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Duende by Cattraine (NC-17)
Fandom: THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
Pairing: Chris/Vin
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cattraine
Author Website: Phoenix - Chris Larabee Archive
Why this must be read: The ATF AU, created by Mog, provides a superb way for writers to explore a modern take on the M7 universe. In this story, Cattraine provides an awesome twist, linking the ATF and OW universes via a connection between two lovers that transcends time and space.
ATF Chris discovers items in an antique store that bring him visions and dreams of another, past life. From thereon we get a thought-provoking, less-than-perfect vision of the usually sacrosanct Larabee marriage, some great insights into Chris and Buck's friendship, a completely heart-rending view of how OW Chris and Vin's lives may have panned out, and ultimately a heady sense of destiny...
The dreams continued nearly every night now. Some mere fragments, some as vivid and nearly as lengthy a technicolor saga as any film. Sometimes he awoke angry or frightened, heart pounding with adrenaline. Once, he awoke laughing out loud. Once with aching muscles as though he had been riding on horseback for days. Often he awoke just smiling and content. He pondered the source of his reawakening emotions. Vin Tanner, a drawling, blue-eyed Texas... ghost.
He gave up trying to record the dreams. Most faded quickly, leaving only brief sensory impressions. Masculine laughter, the clink of glass against oak, the plinking notes of an out of tune piano badly played. The pungent, mingled odor of tobacco, beer and whisky. The scent of sage, sweat, horses, gun oil and leather. The brilliant colors of a desert sunset. The glint of sun on water, the flicker of a campfire, the warm glow of lamplight. A flash of laughing blue eyes. A shy, lop-sided grin. The slow rasp of a Texas drawl.
Duende
Pairing: Chris/Vin
Author on LJ:
cattraineAuthor Website: Phoenix - Chris Larabee Archive
Why this must be read: The ATF AU, created by Mog, provides a superb way for writers to explore a modern take on the M7 universe. In this story, Cattraine provides an awesome twist, linking the ATF and OW universes via a connection between two lovers that transcends time and space.
ATF Chris discovers items in an antique store that bring him visions and dreams of another, past life. From thereon we get a thought-provoking, less-than-perfect vision of the usually sacrosanct Larabee marriage, some great insights into Chris and Buck's friendship, a completely heart-rending view of how OW Chris and Vin's lives may have panned out, and ultimately a heady sense of destiny...
The dreams continued nearly every night now. Some mere fragments, some as vivid and nearly as lengthy a technicolor saga as any film. Sometimes he awoke angry or frightened, heart pounding with adrenaline. Once, he awoke laughing out loud. Once with aching muscles as though he had been riding on horseback for days. Often he awoke just smiling and content. He pondered the source of his reawakening emotions. Vin Tanner, a drawling, blue-eyed Texas... ghost.
He gave up trying to record the dreams. Most faded quickly, leaving only brief sensory impressions. Masculine laughter, the clink of glass against oak, the plinking notes of an out of tune piano badly played. The pungent, mingled odor of tobacco, beer and whisky. The scent of sage, sweat, horses, gun oil and leather. The brilliant colors of a desert sunset. The glint of sun on water, the flicker of a campfire, the warm glow of lamplight. A flash of laughing blue eyes. A shy, lop-sided grin. The slow rasp of a Texas drawl.
Duende