Not in the Winter by arachne (NC-17)

[killabeez.livejournal.com]

Hi, I'm Killa, and I'll be reccing Highlander this month. Duncan/Methos is my favorite variety of Highlander fiction, but I have a great and abiding love for all the characters, and will be reccing some het and gen as well as slash, so hopefully there'll be something for everyone. I'll be trying to mix up older and newer stuff as well.

Fandom: HIGHLANDER
Pairing: Duncan/Methos
Author on LJ: stealingpennies
Author Website: http://www.angelfire.com/home/pandoemonium/

Why this must be read:
The episodes "Judgment Day" and "One Minute to Midnight" tell one of the most interesting and nuanced stories in Highlander canon, yet there are surprisingly few stories set in the days and months that followed. This is the one I've always found most compelling, and that I come back to most often. It's also incredibly hot, managing to weave a powerful erotic atmosphere with great economy of words. A rare and beautiful story -- believable and melancholy, an affecting combination -- and it answers the question: What did ever become of Methos' Watcher tattoo?

Wish you were here?

Four words and a question mark written on the back of an unsigned postcard. Nothing special, Duncan told himself, just the casual enquiry of a friend. A throwaway cliché, written with a momentary intent to amuse and no sooner posted than forgotten. Nothing to quicken the breath or to cause the heart to stumble, beating too hard and too fast in the struggle to regain equilibrium. No, nothing at all...

Not in the Winter

Comments

[cyberducks.livejournal.com]

lovely story! Makes me want to know how she would write their next hook-up...

[killabeez.livejournal.com]

Had you not read it before? I'm even more glad I recced it, if not. I so adore this story. It's never gotten old for me. And yes, I very much wish she'd written more D/M.

[stealingpennies.livejournal.com]

Thanks muchly for the rec. Am surprised - but very, very pleased - that anyone is still reading this fic after all this time! A.

[killabeez.livejournal.com]

You're so welcome! I re-read all your stories from time to time. :)

[dorothy1901]

FYI: the link you gave goes to a corrupted version of the story. There's a big chunk of text (close to 1200 words) missing between "Comfort and restraint indeed" and "You managed to work it out." The version at Seventh Dimension has the missing text. (See http://www.seventh-dimension.org/stories/Arachne/NotintheWinter.txt.

[killabeez.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow, thanks! I had no idea, and she didn't mention it.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes! Yes! Yes! One of my favorite stories also. Glad you've recced it. Are you sure the version at the author's website is corrupted? It was corrected by the author several years ago and when I downloaded it again this past fall, it was complete. I guess to be sure, readers should go to seventh dimension. The story is so good you wouldn't want to miss a single word.

Donna

[killabeez.livejournal.com]

Yes, thanks! dorothy1901 made sure I had the right one -- I didn't even realize this was an issue. I still have my original copy on my hard drive that I saved years ago, and that's the one I read. But, yes, I fixed the link to go to 7th D. Thank you for checking. :)