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Vocabulary by Miriam Heddy (NC-17)
“Rogue” is a watershed episode in both the canon and fanon of “The Sentinel.” It shifts the show’s paradigm, and suddenly the relationship between Jim and Blair seems a little more symbiotic. It’s the first time the term “guide” is used. It’s the first time we see one of Blair’s infamous “sensory tests” on Jim. And it’s how we meet Lee Brackett, rogue ex-CIA agent now in business for himself.
Any Sentinel fan will tell you: you can’t read Sentinel fic without stumbling across stories that either reference or feature guides, sensory tests, or Lee Brackett.
Fandom: THE SENTINEL
Pairing: Jim/Blair
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
miriam_heddy
Author Website: Miriam Heddy’s Little Corner of the Universe, or look her up at 852 Prospect
Why this must be read:
Jim and Blair are complex guys. They’re articulate, and when necessary, they’re both pretty willing to get up in your face. Like most guys, they don’t always know what they want - or how to express it - and sometimes they have to work their way around to knowing what to say. Here, they define a couple of things: just what a guide is, why Brackett was more of a nuisance than a true criminal mastermind, and that Jim and intimacy get along just fine – when you finally figure things out and know the right thing to say.
Miriam Heddy is one of the masters of “Sentinel” fanfic. Her works are powerful and compact, and she writes Jim’s senses with a subtle finesse. What Miriam can convey in a single sentence, most writers can’t accomplish in a paragraph. She’s terrific at writing “guys,” sex, and Jim, and making it all real and tangible.
She's also someone whose enjoyment of the written word and the nuance of language comes across on the page. It’s no wonder she would write a story called, “Vocabulary.”
Jim straddled Sandburg again, pressing down forcefully this time, enjoying the hard pressure of denim straining over an erection. The not quiet this time moan as Sandburg bucked up against him.
"Did you just figure me out--tonight? Because of Brackett?"
"Jim, I am *so* far from having figured you out."
Jim didn't answer, temporarily distracted by the rush of heat to Sandburg's cock, and the
secondary pulse there that beat time with Sandburg's heart.
"Yeah. I did just figure it out."
"Hmm."
Sandburg's voice overlaying the beat of his heart and the rhythm of his breathing made his body sound like music and Jim suddenly wanted to tell Sandburg what it sounded like but *knew* that he didn't have the right words for it and it saddened him to know that it couldn't be shared, with anyone, because he wasn't just *a* Sentinel. He was *The* Sentinel. Alone, even here, with his Guide.
"It just suddenly all fell into place. All the things I've, um, observed."
"Because of Brackett? I'll have to pay him a visit. Thank him."
"The way he looked at us. The way he looked kind of--I don't know. Just something about the whole setup. Like I was missing something and you weren't. Some Guide *I* am."
Vocabulary
Any Sentinel fan will tell you: you can’t read Sentinel fic without stumbling across stories that either reference or feature guides, sensory tests, or Lee Brackett.
Fandom: THE SENTINEL
Pairing: Jim/Blair
Author on LJ:
miriam_heddyAuthor Website: Miriam Heddy’s Little Corner of the Universe, or look her up at 852 Prospect
Why this must be read:
Jim and Blair are complex guys. They’re articulate, and when necessary, they’re both pretty willing to get up in your face. Like most guys, they don’t always know what they want - or how to express it - and sometimes they have to work their way around to knowing what to say. Here, they define a couple of things: just what a guide is, why Brackett was more of a nuisance than a true criminal mastermind, and that Jim and intimacy get along just fine – when you finally figure things out and know the right thing to say.
Miriam Heddy is one of the masters of “Sentinel” fanfic. Her works are powerful and compact, and she writes Jim’s senses with a subtle finesse. What Miriam can convey in a single sentence, most writers can’t accomplish in a paragraph. She’s terrific at writing “guys,” sex, and Jim, and making it all real and tangible.
She's also someone whose enjoyment of the written word and the nuance of language comes across on the page. It’s no wonder she would write a story called, “Vocabulary.”
Jim straddled Sandburg again, pressing down forcefully this time, enjoying the hard pressure of denim straining over an erection. The not quiet this time moan as Sandburg bucked up against him.
"Did you just figure me out--tonight? Because of Brackett?"
"Jim, I am *so* far from having figured you out."
Jim didn't answer, temporarily distracted by the rush of heat to Sandburg's cock, and the
secondary pulse there that beat time with Sandburg's heart.
"Yeah. I did just figure it out."
"Hmm."
Sandburg's voice overlaying the beat of his heart and the rhythm of his breathing made his body sound like music and Jim suddenly wanted to tell Sandburg what it sounded like but *knew* that he didn't have the right words for it and it saddened him to know that it couldn't be shared, with anyone, because he wasn't just *a* Sentinel. He was *The* Sentinel. Alone, even here, with his Guide.
"It just suddenly all fell into place. All the things I've, um, observed."
"Because of Brackett? I'll have to pay him a visit. Thank him."
"The way he looked at us. The way he looked kind of--I don't know. Just something about the whole setup. Like I was missing something and you weren't. Some Guide *I* am."
Vocabulary