To be perfectly honest (
) the true inspiration for this fic was Lee's "Take Two". and Donna said something to me this weekend about my Derry-fic that I've always thought of Lee's stuff: there's a baby in it, but the fic isn't about the baby. So, in my mind, it's not technically baby-fic.
So, I was walking the dog (hee!) and I was watching a mom and dad and their kid in their side yard; and before Junior could make a mess of something or other, Mom picks hid up by the overall straps and hands Kid to Dad... and I was thinking, "Damn, that could be John and Aeryn"... so, lo an behold, Derry-fic was born.
Had to think long and hard on the kid's name; had alredy decided the kid would be a girl. Decided the name had to be something that John could get a lot of mileage out of in the nickname department, and not a typical kid's name. Maybe someday I will write two other fics: where Aeryn first sees the name, and why the name is special to Pilot.
(yes, they are rattling around in my brain).
Not entirely happy with the flow of this story, though. I will be honest with that. Much too wordy. But I LOVE the idea of the kid inheriting Pilot DNA from Aeryn.
New Worlds to Inherit -
http://cretkid.com/fiction/worlds.html
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