Fic: When Love Fails

[silentdescant]

Title: When Love Fails
Author: silentdescant & sulwen
Artist: rude_bunny
Betas: isweedan & pussy_in_person
Type: Drama
Word Count: 160,000
Rating: NC-17
Characters/Pairings: Adam/Tommy, Adam/multiple OMCs, Tommy/OFC, Tommy/multiple OMCs, past Adam/Brad
Warnings: Angst, Suicidal Ideation, Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Infidelity, Dubious Consent, Drug Overdose, Severe Main Character Injury, Depression, Eating Disorder, Unsafe Sex, Violence, Multiple Partners, Explicit Heterosexual Sex, Homophobia, Vomiting, Jealousy, Physical and Verbal Fighting, Hospitalization, Body Dysmorphia, Coming Out Publicly, BDSM (D/s specifically), Breathplay, Humiliation, Orgasm Control, Belting, Bloodplay, Knifeplay, Bondage, Pain Kink, Semi-Public Sex, Rough/Angry Sex, Unhealthy/Unsafe Expressions of All Above Kinks.

Summary: What starts as rebound sex quickly turns into a downward spiral of co-dependent addiction. Adam and Tommy both bring heavy baggage to their relationship: Adam is being pushed harder and harder every day by an unsympathetic manager and is starting to long for the no-consequences life of anonymity he’s left behind, while Tommy carries the weight of a string of infidelities and personal insecurities. Their relationship takes them to a darker place than either of them could have imagined.

Link to fic master post: on archiveofourown
Link to art master post: here
Link to mix master post: here

Comments

[bluefaeriedust.livejournal.com]

I read this a little over a week ago, and it's taken me this long to even be able to start to form a truly coherent thought in regards to just what I feel after reading it. I'm still unable to really put it into words and I'm afraid it won't be anywhere near what you both deserve. So I won't even attempt it, since it would most likely just be a long ramble that makes no sense. I'll spare you the agony of that.

But I will say this, I honestly can't remember the last time I've cried or felt so strongly for and about the characters while reading a fanfic, probably because I've rarely done so. But you two have a talent of using words and creating such vivid imagery that I couldn't help but be pulled in. Which I don't regret it all. I think if I had tried to stay detached I wouldn't have been able to truly appreciate what I was reading. And that would have been such a crime. This is one of those epic fics that will have everyone talking for a long time to come. And I'll definitely be re-reading it several times. Luckily I love angst and dark fics. Especially if they end on a happy and/or hopeful note. I'm not sure if you have plans for a sequel but I'll keep watch just in case there is because I'd love to see where Adam and Tommy go from here.


As a reader this story took me on one hell of a ride of feelings and thoughts, some of which surprised me, so I can only imagine what the two of you went through. There is no way you could have written this without getting into the character's heads and I have so much respect and admiration for you both for being able to do that.

You're brilliant writers on your own, but together you are beyond phenomenal and I can't wait to read whatever you decide to gift us with next.

Thank you so much for giving up your time and energy to write and share such an amazing fic. ♥