Grey Areas by Wax Jism (NC-17)

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Point One: Blair Sandburg is a magnet for trouble. That’s both canon and fanon. If there’s a psycho villain out there, Blair’s the one to whom he’ll gravitate.

Point Two: Blair Sandburg is an obfuscator extraordinaire. He can verbally tap dance his way out of any situation, or persuade anyone of just about anything.

Point Three: Wax Jism can take these two canon and fanon conventions and play with them like a tiger does with a piece of bloody sirloin.

Fandom: THE SENTINEL
Pairing: Jim/Blair, slight Blair/OMC (which precipitates the Jim/Blair)
Author on LJ: wax_jism
Author Website: Wax Jism, go to “Pickled Slash” and click on “stories.”
Why this must be read:

Blair gets the “neo-hippie witchdoctor punk” treatment most of the time in fic. He’s New Age. He’s sensitive. He’s Mr. “Can’t-we-all-just-get-along?” It's often forgotten in fic that he’s also the guy who knocked over a vending machine onto a militia member, taunted a serial killer while chained up, and defused a bomb on a rig when he could have just saved himself.

Knowing all of that, Wax Jism asks -- and answers -- the question: just what is Blair Sandburg capable of?



"Man, you don't really want to kill me," Sandburg tried. Becker rediscovered both his balance and his smug grin.

"Sure I do. Sure I do." He raised the gun, and Simon saw Sandburg turn a whiter shade of pale, but refuse to break eye-contact or back down an inch. And then, unexpectedly, there was a shift in his stance, a subtle rearrangement of muscle and bone, and the kid was no longer steeling himself for the inevitable. Gone was the stoic acceptance of imminent death. It had been replaced with ... with something very different - promise? The barest traces of a smile flitted across his mobile, open face, the stiff posture relaxed into the loose-limbed, cocky slouch of the completely at ease. Simon looked, fascinated, for a crack in the perfect act, but found none. Uncanny - and inexplicable. What the hell was the kid up to?

"No, you don't," Sandburg said, and the voice was different as well. There was no defiance there, only muted, suggestive confidence. The smile grew just a fraction, and now Simon could swear he saw an almost seductive gleam in the kid's eyes.



Grey Areas

Comments

[rrrosa.livejournal.com]

Oh man, this story was how I met Wax, oh so many years ago!

[tatkreiswok.livejournal.com]

I discovered her through the DS story, "Limp." That -- like this one -- wallops you like a good, strong, shot of espresso; it's brief, but potent. :)

[intheyear2004.livejournal.com]

Oh, great! I love Wax Jism's fics! The other one with the Israeli general who's Blair's father is great as well. Hope more people will read them.

[tatkreiswok.livejournal.com]

Me too!!! I love her range, and the grittiness of her stories -- in TS, as well as in other fandoms.

[intheyear2004.livejournal.com]

Have you ever tried "Void", her The Faculty fic? That's a real experience, I can tell you! I've no idea how she does it. The subtle shifts in the relationships and power dynamic... A marvel.

[tatkreiswok.livejournal.com]

I haven't because I've never seen "The Faculty," and figured that I wouldn't get its context. However, if it's something that can be read without having seen the movie, I'll happily give it a try -- I love her stories!

[intheyear2004.livejournal.com]

You can absolutely read it without knowing The Faculty. IIRC she just takes the movie's protagonists and starts with the very first scene of the movie, but as she descibes it in the fic you don't have to *see* that either, and then takes them totally different places. You could, however, perhaps look at a few screencaps or something so you have an idea about the look of the pretties.

[bluebrocade.livejournal.com]

Oooh! Yay! Thanks for reccing her. I've read her SGA fics and they're terrific. I'm so excited to find out she writes (or used to) TS. Can't wait to read this!

[tatkreiswok.livejournal.com]

Can't wait to hear what you think...! Hope you like! :)

[zebra363.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the rec — that was excellent!

[tatkreiswok.livejournal.com]

Glad you enjoyed the story and the rec!