ext_6716 ([identity profile] rustler.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2005-03-25 04:37 pm
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The Dead by Jen (PG - rating guessed)

Fandom: OZ
Pairing: n/a, Beecher, O'Reily
Author on LJ: n/a
Author Website: n/a

Why this must be read:

A hard, world-weary look at late S4 Beecher and O'Reily, contemplating what's left after so many have come and gone during their time in Oz. Keller's off to Cedar Junction, the "fandango" is over, what remains? Jen's blunt and unsparing prose hammers home the bleak shells these men have become in this enviably compact little piece.

Ryan had changed. His entire body used to hum with pleasure, pleasure at coups and manipulation. Smug, too smug, only saved by plots pasted together with spit and luck. Now he seemed to stumble through his daily machinations, seeing from afar that the tides were beginning to turn, but not being able to take a risk long enough to stop the water from filling his lungs.


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