Pretty Boy by Francesca and Emily Brunson (NC-17)

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Fandom: THE SENTINEL
Pairing: Jim/Blair
Authors on LJ: cesperanza; janissa11
Authors’ Websites: Francesca’s Sentinel Fiction; Em's Fiction (Emily Brunson’s Sentinel fic not publicly viewable online at present, to my knowledge.)


Why this must be read: This story is one of my favourites not just because Jim’s character fascinates me, but also because it hits one of my personal buttons: the different faces we all show to other people; how we keep those faces separate; but how we each want to have one person who sees us whole, as we are. It’s particularly intriguing with a reticent, buttoned-up-tight character like Jim.

When I first read this I had to go back immediately and read it another three times to get my head around its portrayal of Jim, so different was it from the usual. This very different Jim disconcerts Blair just as much as he does the reader.


"Blair, hi," Jim said easily. "What are you doing here?"

"I had a drink with one of my profs." Blair made a vague gesture behind him. Even though the conversation seemed normal — normal enough, anyway — everything felt different, everything felt wrong. He couldn't take his eyes off Jim; he felt as if he had never seen him before. Jim was, somehow, unrecognizable to him, slumped there, in that chair, in that un-Jim-like posture. And Jim was staring at him like he was a stranger — hell, he felt like a stranger.


Pretty Boy

The sequel to this story, Pretty Rough, is also on Francesca’s site and is also highly recommended. And if that isn’t enticement enough, it includes one of the hottest blow jobs you’re likely to read anywhere.

Comments

[ninasis.livejournal.com]

janissa11 is Em Brunson's LJ.

[rochefort.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the update.