Now that I’m not writing only dialogue this story is talking FOREVER to write.

I am 4k into this chapter though… they’re longer, too… those chapters with descriptions.

rycolfan replied to your post:
That moment when you can tell exactly which of…

Lol, I’ve literally just read it and commented with BERLIN! XD

I saw! I should probably make an author’s note on how this fic has sort of become a love letter to the fandom and the collective tinhats and such…I’ve had Beans test icecream flavors for me, recommend I use certain pictures in the fic, and of course the Berlin dialogue allows me to say so much in the fic with just that word…at least for the folks who are here. For the others, I’ll have to do a bit of exposition. But I love that I can do that, and people here will KNOW. It’s fun.

Because there’s no backspace in real life… – AtoTheBean – Star Trek RPF [Archive of Our Own]

ato-the-bean:

Chapters: 10/17
Fandom: Star Trek RPF
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Chris Pine/Zachary Quinto
Characters: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto
Additional Tags: Epistolary, Texting, they make bad choices in person, getting reacquainted, Old Friends, not everything in the past happened like they thought it did, Pinto de Mayo 2018, bi-phobia, extensive use of found images, awkward and inappropriate questions, Discussions of sexuality, Slow Burn, like really slow not in the same room or even country much of the time, thank god for mobile devices, Coming Out, Confessions
Summary:

One bad decision can put a friendship in a tailspin. But maybe that’s okay if it means you finally start really talking (texting). About the past… and about the future.

Chapter 10 is up.

That moment when you can tell exactly which of your AO3 commenters are Tumblr Beans and which aren’t, based on whether they wrote “BERLIIIIN!!!!!” or “Berlin?”

Because there’s no backspace in real life… – AtoTheBean – Star Trek RPF [Archive of Our Own]

Chapters: 10/17
Fandom: Star Trek RPF
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Chris Pine/Zachary Quinto
Characters: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto
Additional Tags: Epistolary, Texting, they make bad choices in person, getting reacquainted, Old Friends, not everything in the past happened like they thought it did, Pinto de Mayo 2018, bi-phobia, extensive use of found images, awkward and inappropriate questions, Discussions of sexuality, Slow Burn, like really slow not in the same room or even country much of the time, thank god for mobile devices, Coming Out, Confessions
Summary:

One bad decision can put a friendship in a tailspin. But maybe that’s okay if it means you finally start really talking (texting). About the past… and about the future.

Chapter 10 is up.

Because there’s no backspace in real life… – AtoTheBean – Star Trek RPF [Archive of Our Own]

doctorginsberg replied to your link “Because there’s no backspace in real life… – AtoTheBean – Star Trek…”

This is getting good! Bless these stubborn, adorable men

So glad you’re enjoying it! 😀

Because there’s no backspace in real life… – AtoTheBean – Star Trek RPF [Archive of Our Own]

ato-the-bean:

Chapters: 9/17
Fandom: Star Trek RPF
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Chris Pine/Zachary Quinto
Characters: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto
Additional Tags: Epistolary, Texting, they make bad choices in person, getting reacquainted, Old Friends, not everything in the past happened like they thought it did, Pinto de Mayo 2018, bi-phobia, extensive use of found images, awkward and inappropriate questions, Discussions of sexuality, Slow Burn, like really slow not in the same room or even country much of the time, thank god for mobile devices
Summary:

One bad decision can put a friendship in a tailspin. But maybe that’s okay if it means you finally start really talking (texting). About the past… and about the future.

Chapter 9 is up!

Because there’s no backspace in real life… – AtoTheBean – Star Trek RPF [Archive of Our Own]