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The Lucifer Match by Gwyneth Rhys (R)
Fandom: THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN ~ Old West
Pairing: Chris/Vin
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gwyn_r
Author Website: Chez Gwyn
Why this must be read:
I came across The Lucifer Match early on which is both a show of good fortune and a water mark that left my expectations incredibly high. It's one of the few stories that I've come across that is so well written I forgot that I was reading fanfiction and simply got lost in the story telling.
It begins shortly after Ella has burned a swath through Chris's life and left him walking wounded, brittle and ashamed. As fire continues to haunt Chris, both he and Vin set about to restore their friendship and in the process discover another flame between them. The build up is slow and awkward and gains momentum only in fits and starts and is all the better for it. Gwyn has a great ear for the way they talk, slightly formal and blunt but always careful to pull their punches.
There is a story Vin Tanner remembers, a story that comes from one of the people, but not a tribe he's known. Cherokee, he thinks, maybe, but he can no longer recall for certain.
It says there are gates to the Land of Souls, and those gates are guarded by two dogs that we see as two stars in the heavens. You must bring food with you on your journey to the Land of Souls to get past those two dogs and enter. If you give food to the first dog, he will let you pass, but if you fail to save some food for the second dog, you cannot go past him. You are trapped between the dogs, the stars, forever. A lost soul.
He watches his friend, Chris Larabee, now, and wonders if you can be trapped among the living that way. If you can be a lost soul here on earth, because that is what Chris seems to be. Vin wishes he had enough food for both dogs so Chris could go forward, or some secret trick that would work to bring him back out of that place. Wishes he could find him, or that Chris would let himself be found and led home. But Chris appears to want to stay lost there, Vin believes, or else he doesn't know that someone can find him if he just turns around and looks back, back toward Vin, who is waiting for him.
The Lucifer Match
Pairing: Chris/Vin
Author on LJ:
gwyn_rAuthor Website: Chez Gwyn
Why this must be read:
I came across The Lucifer Match early on which is both a show of good fortune and a water mark that left my expectations incredibly high. It's one of the few stories that I've come across that is so well written I forgot that I was reading fanfiction and simply got lost in the story telling.
It begins shortly after Ella has burned a swath through Chris's life and left him walking wounded, brittle and ashamed. As fire continues to haunt Chris, both he and Vin set about to restore their friendship and in the process discover another flame between them. The build up is slow and awkward and gains momentum only in fits and starts and is all the better for it. Gwyn has a great ear for the way they talk, slightly formal and blunt but always careful to pull their punches.
There is a story Vin Tanner remembers, a story that comes from one of the people, but not a tribe he's known. Cherokee, he thinks, maybe, but he can no longer recall for certain.
It says there are gates to the Land of Souls, and those gates are guarded by two dogs that we see as two stars in the heavens. You must bring food with you on your journey to the Land of Souls to get past those two dogs and enter. If you give food to the first dog, he will let you pass, but if you fail to save some food for the second dog, you cannot go past him. You are trapped between the dogs, the stars, forever. A lost soul.
He watches his friend, Chris Larabee, now, and wonders if you can be trapped among the living that way. If you can be a lost soul here on earth, because that is what Chris seems to be. Vin wishes he had enough food for both dogs so Chris could go forward, or some secret trick that would work to bring him back out of that place. Wishes he could find him, or that Chris would let himself be found and led home. But Chris appears to want to stay lost there, Vin believes, or else he doesn't know that someone can find him if he just turns around and looks back, back toward Vin, who is waiting for him.
The Lucifer Match