Title: 100 Days
Fandom: Glee
Pairing: Kurt/Blaine
Categories: AU, romance, angst
Length: Super Epic (147,575)
Warnings: None

Author on LJ: dazzleboxes
Author's website: borogroves on tumblr

Summary: Kurt and Blaine have been best friends (and nothing more) since the age of six. Now 22-year-old college graduates, they take a roadtrip around the USA, visiting every state in 100 days. Fifty states. Two boys. One love story.

Review:
This fic posted its final update about 20 minutes ago and I still haven't stopped crying.

Now let me stop you there, before you disregard it with a toss of your hair as an angst-fest and move on to the next smuffy oneshot. Because although this may have made me want to claw my face off at times, mostly with frustration at the boys being so very hesitant in their steps towards each other, I think it is one of the only two fics I have read that have left me with such a deep sense of contentment and emotion. This fic and its oh-so-delightfully regular updates have changed me, moved me, and always left me buzzing for more.

A roadtrip across the USA certainly sounds fun--and so it is, as Mimsy brings her clever touch of humour and wit to the story--but in this case, the journey goes a lot further than a luxurious RV and a couple of nights in each state. In this case, the journey is one between two people. It's a journey of love, and possibly one of the best I've ever had the pleasure to witness. It will leave you stunned, emotional, and rather feeling like you've been hit by a truck. In the best way possible.

I'm a sucker for slow-build romances, and boy is this one. To be quite honest, it's probably the slowest build I've ever read. Don't worry--you'll get your smut fairly soon, but we know we're all here for the romance, and the acknowledgment of those three little words, well--they certainly took their time coming. But it is so, so worth it, when you finally get that feeling of fulfillment, of rightness, and you squeal out loud--only to be bombarded with a another obstacle in the next chapter.

But each obstacle brings us closer and closer to the end, and brings Kurt and Blaine closer and closer together, until you arrive where I am now, lying broken on your bed with a wet face and shaky fingers. This is, without doubt, one of my favourite pieces of not on fanfiction but fiction as well, and I have a feeling it shall remain with me a very long time. Mimsy's way with words, how she crafts simple nouns and verbs into something so beautiful and moving, will always astound me. The soundtrack--gosh, the soundtrack of this fic just brings an element that takes it to another level, perfectly matched to the text and story in a way that I find rare. And above all, the plot, the deep dark gritty elements of story, is so astonishingly perfect and sentimental and controlled and mesmerizing, that it just--leaves me breathless. And can I just say, the amount of detail in the locations and geography? You would never guess that the author is British.

So, now that I've finished throwing superlatives at you, I invite you to sit back, relax, grab a box of tissues, and prepare to be blown away.

100 Days
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