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Riding Fence by no_reins (R)
Fandom: BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Pairing: Jack Twist/Ennis del Mar, Ennis del Mar/OMC
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
no_reins
Author Website: Index post
Why this must be read:
As the author states: My goal here was simple: get Ennis out of the damn trailer at the movie/novella’s end, a place where he had nothing and needed nothing, into a place of possibility, where he could stand in the middle of life as a participant, not as a helpless observer.
He does just that with a style that’s evocative of Proulx but stands all on its own. Blunt, lyrical, and straightforward, Riding Fence explores just what happens to a man who lives in the shadow of death and how he can remember life when the ones you love remind you what’s worth being here for. Even though in the fandom this type of story is deemed MO!Ennis (for moving-on Ennis), Jack is so deeply infused into this story that I am completely confident in listing Ennis/Jack as the primary pairing. It’s beautiful, heartbreaking, and hopeful, and a wonderful compliment to the canon.
That evening when Ennis returned, shaking new snow from his corduroy jacket and stamping his feet on the braided rug by the door, Evelyn asked, “How’s the count, son?” She had taken to calling him this a while back. The first time she had said it he’d had to stand outside on the porch to collect his wits, the minus ten degree wind stinging a halo of tears about both eyes.
Ennis knew it was just a thing people said, that they meant nothing special by it, but something in the way Evelyn had said it got to him. He came to depend upon it, believed even, in the way of men who wrestle their living from the land, that it was fate, her son’s purpose, for Jack had always wanted this scratch of dirt to be their home.
Riding Fence: Chapter 1
Riding Fence: Chapter Index
Pairing: Jack Twist/Ennis del Mar, Ennis del Mar/OMC
Author on LJ:
no_reinsAuthor Website: Index post
Why this must be read:
As the author states: My goal here was simple: get Ennis out of the damn trailer at the movie/novella’s end, a place where he had nothing and needed nothing, into a place of possibility, where he could stand in the middle of life as a participant, not as a helpless observer.
He does just that with a style that’s evocative of Proulx but stands all on its own. Blunt, lyrical, and straightforward, Riding Fence explores just what happens to a man who lives in the shadow of death and how he can remember life when the ones you love remind you what’s worth being here for. Even though in the fandom this type of story is deemed MO!Ennis (for moving-on Ennis), Jack is so deeply infused into this story that I am completely confident in listing Ennis/Jack as the primary pairing. It’s beautiful, heartbreaking, and hopeful, and a wonderful compliment to the canon.
That evening when Ennis returned, shaking new snow from his corduroy jacket and stamping his feet on the braided rug by the door, Evelyn asked, “How’s the count, son?” She had taken to calling him this a while back. The first time she had said it he’d had to stand outside on the porch to collect his wits, the minus ten degree wind stinging a halo of tears about both eyes.
Ennis knew it was just a thing people said, that they meant nothing special by it, but something in the way Evelyn had said it got to him. He came to depend upon it, believed even, in the way of men who wrestle their living from the land, that it was fate, her son’s purpose, for Jack had always wanted this scratch of dirt to be their home.
Riding Fence: Chapter 1
Riding Fence: Chapter Index