The Last Place by Lady Smith (PG-13, barely)

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Hello, I'm AstroGirl, and I'll be driving the Crack Van for Farscape this month. I have a particular fondness for Stark, so you're going to be seeing a great deal of him, but I won't neglect the rest of the crew, I promise.

To start things off this month, I'm going to continue fbf's trend of recommending stories from the Sprog-a-thon, because (somewhat to my surprise, given the subject matter), that ficathon produced an extraordinarily good crop of fic.

Fandom: FARSCAPE
Pairing: John/Aeryn, though I wouldn't exactly call it a "pairing" fic
Author on LJ: lady_smith
Author Website: none that I know of
Why this must be read: I admit to being a bit biased towards this particular story, as it was written for my request. But you hardly need to be me to appreciate it, given everything it's got going for it: a good plot; interesting aliens; Crichton being, well, Crichton; a heck of an emotional impact; and, yes, a well-written post-Peacekeeper Wars Stark.

Here's how it starts:

Give me credit, my first reaction isn't to turn around and scream at Aeryn some more, though it's what I'm desperately wanting to do.

Give her credit, hers isn't to panic, or apologize, or beat herself up, but to shoot me a quick look of "let's deal with what an idiot I am later" and make a beeline for D'argo's room, still occasionally yelling for Pilot through the comms, getting nothing.

I've already forgiven her for whatever we'll find – or won't find – there. I just pray to god she'll forgive herself.

The Last Place

Comments

[lizamanynames.livejournal.com]

SQUEE! A Month of AstroRecs! Which means Stark! And S/Z!

DOUBLE SQUEE!! OMG, appaerently The Last Place is a fic whose time has come! First it gets nominated for a Sparky, then it gets chosen as the subject of a Fic Chat on TF, THEN it gets rec'd on the Van!

God, I'm so... geez, this makes every second of those agonizing four months worth it, you know.

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

I imagine you've probably read most of the Stark and S/Z fic I'm likely to recommend, though. :)

And, hey, it's a good story. It deserves to have its time come. :)

[lady-smith.livejournal.com]

I imagine you've probably read most of the Stark and S/Z fic I'm likely to recommend, though. :)

Yes, but now I have excuses to read 'em again. :)

And, hey, it's a good story. It deserves to have its time come. :)

Awww. Thanks.

[counterfeitcoin.livejournal.com]

I'm so excited you're rec'ing this month.

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

You are? Um... good. I'll try not to disappoint. :)

[counterfeitcoin.livejournal.com]

Sorry, was that a little creepy? I just like what you have to say in farscapefriday.

((And I love your icon. O how I miss that darling little character.))

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

LOL! No, not creepy. Flattering, in fact, just a little surprising. :)

And Vir's a sweetie. I named a kitten after him. It seemed appropriate. :) This particular icon was snurched from tiamatschild, though, so she deserves the credit.