Twice Again by Ysone (G)

[gillyp.livejournal.com]

Fandom: THE SENTINEL
Pairing: Jim and Blair
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author website: Ysone's Fanfic

Why this must be read: I could rec any one of Ysone’s wonderful stories, she’s probably my favourite gen writer, but this is the one I come back to again and again. It’s a tale of high angst (you’ll be seeing a lot of angst rec’d this month, I am a dreadful angst monkey); an AU in the bonding fic/ GDP type universe, but less physically brutal; there’s no forced bonding or enslavement of Guides in Ysone’s story.

Blair is a Guide who has been officially shunned and marked; his life in ruins and living on the street. He’s taken up by a desperate Jim who needs a temporary Guide, intending to get rid of Blair as soon as he can.

You can probably guess what happens next – there are few surprises in that respect, but this story is so very well written and Jim and Blair’s slowly developing relationship so beautifully portrayed  – it’s just full to the brim with delicious angst and smarm and I just can’t rec this story too highly.

Twice Again

Comments

[enchantersnight.livejournal.com]

Wonderful fic, thanks for the rec

[gillyp.livejournal.com]

It's fabulous isn't it? Glad you enjoyed it.

[betagoddess.livejournal.com]

I KNOW I've read Ysone's fic, but I can't remember the details at the moment and I'm SO looking forward to the angst. Thanks! =>}

[gillyp.livejournal.com]

It's gorgeous, I'm sure you'll love it.

[betagoddess.livejournal.com]

Oh yes! It's actually one of my bookmarked stories in my "bonding" folder. Love it!

Thanks for the rec so that I could reread it last night! =>}

[gardendoor.livejournal.com]

Man, it's been ages since I read this, and although I remember really liking it, I no longer remember how it goes! *toddles off to read good fic*

[gillyp.livejournal.com]

It's Ysone's best, IMO, but all her stories are fabulous. (o:

[celia311.livejournal.com]

In case you didn't know this... You are *evil*! I've only had glimpses of Sentinel fic, mostly due to a friend who wrote it. Then you got the drivers seat on Sentinel, I got curious and now I'm *hooked*. I'm a freaking Sentinel fandom *newbie*! And for a show that's been off air forever.

Conclusion: You are evil!

*going off to read a story that's apparently got its own genre that I obviously need to learn about* ;P

[gillyp.livejournal.com]

I'm evil? ::ponders. Likes it. Polishes fingernails whilst chortling eevily::

Welcome to our world; nice to have you amongst us.(you can throw in more evil laughter, here, if you like).

"*going off to read a story that's apparently got its own genre that I obviously need to learn about* ;P"
Oh my. That's a strange and very pervasive AU. It started with Susan Foster's Sentinel 101; http://www.susans-stories.co.uk/101.htm
- but a vast chunk of TS fic is based around the idea of genetically pre-determined Guides and Sentinels. Twice Again is one of the gentler ones - a goodly number are pretty brutal.