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Two Pair of Aces by Bear and Dead Man's Hand by cpolk and Bear (R)
Fandom: CRIMINAL MINDS
Pairing: none
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
matociquala and cpolk
Author Website: Post tagged with "fanfiction" OR Elizabeth Bear dot com for information on her original published work
Why this must be read:
For my final recommendation of the month, I present these two stories that are about Spencer Reid in the aftermath of 2x15 Revelations. The first is about Reid vacationing in Las Vegas after his ordeal with Tobias Henkel, when he's adrift from any certainty his life once held. It makes so much sense, given what he experienced, and is all-around wonderful.
The second introduces plot – terrific plot – that acts as a vehicle for Reid to contemplate how far from grace he's fallen, and think of another who plunged before him. There's angst and mystery and compelling glimpses at the darkness that pervades this life.
Both of them add up to give amazing insight into who Reid is, and how he'll hopefully survive this trauma, broken but determined.
The scabs have come off his wrists. The bruising has flared red, violet, indigo; faded through greens and jaundiced yellows. You could mistake the last brown smudges in the hollows below the bones for the shadows on his sallow skin.
Normally, this is how he spends his two weeks of vacation. Two weeks to earn enough money to pay another twelve months of medical bills. Enough money, that is, after taxes: he is scrupulous about declaring everything. Another case of the opportunity cost being so much higher than the payoff that it's not worth cheating. And he knows--intimately--exactly where the kind of thinking that starts but I'm special and so the rules don't apply to me leads. Society is fragile; it only survives due to its own inertia, and a certain number of individuals who understand that banding together is their best defense.
And a few, who are willing to defend it.
Two weeks a year to stay solvent.
Two weeks.
No sweat.
Two Pair of Aces
Dead Man's Hand
I hope you've enjoyed the stories I recommended – if you're still hungry for more, check out the communities mentioned in the fandom primer or for a more filtered experience, you can try my del.icio.us.
Pairing: none
Author on LJ:
matociquala and cpolkAuthor Website: Post tagged with "fanfiction" OR Elizabeth Bear dot com for information on her original published work
Why this must be read:
For my final recommendation of the month, I present these two stories that are about Spencer Reid in the aftermath of 2x15 Revelations. The first is about Reid vacationing in Las Vegas after his ordeal with Tobias Henkel, when he's adrift from any certainty his life once held. It makes so much sense, given what he experienced, and is all-around wonderful.
The second introduces plot – terrific plot – that acts as a vehicle for Reid to contemplate how far from grace he's fallen, and think of another who plunged before him. There's angst and mystery and compelling glimpses at the darkness that pervades this life.
Both of them add up to give amazing insight into who Reid is, and how he'll hopefully survive this trauma, broken but determined.
The scabs have come off his wrists. The bruising has flared red, violet, indigo; faded through greens and jaundiced yellows. You could mistake the last brown smudges in the hollows below the bones for the shadows on his sallow skin.
Normally, this is how he spends his two weeks of vacation. Two weeks to earn enough money to pay another twelve months of medical bills. Enough money, that is, after taxes: he is scrupulous about declaring everything. Another case of the opportunity cost being so much higher than the payoff that it's not worth cheating. And he knows--intimately--exactly where the kind of thinking that starts but I'm special and so the rules don't apply to me leads. Society is fragile; it only survives due to its own inertia, and a certain number of individuals who understand that banding together is their best defense.
And a few, who are willing to defend it.
Two weeks a year to stay solvent.
Two weeks.
No sweat.
Two Pair of Aces
Dead Man's Hand
I hope you've enjoyed the stories I recommended – if you're still hungry for more, check out the communities mentioned in the fandom primer or for a more filtered experience, you can try my del.icio.us.