[Fic] Uncharted // Channel surfing

[spindizzy]

Yes, I'm still behind, but I cannot concentrate on words right now. I am SUPER tired.

This was a OneWord prompt that grew. Also I am asleep. Also I have met Chloe and was giving Drake the "WHY DID YOU BREAK UP WITH ELENA?!" eyes I like her but am enjoying my headcanon of Nathan Drake Is A Massive Dork In Relationships. FEEL FREE TO DISAGREE, but they gave me that Marco Polo achievement for a reason and it's not because Drake is cool OR suave.

Do they ever actually tell us what Elena's show is called?

Uncharted // Channel Surfing
G | 100 words | Nathan Drake | No spoilers | It might not be the weirdest thing in general, but it FEELS weird.

The weirdest thing about their relationship is that he can see Elena any time he wants. Sort of. He can't sleep, but he's got tv? Most of the time he can channel surf into an episode of her show. He can go online, and look! There's the entire back catalogue of her show, for anyone to watch.

It's weird.

But it's kinda comforting.

(And he is never going to tell her how many times he has fallen asleep watching her show, because there is no way he can explain it that won't make it sound like boredom instead of comfort.)

Comments

[rionaleonhart]

This is so cute! This is so cute. Oh, Nate.

(Nathan Drake is definitely a massive dork in relationships. And in all other circumstances.)

[spindizzy]

Thank you! :D :D :D

(He REALLY IS, I love it where the game is like "Nah, he's not actually as cool as he'd like to be.")

[thebaconfat]

Re: being still behind, this is the thing that makes me dread NaNo a little bit every year. I get really excited about my friends writing new stuff and sharing it, but the stress about meeting word counts and the often ensuing burnout just breaks my heart. It's possible you're not taking it that seriously, in which case disregard this whole paragraph, but please try not to get too caught up in word counts. You are sitting down and writing, every day, and sharing things, every day, and that is huge. That is so hard that very very few people can push through and do it for as long as you have. So please be proud of yourself, be excited about writing, push yourself, but don't punish yourself for not meeting an arbitrary number of words. Some words are harder than others.

ANYWAY. He is totally a huge dork in relationships, and totally unable to put his words together in a way that will actually tell her what he's trying to say. I love this, it's so quiet and comforting and I can picture it so well.