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crack_van2006-12-25 04:46 pm
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Day of Rest by X-Tricks (PG)
Fandom: WILBY WONDERFUL
Pairing: Duck MacDonald / Dan Jarvis
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
xtricks
Author Website: Website
Why this must be read:
Although it is a sequel to the author's story Change of Days (which is also great so go read that as well!), I think it can it can stand alone and I prefer the ache of this story. Dan is troubled and torn and has a hard time accepting the irrevocableness of his actions. Duck is caught in Dan's regrets.
We don't know much about Dan and Val's marriage in canon, and I really love this take on Dan's need for Val and the veil of normalcy she provided and how that prevents him from moving forward with Duck unhampered.
The sky was clear and the sun was lifted just above the pinetrees marching down the tumbled slope behind his house to the sea. The sweet sharpness of the air cut through the smell of paint in his nose; the constant presence of the sea and pine and the morning breeze touched the nape of his neck, damp and salty. It was Dan's car was pulled into Duck's gravel driveway and it was his voice calling his name. Duck waved but his hand dropped when he saw the paper crumpled in Dan's fist and the wild, grieving anger in his eyes as he came close. "Duck?"
Duck's shirt wasn't clean and he wasn't used to having anyone here and he didn't want - he didn't want to do this today. His own copy of 'The Sentinel' was on his porch, still in its paper wrapper, lying untouched by his bare feet. "Why did you buy -?"
"They're not there!" Dan long stride wasn't anything like the shuffle Duck had seen that day on the bridge. He rounded the raised garden bed Duck had built for his mother, that she'd never used, then bounded up the stairs and shook the paper in front of Duck's nose. "There's nothing!"
Day of Rest
Pairing: Duck MacDonald / Dan Jarvis
Author on LJ:
xtricksAuthor Website: Website
Why this must be read:
Although it is a sequel to the author's story Change of Days (which is also great so go read that as well!), I think it can it can stand alone and I prefer the ache of this story. Dan is troubled and torn and has a hard time accepting the irrevocableness of his actions. Duck is caught in Dan's regrets.
We don't know much about Dan and Val's marriage in canon, and I really love this take on Dan's need for Val and the veil of normalcy she provided and how that prevents him from moving forward with Duck unhampered.
The sky was clear and the sun was lifted just above the pinetrees marching down the tumbled slope behind his house to the sea. The sweet sharpness of the air cut through the smell of paint in his nose; the constant presence of the sea and pine and the morning breeze touched the nape of his neck, damp and salty. It was Dan's car was pulled into Duck's gravel driveway and it was his voice calling his name. Duck waved but his hand dropped when he saw the paper crumpled in Dan's fist and the wild, grieving anger in his eyes as he came close. "Duck?"
Duck's shirt wasn't clean and he wasn't used to having anyone here and he didn't want - he didn't want to do this today. His own copy of 'The Sentinel' was on his porch, still in its paper wrapper, lying untouched by his bare feet. "Why did you buy -?"
"They're not there!" Dan long stride wasn't anything like the shuffle Duck had seen that day on the bridge. He rounded the raised garden bed Duck had built for his mother, that she'd never used, then bounded up the stairs and shook the paper in front of Duck's nose. "There's nothing!"
Day of Rest