Closed Connections by Kaynyne (NC-17)

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Oh boy, xover day again, always a tricky one for reccing Oz fic, since that one just doesn't easily connect up with too many other fandoms, but here's a good fic to check out, going outside the usual Oz/SVU realm.

Fandom: Oz - La Femme Nikita
Pairing: B/K
Author on LJ: kaynyne
Author Website: not sure
Why this must be read: Because it's bittersweet and sexy, and teases the reader with an intriguing, sad but satisfying what-if. To say too much more would really be giving everything away, so I'll let this excerpt do the talking:



It was strange, the feeling he was experiencing. It was like stepping outside of his body and watching himself, holding the ivory and gilt telephone and standing in his father's study, but Toby knew that what he was hearing was only too real.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Beecher, but Christopher Keller died six weeks ago."

Silence.

"H...how?" Toby stuttered finally.

"In an attack by another inmate. He was stabbed in the chest and unfortunately died on the way to the hospital. Are you family, sir?"

"No, just a friend." The words came out surprisingly calmly. The woman on the other end of the telephone continued to speak, but all that Toby could hear from this point onwards, was his own heart breaking.

"Oh, well, my condolences on your loss."

"Who claimed the body?" Toby croaked through a tight throat.

"Erm...a Mrs. Bonita Kowalski. I believe she was an ex-wife of the deceased."

"Yeah, Bonnie. Have you any idea where he's buried?"

"I'm sorry, Mr. Beecher, I don't. Maybe if you get in touch with Mrs. Kowalski, she might be able to tell you?"

"Yes, thanks anyway." Toby placed the phone back on the cradle. He was shaking now; the tremble that had begun in his hands had engulfed his body. An almost unbearable loneliness washed over him, and he leaned his head in his hands before the tears forced their way out, wracking his body with soul-piercing sobs of pain.

After all they'd been through, all that had happened, still they were going to be denied one last moment together.



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