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I'm With You in Rockland, by Rachel; PG
Fandom: POPSLASH
Pairing: Justin/Chris
Author on LJ:
Author Website:http://www.because-yes.com/rachel/main.html
Why this must be read:
Justin has problems. Specifically, he has OCD, and he doesn't want to take his medication, becase it's *his* brain and he wants time off from being medicated while he's at home. Which, as it turns out, is not such a great idea. And Chris is stubbornly persistent in trying to get through.
It's the atmosphere of this story that really gets me. Reading it, I feel as though I'm sitting in an entirely white room. I'm not sure how exactly the author achieves this, but it is exactly the right feel for this story.
The first thing he had to do was go change the calendars. Maria was under strict orders not to touch the calendars as well. She was however, allowed to change the clocks if he happened to be gone during that time of year.
The first calendar was in the den, a small, grey thing that he'd gotten for $.99 when he and JC had gone on a late-night Wal-Mart trip back in November. Of last year. Justin looked at the month the calendar was on. March. He flipped through April, May, June, July, August, September, October, and November. December was a picture of blurry flowers.
Five more calendars to go before he could go check on his shoes. Then after the shoes he was going to take inventory of the cabinets in the kitchen and make sure the right stuff was in there. He had a routine when he came home and if anyone disturbed him, they were going to face death.
I'm With You in Rockland
Pairing: Justin/Chris
Author on LJ:
Author Website:http://www.because-yes.com/rachel/main.html
Why this must be read:
Justin has problems. Specifically, he has OCD, and he doesn't want to take his medication, becase it's *his* brain and he wants time off from being medicated while he's at home. Which, as it turns out, is not such a great idea. And Chris is stubbornly persistent in trying to get through.
It's the atmosphere of this story that really gets me. Reading it, I feel as though I'm sitting in an entirely white room. I'm not sure how exactly the author achieves this, but it is exactly the right feel for this story.
The first thing he had to do was go change the calendars. Maria was under strict orders not to touch the calendars as well. She was however, allowed to change the clocks if he happened to be gone during that time of year.
The first calendar was in the den, a small, grey thing that he'd gotten for $.99 when he and JC had gone on a late-night Wal-Mart trip back in November. Of last year. Justin looked at the month the calendar was on. March. He flipped through April, May, June, July, August, September, October, and November. December was a picture of blurry flowers.
Five more calendars to go before he could go check on his shoes. Then after the shoes he was going to take inventory of the cabinets in the kitchen and make sure the right stuff was in there. He had a routine when he came home and if anyone disturbed him, they were going to face death.
I'm With You in Rockland