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crack_van2007-08-30 04:01 am
jamie-dakin.livejournal.com) wrote in crack_van2007-08-30 04:01 am
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The Boy on the Train by DevilChild (R)
Fandom: BAND OF BROTHERS
Pairing: Dick Winters/OMC
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
devilc
Author Website: The Speculations of DevilChild
Why this must be read:
Mid-series our protagonist is sent on a 48-hour leave to Paris, where he encounters a French teenage boy on the metro who triggers a particularly traumatic battle flashback. The real Dick Winters called this scene "stupid" and fandom lore has it he went on to say the setup makes it look like he's trying to pick the kid up. Yes, like that. And yes, it really does.
There are many ways writing this pairing could have been a disaster but DevilChild managed to write a story that is both gritty and understated, without overdoing the angst or overstaying our welcome in this moment in time. It's one of those fics I'd one day like to read as an original work.
He saw the shape of the youth's body, white as bone, gleaming dimly in the near dark, and wondered about his body, with his tanned hands and face contrasting his own whiteness, and remembered the first girl he kissed, and the way the grass smelled on that picnic.
The Boy On The Train
Pairing: Dick Winters/OMC
Author on LJ:
devilcAuthor Website: The Speculations of DevilChild
Why this must be read:
Mid-series our protagonist is sent on a 48-hour leave to Paris, where he encounters a French teenage boy on the metro who triggers a particularly traumatic battle flashback. The real Dick Winters called this scene "stupid" and fandom lore has it he went on to say the setup makes it look like he's trying to pick the kid up. Yes, like that. And yes, it really does.
There are many ways writing this pairing could have been a disaster but DevilChild managed to write a story that is both gritty and understated, without overdoing the angst or overstaying our welcome in this moment in time. It's one of those fics I'd one day like to read as an original work.
He saw the shape of the youth's body, white as bone, gleaming dimly in the near dark, and wondered about his body, with his tanned hands and face contrasting his own whiteness, and remembered the first girl he kissed, and the way the grass smelled on that picnic.
The Boy On The Train
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And thank you for reccing this story, I've read all the other wonderful stories you've pointed to and it's incredibly flattering to see my name here.
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Sorry mate, my bad. And any thanks should be reserved for actual writers, I'm just the monkey pushing the rec buttons.
And you icon is doing some seriously evil things to my brain...