Three Days by Mari (R)

[dragonfly]

Fandom: ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO
Pairing: Sands/El Mariachi possible pre-slash
Author on LJ: ficangel
Author Website: fanfiction.net profile
Why this must be read:

I once asked on medical_geeks for information on the realities of Sands's injuries and what the results would be in terms of pain and infection. I was so appalled to learn how bad Sands's first few days would be that I, like many other writers, recoiled away from writing that level of unpleasant realism.

Mari . . . doesn't.

This is the story of Sands's experience after being maimed and wounded on the Day of the Dead, and for the next two days. It's beautifully written. El Mariachi's characterization is more complex than I'd expect in a short piece and Sands's voice is perfect.

He can imagine El Mariachi smiling in the short silence that follows his words. It is not an unpleasant image. "Fortune enjoys making a joke of me." El's fingers whisper across the bandages that hide Sands's stigmata from the world and, goddamnit, he can feel the mariachi smirking. "As it would seem that she does with you, as well."

Three Days

Comments

*looks intrigued*

[kukkurkurat.livejournal.com]

Can you tell me the medical nuances then? I am quirky that way. Email them, I think, because we would not want people to freak out, right? *smirk*

Re: *looks intrigued*

[dragonfly]

I am quirky that way.

Nah, you're just sick. ;) I'll see if I can find those old posts and email you. The thing I remember reeling from is that someone there insisted that a patient in that condition (with the eyes) would be in screaming pain for *weeks* if he didn't have major painkillers. Weeks. bleh

Re: *looks intrigued*

[kukkurkurat.livejournal.com]

Damn. Busted. *smirk*
But since my fav TV shows include CSI, Medical Investigation, ER and Without A Trace, you can get the picture. And at least 3 people have said to me that I should have been a pathologist...
Weeks, you say... *makes notes*