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River's Edge by Lois Balzer (PG)
Fandom: THE SENTINEL
Pairing: None
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: LRHB Fiction Site
Why this must be read:
I really love smarm. Really, really, really. And this is probably the third-most smarmy story in TS fandom. If you know TS, you know what this means.
An excerpt:
"Sometimes, I just wonder what's going on in my head, Sandburg. I find myself doing things that are so out of character for me."
"Like what?" Blair had edged closer, the shaking almost gone, eyes wide as he tried to understand, to fully comprehend the Sentinel's problem. There was almost a desperation in his look that never failed to astonish Ellison with the extent of the kid's desire to help. "What kind of things, Jim?"
"Well, to start, I never seem to worry about what happens to me when you hypnotize me, or put me in a suggestive state so you can talk me though a problem." Ellison took great care not to look at his partner. "Doesn't that seem strange to you? Me, a 'control freak', as you once called me, willingly putting myself in your hands where anything could happen? You could put false ideas in my head, or make me do embarrassing things, or any of a thousand other stunts. Yet I never stop to consider that."
"I'd never do that, Jim. I swear, man, I'd never do any of those things. You know that, don't you? I mean, maybe I'd think about doing something crazy, but I'd never actually do it."
"I know that. But isn't it strange that I so willingly give you control so easily? It's hardly been an issue for me at all."
River's Edge
Pairing: None
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: LRHB Fiction Site
Why this must be read:
I really love smarm. Really, really, really. And this is probably the third-most smarmy story in TS fandom. If you know TS, you know what this means.
An excerpt:
"Sometimes, I just wonder what's going on in my head, Sandburg. I find myself doing things that are so out of character for me."
"Like what?" Blair had edged closer, the shaking almost gone, eyes wide as he tried to understand, to fully comprehend the Sentinel's problem. There was almost a desperation in his look that never failed to astonish Ellison with the extent of the kid's desire to help. "What kind of things, Jim?"
"Well, to start, I never seem to worry about what happens to me when you hypnotize me, or put me in a suggestive state so you can talk me though a problem." Ellison took great care not to look at his partner. "Doesn't that seem strange to you? Me, a 'control freak', as you once called me, willingly putting myself in your hands where anything could happen? You could put false ideas in my head, or make me do embarrassing things, or any of a thousand other stunts. Yet I never stop to consider that."
"I'd never do that, Jim. I swear, man, I'd never do any of those things. You know that, don't you? I mean, maybe I'd think about doing something crazy, but I'd never actually do it."
"I know that. But isn't it strange that I so willingly give you control so easily? It's hardly been an issue for me at all."
River's Edge