a confidence he didn't quite feel. "Yeah. I'm sure you're right." Then he smiled, and draped his arm over JD's shoulders. "And eating real food probably will help. Shall we?"

"I'm tempted to make the mattress squeak and bang the headboard against the wall a few times first, just for effect, but...yeah." JD grinned, pressing into his side and kissing him for a long moment. "I guess I'm ready to share you again."

"Yeah," Perry mumbled. "But that doesn't mean I'm ready to share you." He grinned, and winked, but JD knew him well enough to wonder if there was a little bit of truth to the words.

Then he decided if it meant Perry was more physically affectionate with him, even in front of the others...well, it was more than worth it.

* * *

Carla was already lying stretched across the floor by the fireplace, curled a little around Jack, who was playing with her tail. She glanced over her shoulder at JD and Perry as they came down the stairs. "'Bout time you two woke up," she commented, eyebrow lifted knowingly.

JD felt himself blush slightly, but shrugged. "We were up early," he reminded her. "And it's been a stressful day."

"Apparently not that stressful," Turk quipped from the kitchen, where he was dumping a large pot of spaghetti into a colander in the sink to drain it. Next to him, Elliot was stirring a simmering pot of meat sauce, and there were two mixing bowls of tossed salad already sitting on the breakfast bar. The faint smell of warm garlic butter wafted through the air, and JD knew there was a loaf or two of french bread warming in the oven.

He chuckled as Elliot went bright red, refusing to look up at them. "Telling tales are we, Elliot?"

The blush went straight up to the tips of her ears. "I, um...they asked how you were doing," she stammered.

"Yeah," Carla said. "We did. How. Not what."

"No one else I know answers 'how are they doing' with 'they're naked!'," Turk agreed, elbowing Elliot's ribs.

She snorted, and stamped her hoof, scowling. "That's not all I said," she protested.

"Gave them all the details, didja?" Perry continued, a smirk on his face. "This going to be a habit? Should we be blocking the keyholes from now on?"

JD grinned, glancing up at the older man, thrilled he was so comfortable with this. He'd always thought that if, somehow, he and Perry did get together, the older doctor would try to hide it, or be embarrassed. But Perry still had an arm slung over JD's shoulder, and was now teasing Elliot about finding them curled together naked.

Cool.

"Not all the details," Elliot replied, face still red as she stirred the sauce faster.

"Still more than I think we strictly needed," Turk said, grinning at them. "Never thought you'd let JD be on top, Dr. Cox..."

JD's blush, which had disappeared in the ease of the teasing, returned full force. "I...uh...the wings..." He trailed off, as the others started laughing.

Perry glanced at JD and smiled, taking pity on him. "All right, you girls, that's enough," he said. "You'll give him a complex, and I didn't bring any Viagra."

"Great," JD groaned, turning and hiding his face in Perry's shoulder. "Now you're all going to gang up on me..." He couldn't help smiling, though, snugging himself more firmly in against Perry's side, one wing coming half around the other man. If things had to be going crazy...well, there were worse ways they could be doing so. "So when do we eat?" he asked, patting Perry's stomach. "Gotta keep my man here fed, right?"

Perry snorted, tugging JD's hand and settling it around his waist.

"Right now," Turk replied, grinning openly at them. "Baby, we're ready," he called to Carla.

Carla got up, scooping Jack into her arms and heading toward the kitchen. Watching her, JD was half-reminded of an Animal Planet special he'd seen on the big cats of the world. He recalled the way Perry hadn't been able to stop staring at him, when he'd first shown up at his apartment, and suddenly understood quite well what it was that had so captivated the older man's attention. It wasn't just the fact that JD suddenly had wings. As he watched the others move into the kitchen, crowding easily into a space that should've been rendered awkward by their bulk but somehow wasn't, he realized what it was. His friends...they were all themselves, still, and watching the way they moved was surreal in that it wasn't, somehow. It wasn't awkward and jerky, like some of those fantasy series he'd seen with centaurs and other half-creatures--the human half and the animal half didn't move like two different units. Rather, they worked together seamlessly, flawless and graceful and utterly captivating to watch, both from the medical perspective and the perspective of a fantasy nerd who'd spent a great deal of his formative teenage years reading comic books and playing Dungeons and Dragons.

Carla caught him staring at them, and winked. "See something you like, Bambi?" she said, lifting an eyebrow and flicking her tail at him.

JD chuckled. "Just making observations," he replied. "I was thinking you're not like those centaurs in the movies--they always look a little awkward. You know, like it really is half a human and half a horse, instead of one coherent being."

"That's because it really was half a human and half a horse, shoved together with CG and a green screen, and in most cases a pretty low budget," Perry reminded him.

JD ignored him. "But with you guys...I don't know. It's just really cool seeing the way your body is still yours, even if it's half something else."

Elliot nodded as she moved to ladle meat sauce onto Turk's outstretched plate. "I know what you mean," she said, looking him over. "Those wings are...they're real, and they really belong to you. They're not big aesthetic constructs with feathers in the wrong place, or too small to work..."

"Ugh, like those angels in the greeting cards?" JD said, making a face as he moved away from Perry and into the kitchen, beginning to fix his own plate as Turk and Carla moved back toward the fireplace.

"And don't even get me started on those centaurs in that Hercules TV show," Turk said, shuddering a little as he settled down, holding Jack while Carla cut up small bites of spaghetti for him.

Perry frowned, dishing up his own food as the others chatted and examined each other. Not even Jack was left out, but none of them seemed quick to mention his Change, and he couldn't keep from feeling, once again, as if he didn't fit in with them. Ordinarily it wouldn't have bothered him--much--but JD had slipped so quickly back into their company, his easy grin a permanent fixture on his face, his eyes sparkling as he discussed how it felt to have fully grown into the Change...

He scowled, moving to sit on the floor a little ways apart from the others, and started eating mechanically, no longer listening, even as their conversation grew more technical.

"I don't know...the nutritional requirements might be different, but I don't think we'll find out except by trial and error," JD was saying doubtfully. "I do know I'm not looking forward to molting...from the research I've done, it sounds like I'll basically get PMS the whole time."

Perry knew he should probably pipe up with a girl joke--he certainly would have, any other time, but...right now he couldn't bring himself to do it. He caught the odd glance JD threw him, at his uncharacteristic silence, but ignored it, pretending he was simply too absorbed in eating to have heard them.

It seemed to work; JD turned away again, and the four of them kept talking. But Perry did not have much time to celebrate the minor victory, because he realized, as he down at his half-empty plate of spaghetti, that he was full.

Oh, no.

JD, who had thought Perry's reticence a little odd but had decided to attribute it to his Changed-induced hunger, was listening to Turk sketch out his thoughts on the possible skeletal and muscle structure of his new body. But when he turned back to ask Perry his opinion, he realized the older man had stopped eating, and was now staring at his half-full plate. "Perry?" he murmured, scooting away from the others ad laying a hand on the scale-covered forearm. "Are you okay?"

Perry started, nearly dropping his plate, and looked up to find the others watching him curiously. He realized he hadn't moved or spoken in some time, and flushed. "Oh, I--yeah, fine," he said quickly, a nervous grin on his face. "I just--spaghetti got cold, think I'll go heat it up."

He climbed to his feet, not bothering to check their faces again, and hurried into the kitchen, sticking his plate into the microwave and praying he'd be able to finish his meal, once he'd stalled as long as he could. The last thing JD needed was to have to worry about him again. He'd already admitted to having done quite a lot of that, since this had started, and Perry'd be damned if he brought him down again, when he was finally looking so relaxed--so happy.

Besides, maybe he'd just gotten plenty to eat earlier that afternoon. Or maybe it was like JD said: his Change was just slower than it would have been, because of the rejection. After all, surviving rejection was a relatively new thing--as far as he knew, he was the only one who'd done it--so there wasn't a lot out there just yet on what it did to the rate of Change.

Yeah--yeah, he was fine. He'd finish, eventually. He was sure of it. No need to cause any fuss.

Feeling a good deal better, Perry found that when the microwave went off, the prospect of eating more didn't seem so bad. And after this, well...he'd just be more careful about how much he took, that was all. He could pretend he'd gone back for seconds, or that he'd eaten earlier...yeah. Yeah, he could hide this; the others wouldn't have to know a thing.

He took up his bowl and walked back into the living room. When JD glanced at him, a worried expression on his face, Perry merely shook his head, offering him a small smile. "Sorry about that," he said.

"Dude, why?" JD asked, winking at him and leaning against him, hiding his worry under teasing. "You didn't make the pasta go cold. Anyway, Turk, I don't know--I would think the shift in the pelvis would've taken care of the redirect in the spine, and there's probably enough of the S-curve to prevent damage..." he pointed as he spoke, but didn't move from Perry's side, curling his wing around his lover as he and his friends discussed their new anatomy.

But he didn't buy the cold pasta story for a second, and Perry seemed to be eating awfully slowly. What could be upsetting him that much, with the hunger he had to be feeling?

* * *

Perry knew that despite his efforts, he hadn't evaded JD's worry. But fortunately, JD refrained from mentioning it.

For a while, anyway.

But later that night, when Jack had been put to bed and the others had arranged themselves as comfortably as possible (Turk and Carla sharing the floor in Ben's room, Elliot curled on the floor in front of the fireplace), Perry and JD were once again alone in the master bedroom, and JD apparently decided enough was enough.

The younger man turned toward him as soon as the door was closed. "All right," he said, folding his arms over his chest. "Spill."

Perry frowned, moving toward the bed and straightening the sheets. "I don't know what you're talking about," he said shortly.

"Bullshit," JD said easily. "You might've fooled the others, Perry, but I know you better than they do. Something's wrong. You didn't even eat as much as I did at dinner, and for something to be upsetting you that much..." JD shrugged. "It's got to be bad. So tell me what it is, so we can work it out and have make-up sex."

Perry thought fast, mind racing to find something bad enough JD would buy it, but simple enough that they could resolve it quickly. After a mere moment's hesitation, he decided to settle on a half-truth. "It's just...it's going to take some getting used to, that's all," he said. "I guess I'd gotten used to having you to myself."

It was true, too--and it made it easier, somehow, to lie to JD, because it was a lie of omission, rather than a bald-faced untruth. He looked up from brushing off the covers and shrugged, a half-smile playing across his face. "Guess I'm just a little jealous," he said--also true, though for a different reason--then held his breath.

JD studied him carefully. That...that could be true, he supposed. Perry wasn't hugely into sharing things, after all. And even if there was more...well, he knew Perry well enough to know he wasn't going to get any more out of him tonight, anyway. He was rather surprised he'd gotten this much, as it was. And besides, knowing the older man was jealous of his friends...Well. It made him happy enough that he was willing to overlook the rest, for now.

"You're really jealous?" he said, moving forward and rounding the bed to stand in front of the older man. "Why?"

Perry barely bit back a relieved sigh. His smile widened, and he moved forward, shrugging, and slipping his arms around JD's waist. "I dunno," he said. "You're so close to them, and everything, and they still see me as mean old Dr. Cox. Guess I feel a little left out." He was skating a dangerous line, but telling half-truths was also making it easier to sound sincere. And playing the jealousy card seemed to be working--JD hadn't been able to mask the way his eyes had lit up when Perry had admitted to it. "You know me--I love attention. What was it--'Dr. Look at Me', right?"

JD blushed slightly, but nodded. "It was," he said, grinning. "And...well, it's a little weird for me, too, having them here. I don't feel like quite the same person I do with you, when I'm hanging out with them...and I want to include you more than I get to," he admitted, laying his head on Perry's chest. "But it's nice, too...to have the whole family in one place." He frowned, suddenly, wondering if Elliot had heard from Sean...but who knew what was going on in New Zealand? Still, his heart ached for his friend, and he decided that, jealous or not, they'd have to be sure to include her. It had to suck, feeling like the fifth wheel.

Perry nodded, resting his cheek on the crown of JD's head. For a long moment they stood in silence. Then JD perked up a little, lifting his head to smile at the older doctor. "But hey," he said, "in a few weeks you'll have your wings, and we can go flying together while they run, right?"

Perry felt the blood drain from his face, but he nodded quickly. "Right," he agreed. "Air time will be mine. Now...I don't know about you, but I'm still pretty exhausted. Shall we?" He pulled back and nodded toward the bed.

JD giggled, but nodded. "Mmhmm. As long as you're not afraid of heights, or anything..." He undressed as he spoke, hesitating for just a moment before slipping out of his boxers as well. He wanted to be prepared in case things took a turn for the sexy, and even if they didn't, he wanted to feel Perry all against him. "Anyway, it'll be wonderful," he said, climbing into bed and settling under the covers. "I'm glad I match you, even if it means I don't match them. Makes it something special we can share...just you and me, and Jack."

"Yeah," Perry said softly, reaching out to turn off the lamp as JD settled in beside him. The resulting darkness made it easier to hide the stricken look he was certain had settled on his face. "One big happy family," he murmured, and though his voice was sincere, he felt his heart twist with the irony.

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Comments

[potion-mistress.livejournal.com]

PERRRRRRYYYY NOOOOOOOO YOUR CHANGE HAS TO HAPPEN :[ Everytime I read about his Change going awry, I'm like OH NOES and I start crying. EVERY time. HAHA. Y'all are such good writers that you make me cry so much!! That's not a bad thing, it's a sign of how freaking good you are! I can't wait to see what happens, even though I'm scared that it won't be good.

Oh, and this part?

He chuckled as Elliot went bright red, refusing to look up at them. "Telling tales are we, Elliot?"

The blush went straight up to the tips of her ears. "I, um...they asked how you were doing," she stammered.

"Yeah," Carla said. "We did. How. Not what."

BEST. EVER.

[randomslasher.livejournal.com]

*giggles* Thanks! Sorry we make you cry a lot, though. *snuggles* But glad you like the story and are invested enough to cry for the characters!

[sheamackenzie.livejournal.com]

Bwah! With the angst! Per, don't try to hide it, tell the others so they can help! You're surrounded by medical personnel, and are a doctor yourself. The dope. Why does he have to be such a... a... man? A manly man... (in tight tights)...

Oh boy, how's that for a hilarious and ridiculously awesome image? Perry Cox of Lockly... or would it be Perry Hood of Coxly?

Gah, off topic.

I am having to resolutely ignore any mentions of sketching out thoughts on the possible skeletal and muscle structure of the others' Changes. Mebbe I'll indulge myself over spring break, but right now I don't need any other side effects from this addiction.

And don't you doubt that I'm addicted. It's just such fabulous storying... because that's so a word.


I heart you both muchly! And apparently try to kill your brains with my grammar missiles of ouchiness.

Yeeeaaaaaah... sorry about that.

[thuriweaver]

And apparently try to kill your brains with my grammar missiles of ouchiness.

*dies giggling*

God, I love your feedback.


And now I have Robin Hood crossovers in my head, too. With everyone Changed, of course. I swear, my plot bunnies are dropping acid behind my back...

[sheamackenzie.livejournal.com]

Sorry! I've been meaning to subtly slip in a plot bunny or two to breed with yours, but I swear that that one just got away from me. Sneaky little buggers.

NOW my problem is that the Changed Robin Hooders have run into Q's little farce of the Merry Men and I think Riker has a crush on Elliot.

I really shouldn't be allowed to think. Shit... I think my plot bunnies are giving ME acid and I had no clue until now.

I just have this image of JD dressed up like Alan-a-Dale and when they run into the Starfleeters going up to Geordie and beaming, "Hey, we match! How cool is that?"

NO MORE ACID, OH PLOTBUNNIES OF DOOMLINESS!
I have no idea how to control the population though.

Oh my.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh noes! I'm so worried for Perry. Oh, and Elliot answering "how are they" with "they're naked" is classic. Reminds me how much I adore her. Good job, as usual.

And just so you know, I am now jonesing for spaghetti, salad, and garlic bread. Not stuff I should be eating at one in the morning...I blame you!

--Alissa

[randomslasher.livejournal.com]

LOL Yeah, that's Elliot for you. Still prone to sticking her foot in her mouth. Or hoof, as it were. ;)

Glad you like it! And sorry for the food cravings--whenever we write them we frequently have them ordering Chinese or pizza, and we almost invariably end up craving it ourselves, so I totally understand. :)

[coldryuuza.livejournal.com]

ohh the drama!!!
ah dr.cox wouldn't be dr.cox if he first didn't try to be a manly man. lol.
i look forward to the next chapter :D

[thuriweaver]

He does seem to do that sort of thing a lot, doesn't he?

Thanks for feedbacking!

You've Killed Me!

[(Anonymous)]

You've killed me in a good way, though. I'm only reviewing now because, well, I just read it, even though I should be asleep.

But onto the actual review, not my insane-ness. It was so utterly brilliant, and yes, in character. When I first heard about this, I was kind of thinking "Oh, God, not another one!" and I actually found this by accident and once I kept reading and I realized that this was what I had heard about before, I just kept reading because it was so great. From the first chapter to now (and I know until the last) this is (and will be) completely amazingly perfect. So, in other words....

YAY!

Re: You've Killed Me!

[thuriweaver]

I'm so glad you like it!! We love converts, because we knew it wasn't going to be something everyone would think they wanted to read. Hearing that people tried it anyway--and liked it!--makes us both dance happily.

[justspaz.livejournal.com]

Oh dear, poor Perry. I could probably rant and rave and beg for everything to go well, and you'll probably say "you will see".
So I'll stick with hoping everything goes well and say it was another great chapter.

[randomslasher.livejournal.com]

LoL Yeah, that's about all we'll say. ;)

Glad you like it!

[jule1122.livejournal.com]

This is killing me. Perry is going to do something stupid I just feel it. I keep thinking they are still looking at his change to literally and there is something simple they ( and me too since I have no idea what Perry will be) are missing that would make it all click. You'd think by know they'd be a little more flexible in their thinking, but now that JD and the others are starting to look at the change more like doctors they can figure out what is happenig with Perry. Hopefully before he does the stupid thing I'm sure he heading for.

This was the perfect JD moment:
"I didn't say you were old," JD said easily. "I said you were older. The implication being older than us. And can you blame her, really? I mean...we do put on quite a show..."

So when do we get the new story?

[randomslasher.livejournal.com]

Oh, good lord--this new one, we just started. But we have something like thirteen or fourteen stories either in progress or completed that we'll start posting after we finish with Changeling. Don't worry...we've got a LOT of stuff in the works. (Probably too much, lol)

Glad you liked this chapter! :D

[ashersthedragon.livejournal.com]

Silly Perry. He's making a big mistake!

Ack, I was worried when you didn't post fer a while. But I'm glad to see it's back up. I was getting waaaay too anxious.

Can't wait for more, as usual. ^^

[thuriweaver]

We cut back to only once a week for sure. We'll still try to get Wednesday's posts in, but we're no longer guaranteeing them, since school started back up for randomslasher and they seem to think she should do work. ;D

And yeah, he's Perry. It's what he does. ;D

[julorean.livejournal.com]

:flails: ZOMG! I can just FEEL something awful will happen soon! Perry's Change seems to be kinda frozen...most likel it was the rejection, but what could they do to jumpstart it? AARGGHHH!Waiting a week to find out will be slow torture. ;_; I do hope you manage a Wednesday update.

This new chapter seemed way to short. I was looking forward to it so much that I just lost all sense of time and story length. and THAT takes major talent!

Loved Elliot answering "How are they doing?" with "They're naked!" Hee.

Still. ZOMG PERRY! What's gonna happen to him!?!?! (Tho I agree with JD, older doctors are hot).

[randomslasher.livejournal.com]

That is the question, huh? :) Well...we'll have to see. I think we'll make this wednesday, if it helps, though it won't do much to advance the plot as it's mostly a sex chapter. That okay? ;)

That chapter was shorter than the others have been. When we originally broke them up, we did them seven or eight pages per chapter. Some of the later ones got longer in the editing process, but this one just...stayed short. Sorry about that! We could've combined it with the next one, but it then would've been later, and we didn't figure anyone would really want that.

Glad you liked it! Stick around, and hopefully your questions will be answered eventually! ;)

[cancer22.livejournal.com]

Still loving the story. I was so happy to know that another chapter was up. Please continue it for as long as you possible can

[thuriweaver]

Well, Changeling is 33 chapters, plus an Epilogue, and we're working on the sequel.

As well as like fourteen other stories, too.

So no worries of us running out of things to post soon!

[epiks13.livejournal.com]

this is getting sad.
very very very sad.
im afraid of what's going to happen in the end.
my emotions are like "they are going to make you cry!"

It's really not a big deal to have to wait a few extra days for a chapter. I mean, if it works better for you guys, then I'm not going to complain.

I'm just curious as to what's going on with with Perry's change, you know? I'm sure that most of us readers are.
Is he dying? Is he going to change? Is someone else going to die? Why wont Perry just TELL JD everything? Men. psh. So no emotionally open with their feelings.

Those are all my questions that I know can't be answered yet, so my brain is freaking out.

and my comment is getting wicked long, so i think i'll end with this:

WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN!? lol

[thuriweaver]

WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN!?

You're going to be okay, that's what's going to happen...

Everything's okay!

We're right here beside you, we won't let you slip away.

Plan for tomorrow, 'cause you're going to be okay.



Ehm. Sorry. Got carried away there. ;D

[musicisavictim.livejournal.com]

maybe they're for gliding, so they're smaller? Why is Perry being such a girl?

[thuriweaver]

For one thing, his wings at this stage are immature, and much too small for gliding or any other functional use.

For another, I'm sorry you think his anxiety over the situation is ill placed. Considering the events of that day--the gryphon, the nightmare, the riot--and that fact that he's just gotten over rejection, I tend to think it's warranted.

Oops.

[musicisavictim.livejournal.com]

I forget that people who don't know me tend to take me seriously. Back in the day, my friends and I would say "stop acting like a girl", or, "put your big girl panties on and suck it up" to eachother as a joke. It was doubly hilarious if said to a guy. I really didn't mean to insult your characters or writing. I do enjoy your story and I can't wait to read the next part. Did you know that a great deal of roadrage and the resulting accidents that happen are caused by the fact that drivers can't see eachothers facial cues and body language? If you had seen me you would have known that I was joking to lighten up the situation.

*worships*

[purplesyringes.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I'm so worried about Perry! ;_; Gah, you guys got me on tenterhooks, still. (What are tenterhooks? O.o)

I love JD's observations. ^-^ Can't wait for Wednesday!

As for other things, I can't wait to see what you guys come up with next! :D *bounces happily*

Re: *worships*

[randomslasher.livejournal.com]

Hehe! I don't know what tenterhooks are either! That's funny you ask. I've used the phrase but never paused to think about it. SO yeah. I always thought like...the hooks you use to climb mountains and stuff? Maybe? I dunno. Maybe those ninja hooks that you climb walls with.

Hee! We have, as of last night anyway, over 1400 pages of fic written, with 28 different stories either in progress or completed. The one we just started features angels, demons, prophecies and war...it should be interesting, to say the least. :D

[megaloathe.livejournal.com]

I just discovered this amazing story last Wednesday. I read and read until I could literally read no more (my brain began to misread things. As in Jack become JD and the story started to get awkward xD but only due to me being tired).

This chapter... I really enjoyed it. But arg! Perry is being... such a man about this. Then again it is totally in character for him but! Dr. Cox tell them! I hope everything goes well, or as good as it can. Maybe they could supercharge Perry's change by jump starting him like a car?! No no, just kidding.

I'm bitting my nails here waiting for what happens next! I can't wait for the next chapter =D

[randomslasher.livejournal.com]

Never did get to sleep, huh? LoL Hopefully you'll sleep well tonight. *hugs*

I'm glad you like this!! Never fear, there will be more. It's actually all written, we're just still in the process of cleaning it up and posting it. There are 33 chapters and an epilogue, unless we end up with more when we go back and polish, which is entirely possible. We were posting twice a week (Sundays and Wednesdays) but with the amount of revision we need to do on the last few chapters we've cut back to occasionally only posting once a week. There WILL be a new chapter on Wednesday, though, so look for it then!

Thanks so much for dropping by, and we really hope you continue to enjoy the story as we work toward the conclusion. :)

[(Anonymous)]

DX OMFG! TIS RIFTED WITH ANGSTY TRAGETY!!!

>.< If Perry doesn't Change, I'm gonna go crazy.
Seriously. I'll be like-

O.o OMGWTF?!PERRYYOUSONOVAB*TCHCHANGERIGHTNOWANDGOFLYLIKEABUTTERFLYYOUMOTHERFRICKIN- *'splode*

XD That how I'll be. Yeah. And then I'll angst for like 4 hours.

T.T So update soon, and make Perry change!
P-p-p-pwease...?

Sensibly,
ScathingSarcasm

[mistr3ssquickly.livejournal.com]

Okay, now I'm getting caught up! I read this chapter second, because I was all manner of confused. Hadn't realized that Elliot, Turk, and Carla had Changed, nor that Jack had as well (and I thought Jack was Turk's and Carla's ... soooo confused). The chapter is way better after reading 1-21 first. Really.

I'm kind of confused about Perry's Change. Seems to me that, if it halts, he'll still have some benefit from it. I mean, he's got scales to protect him, right? So what if he can't fly? *ponders*

Love it! Off to read the next one (which was the first one I read), and then I think I'll be up to date!

~m

[dark-samu.livejournal.com]

"a change for the sexy." That just makes me giggle. Perry sure has some crap that he has to deal with, but man, he's a good liar. I do hope that something good happens to him, I don't think he could take not Changing.

[pavonine.livejournal.com]

I love this story for its plots that run together coherently. Honestly, some stories are plotless. But this one - it's actually like the show. Like, for one bloc of chapters, it's about doing this. Then, it's about this. And the thing is, that's the kind of fanfic that I can never get enough of. First, it was getting JD to safety, then his Change, and it's turned now smoothly into Perry's Change stalling on him. It's just... it turns me incoherent. So I will sum up my happiness with the word flibbertigibbet.

FLIBBERTIGIBBET

I am jumping straight ahead to the next chapter. MUST FIND OUT.