Counting in Fives by Shelly (PG)

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Fandom: THE SENTINEL
Pairing: None
Author on LJ: Unknown
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Why this must be read:

Blair's nomadic childhood is the stuff of much TS fic. This story distills nicely (and almost poetically) the general fanon sense of what this must have been like for him and what his friendship with Jim represents.

An excerpt:

Five twos are ten. That was the year he learned to look only one step ahead.

How many places had they lived in? He'd lost count now. And it didn't matter any more. He fought to find a pattern sprung from nothing, to put some order in his world. But always there was the fear. Something looming ahead. Something waiting for him around a corner that he could not turn.

He worked hard at being nearly invisible. He was polite, bright and respectful. He left no mess. He gave Naomi no reason to think that he was a burden. It was all a matter of control.

Counting in Fives