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Fandom: LIFE ON MARS
Pairing: Sam Tyler/Gene Hunt
Length:1771 words
Author on LJ:
severinneAuthor Website: List of stories posted to
lifein1973 Why this must be read:If you ask Sev she’ll tell you that she writes “escapist smut” but she’s only the writer so what does she know? *g*
What I know to be true is that while she does, indeed, deliver glorious “escapist smut” it’s never just that, it’s always layered with complexities and small deftly crafted moments that you catch out of the corner of your eye and that enable you to read it in a whole other light.
So, I hear you asking, why did I pick one of her rare PG-13 stories? Because I wanted to share something that foregrounds that skill, a bittersweet angst tinged story that touches on some of the problems inherent in two men from such different eras and societal backgrounds actually getting together in the first place within the framework of a storyline that’s deceptively simple.
Blank with confusion, Sam drifted towards the battered settee, scrutinizing the bouquet of orange blooms with the sort of trepidation he typically reserved for letter bombs or the bitter relatives of murder suspects.A Word That Doesn’t Rhyme with Orange.