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Going Under by Ruralstar (NC-17)
Fandom: THE DEAD ZONE
Pairing: Johnny Smith/Dana Bright
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ruralstar
Author Website: Ruralstar's Zone
Why this must be read:
It's difficult dating a psychic, especially one like Johnny Smith, and Dana Bright has learned that the hard way. After "Ascent," Johnny is even more closed-off than usual. Their relationship on the series has always been rather precarious, and more off than on, but if there's anyone who can reach him, it's Dana. And she wants to know what he's hiding...
Going Under
Pairing: Johnny Smith/Dana Bright
Author on LJ:
ruralstarAuthor Website: Ruralstar's Zone
Why this must be read:
It's difficult dating a psychic, especially one like Johnny Smith, and Dana Bright has learned that the hard way. After "Ascent," Johnny is even more closed-off than usual. Their relationship on the series has always been rather precarious, and more off than on, but if there's anyone who can reach him, it's Dana. And she wants to know what he's hiding...
Outside evening had drawn in. The street was ablaze in lamps and taillights and neon of every color snaked over windows and doors. John paused by her parked sedan and turned, not quite touching her. “Look, I’m sorry I was late…”
“Don’t do that.” She hated his insipid courtesy and need for approval. Qualities that were so much a part of the man she was falling for and yet so out of place in the world at large. She hated herself more for not being able to accept those aspects at face value and for always looking deeper. With John there was only the truth. Beneath the abilities she respected lay a troubled heart, which she feared. “Don’t apologize.”
“Dana…”
“Are you hungry?”
“Well yes…” He glanced meaningfully over her shoulder. “Wasn’t that the point of meeting here?”
She bit back a sigh and crossed her arms. “You look like hell.”
“Thanks. Cardiac arrest really takes it out of a person, you know?”
Her source had related the bare bones of the incident in the hospital. This new detail caught in her throat. Dana quelled an anxious shudder. Later she could break down and give vent. Right now she wanted off this street and inside the relative safety of the Smith house, for herself as much as John. “Go home. I’ll pick something up and follow you.”
“Dana, let’s just…”
She reached to touch his arm and flinched involuntarily when he pulled back. The rejection was purely for self-preservation. She knew that and could respect the boundary but it still hurt. “No,” she murmured. “Let’s not.”
Going Under