http://lilidelafield.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] lilidelafield.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] section7mfu2017-09-09 08:58 pm
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Writer's choice 09/09/17 "Fear and Courage"

This is one of the very first stories I ever posted on FF, oriiginally from February 2016. This version of Fear and Courage I later posted on AO3. Napoleon and Illya become trapped in a lift following an explosion, only....one of them harbours a secret....claustrophobia . . .
(The link takes you to AO3).
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[identity profile] pfrye.livejournal.com 2017-09-09 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I've always loved this story.

[identity profile] lilidelafield.livejournal.com 2017-09-09 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! I love a bit of Illya angst!

[identity profile] lindafishes8.livejournal.com 2017-09-09 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know how I missed this one the first time around. Your descriptions of Illya's emotions were so good, I myself was feeling claustrophobic by towards the end. Well done!

[identity profile] lilidelafield.livejournal.com 2017-09-09 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you. I'm really glad you enjoyed it. I am not claustrophobic myself as such, although crowded rooms make me very uncomfortable. I had no trouble imagining myself being trapped there with IK and NS.

[identity profile] lindafishes8.livejournal.com 2017-09-09 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I occurred to me as I was reading your story, that it would be likely the electricity would have been out, plunging claustrophobic Illya into an even more distressed state. Just a thought, ;D

[identity profile] lilidelafield.livejournal.com 2017-09-09 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Good point. The fact that it would have been dark never even occurred to me!! That would certainly have made it worse!
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