Busted by JM Griffin (PG)

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Fandom: THE SENTINEL
Pairing: Jim and Blair
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author's Website: Stories archived at 852 Prospect

Why this must be read: This is a perfect little story. Blair has been arrested on drugs charges; Jim calls Henri Brown to get him out of jail and take him home. Blair is tired and lets a secret slip. Gentle and lovely and beautifully written.

I walk up with him and when he fumbles the key for the second time, I take it out of his hand and open the door for him. I haven't been in Jim's place since he hosted poker night about four month's back, so I'm really taken aback when I go inside.

Blair doesn't notice me looking all around. The loft has changed a lot. It used to be sterile and open and a sort of no man's land that made you shudder. Now it's warm and not cluttered, but cozy. A wall has been painted, there's a poster on the door and some tribal stuff on the bookshelf. It's like Jim's home has been infiltrated. Correction. It's totally different now; it truly is a home. Wild.

Sandburg's standing in front of the couch trying to peel off layers of flannel, but his fingers are shaking too much to work right. I walk over to him.

"Here, Hairboy," I say gently, "let me help."

He screws up his pretty boy face in protest and I laugh softly at him. "I have four little brothers. I've seen them all shit-faced drunk or worse. Let me do this for you."

Busted

Comments

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

Oh, I loved that one. Always like an outsider's POV on them (not that Henri is an outsider exactly) and love it when they're protective of the two of them without it being unbelievably mushy. This was perfectly balanced and plausible.

Thanks for linking to it.