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crack_van2006-02-20 08:42 am
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Belly Up, by Nicola Ditty (PG-13ish)
Fandom: STARSKY AND HUTCH
Pairing: none
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
true_brit aka "Britwizz", aka "Nik Ditty"
Author Website: Her stories are archived at Kassidy's Gen Fansite, and Kassidy's Slash Fansite.
Why this must be read:
In the story summary Nik writes:
Hutch is dying. The only thing that makes it bearable is the fact that this story is a missing scene from the episode "Survival" and as readers we know perfectly well that he does not, in fact, die.
But Hutch doesn't know that, and he comes awfully darn close.
Nik takes us into Hutch's head and lets us share his thoughts as he lies pinned under his car at the bottom of a canyon. It's not a pretty place, but it's wryly funny, and heartbreaking, and lyrical.
As expected, Death came unexpectedly.
For an epitaph, it wasn’t half bad; pithy, and just a little wry. Something that could be etched in granite and read aloud, with a smile, by anyone passing by his gravesite.
Too bad it looked from his present perspective like he’d never get that chunk of granite. And everyone passing his grave seemed to be tooling along at a respectable 45 mph, too far away to read anything that wasn’t rendered in neon lettering two feet high.
Too bad, too, that there was no one around with whom to share his words in person. Nor even a pen at hand to jot them down. No paper either, come to think of it. A total bust.
Belly Up
Pairing: none
Author on LJ:
true_brit aka "Britwizz", aka "Nik Ditty"Author Website: Her stories are archived at Kassidy's Gen Fansite, and Kassidy's Slash Fansite.
Why this must be read:
In the story summary Nik writes:
Samuel Johnson said, "The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time."
Except, of course, when it is, and doesn't.
Hutch is dying. The only thing that makes it bearable is the fact that this story is a missing scene from the episode "Survival" and as readers we know perfectly well that he does not, in fact, die.
But Hutch doesn't know that, and he comes awfully darn close.
Nik takes us into Hutch's head and lets us share his thoughts as he lies pinned under his car at the bottom of a canyon. It's not a pretty place, but it's wryly funny, and heartbreaking, and lyrical.
As expected, Death came unexpectedly.
For an epitaph, it wasn’t half bad; pithy, and just a little wry. Something that could be etched in granite and read aloud, with a smile, by anyone passing by his gravesite.
Too bad it looked from his present perspective like he’d never get that chunk of granite. And everyone passing his grave seemed to be tooling along at a respectable 45 mph, too far away to read anything that wasn’t rendered in neon lettering two feet high.
Too bad, too, that there was no one around with whom to share his words in person. Nor even a pen at hand to jot them down. No paper either, come to think of it. A total bust.
Belly Up