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crack_van2007-08-01 10:41 pm
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Recovery Epic by lit_gal (NC-17 overall)
I’m Rochefort and I’ll be driving The Sentinel van this month. I’m fairly new to the fandom but have read so much good stuff in the time I’ve been here that I could post a rec a day for months. I’m a slasher first and foremost but also dip into gen occasionally. You won't be getting too many gen recs this month, though. *g*
Fandom: THE SENTINEL
Pairing: Jim/Blair
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lit_gal
Author Website: Worshipping The Geeks
Why this must be read: Recovery Epic is a series of episodic vignettes from Blair’s pov, charting his personal and professional progress, firstly as he struggles through the pain of making a life for himself away from Cascade and Jim, and later, on his return to the North West. It’s set after the series ends and is gen-ish for the first two thirds, then slash for the final stretch.
The characterisations are pin-sharp; the author builds on canon confidently and convincingly; and grown-up Blair is a joy to read. lit_gal is also exceptionally skilled with OCs, of which I’m usually more than a bit wary. But here they’re wonderful to a man and woman, enhancing the story and the main characters without ever trying to draw the attention onto themselves.
Blair looked down at the keys in his hand. They weren't his anymore. Blair slowly pulled the key ring apart.
Jim's loft key dropped into the basket. Jim's extra truck key. The spare key for Jim's locker at work. The key to the basement storage room. The key to Jim's desk down at the precinct. As each key fell, it made a small clinking noise as it hit the others. He had no idea when he'd started carrying so many pieces of Jim's life, but Jim wouldn't share the one key Blair needed, and it wasn't healthy for either of them to keep lying their way through life. Blair took one last anguished look up at the bedroom, but the silence remained like this huge wall refusing him entrance into the inner sanctum of Jimdom.
Right. The end. It'd been a good run, but it was time for him to move on.
Recovery Epic is a fabulous introduction to The Sentinel.
Fandom: THE SENTINEL
Pairing: Jim/Blair
Author on LJ:
lit_galAuthor Website: Worshipping The Geeks
Why this must be read: Recovery Epic is a series of episodic vignettes from Blair’s pov, charting his personal and professional progress, firstly as he struggles through the pain of making a life for himself away from Cascade and Jim, and later, on his return to the North West. It’s set after the series ends and is gen-ish for the first two thirds, then slash for the final stretch.
The characterisations are pin-sharp; the author builds on canon confidently and convincingly; and grown-up Blair is a joy to read. lit_gal is also exceptionally skilled with OCs, of which I’m usually more than a bit wary. But here they’re wonderful to a man and woman, enhancing the story and the main characters without ever trying to draw the attention onto themselves.
Blair looked down at the keys in his hand. They weren't his anymore. Blair slowly pulled the key ring apart.
Jim's loft key dropped into the basket. Jim's extra truck key. The spare key for Jim's locker at work. The key to the basement storage room. The key to Jim's desk down at the precinct. As each key fell, it made a small clinking noise as it hit the others. He had no idea when he'd started carrying so many pieces of Jim's life, but Jim wouldn't share the one key Blair needed, and it wasn't healthy for either of them to keep lying their way through life. Blair took one last anguished look up at the bedroom, but the silence remained like this huge wall refusing him entrance into the inner sanctum of Jimdom.
Right. The end. It'd been a good run, but it was time for him to move on.
Recovery Epic is a fabulous introduction to The Sentinel.
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