ext_2015 ([identity profile] gardendoor.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2007-04-25 10:28 am
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A Whiff of Sulpher by Dira Sudis (PG)

Fandom: DEAD ZONE
Pairing: Potential Johnny/Walt
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] dsudis
Author Website: Words Words Words
Why this must be read:

This ficlet packs a delicious punch, as cigarettes become the metaphor for the ever-blurring line between Johnny and the people he touches.

He was a biology teacher, for God's sake, he showed that blackened lung to hundreds of kids before he became a car accident statistic--but now every time he smells a lit match, he gets the craving, remembers the way it felt, the way a cigarette fit between his fingers, between his lips, the sweet (foul) taste of smoke, the (choking) way it filled his lungs.

A Whiff of Sulpher