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phoebesmum ([identity profile] phoebesmum.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2007-04-11 10:13 pm
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Scenes From a Route by epigone (PG)

Fandom: SPORTS NIGHT
Pairing: Casey McCall/Dan Rydell – gen with some pre-slash undertones
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] likethesun2
Author Website: Finishing the Hat

Why this must be read: because epigone is a truly marvellous writer. It's as simple – and as wonderful – as that. And this is as near to perfect Dan and Casey as any of us who are not Aaron Sorkin can ever hope to achieve.

Casey’s pushing thirty and still, every time he sees another faraway city, he believes it’s Mecca. Dan just turned twenty-six, and somewhere in their endless westward migration toward California gold he stopped being the baby of every office. Now there are techs and assistants and rising stars still working on their undergraduate degrees, and he’s not one of them. Not being the baby any more means not being the boy wonder; it means feeling tired and cynical and ended, some nights, when he stares into the black hole of the camera. Not being the baby any more means not really being anyone.

Scenes From a Route