#so harumi is re-emoing him

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Emo makeover

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Fic Rec Friday 11/10/23

Title: to know gifts given

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/F, M/M

Fandom: 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney

Relationships: Ayasato Harumi | Pearl Fey & Mitsurugi Reiji | Miles Edgeworth, Ayasato Harumi | Pearl Fey & Ayasato Mayoi | Maya Fey, Mitsurugi Reiji | Miles Edgeworth/Naruhodou Ryuuichi | Phoenix Wright, Ayasato Mayoi | Maya Fey/Karuma Mei | Franziska von Karma

Characters: Mitsurugi Reiji | Miles Edgeworth, Ayasato Harumi | Pearl Fey, Karuma Mei | Franziska von Karma, Naruhodou Ryuuichi | Phoenix Wright, Ayasato Mayoi | Maya Fey, Naruhodou Minuki | Trucy Wright

Additional Tags: the Miles and Pearls Bonding Hour, Established Relationship, Found Family, Mentions of Emotional Abuse, Fluff and Angst, Miles notices some things about Pearls and himself and gets a little emo about it, takes place in the 7YG but no related angst or spoilers, Uncle Edjiworth is a Huge Sap and so is the author :)

Summary: It's Maya's birthday. Miles takes Pearl shopping for birthday presents, and learns he might have a great deal more in common with her than a need to purchase the perfect gift.

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Edgeworth and Pearl. An unexpected friendship, perhaps. But the more I think about it… the more it makes a lot of sense. They both had not so good childhoods, spent with parents (or adoptive guardians, in Edgeworth’s case) who saw them less as their own person and more as an extension of their parent’s self. The biggest difference, of course, is that Edgeworth is an adult now. One with a ton of issues left over from back then (me and my homies all hate Manfred von Karma), but as an adult, he has found ways to deal with it. Like therapy. And his relationships with his friends and partner. Pearl is still a child. So she doesn’t know how to deal with things quite as well. But there’s hope in that, too. She’s still a child, but unlike Miles, she has love and friendships and support at this time in her life. She has Maya, Phoenix, Franziska, and Miles. The issues are still there, but she has the support to see her through them. Seeing Miles come to this realization himself - that he can be there for her where nobody had been for him - is such s powerful moment.

His gentle understanding is so good. A side of him I don’t see a lot of in fics. Don’t get me wrong, I adore Miles Edgeworth, but he has a tendency to be written very robotically. Unfeeling, or at least very undemonstrative. He keeps his deeper emotions close, you know? Part of that comes from his upbringing (see above re: how I feel about Manny von K), but I think some is just fans playing up the stiff awkwardness. Which is fine, because it makes fics like this - with a kind, gentle, and caring Miles - very special to me.

Pearl is, of course, absolutely precious. And I think more fics should deal with her lingering trauma over her relationship with her mother. Though the fact that Miles is uniquely suited to talk to her about it makes this one particularly good. And just goes to prove that, Trucy notwithstanding, Miles would make an amazing father, if he ever wanted to be one.

Awesome story!

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Next Week: How about some Hannigram? And this one is… hard to summarize without outright talking about the plot, lol. Maybe I should just use a few keywords. Hannigram. First Time. Crygasm. Also, I continue to love Will Graham the most.

See you soon!