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A Different Place by Megan Kent (Adult)
Fandom: THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
Pairing: Chris Larabee/Vin Tanner
Length: ~8500
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: http://www.assignations.org/mkent/
Why this must be read:
This story is a little different then the other stories I've recced . This is more angsty, where Chris makes a stupid decision while on an op that not only really pisses off his team, but makes Vin re-evaluate their relationship. Megan writes wonderfully from Chris's POV as he begins to understand how a decision that made sense to him, upset Vin and his team so badly--and as he realizes just how upset they are.
"Chris." Buck spoke softly, but with enough intensity to break Chris's rhythm. "Would you have let me take that walk?"
He knew the answer. They both did. But he watched Chris's mouth work, watched him try to voice the lie that would let him maintain the moral high ground in all this. No fucking way in hell would Chris let one of his men walk into a nutcase's gunsight. Not because the boy didn't matter, or the amount of prime Denver real estate she might have flattened. Because it was a losing proposition, either way. They'd been more than lucky; they'd been truly blessed to save that little boy.
"I--"
Buck finally took pity on him. "You used your seniority. You made a decision that you wouldn't have if she'd wanted the hide of anyone else on the planet. Most of all, you rode roughshod over all of us. You have a group of men who'd follow you to hell on nothing more than your say-so. By your actions, you as much as told them that their opinions weren't worth shit, and their concern--hell, their love--for you wasn't worth much more.
"Now, some of them are gonna get over that easier than others. But Vin-- Well, ole Vin he don't give up on much. You pushed him pretty hard. He had to face giving you up, one way or the other. I don't think he liked where he ended up."
A Different Place
Pairing: Chris Larabee/Vin Tanner
Length: ~8500
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: http://www.assignations.org/mkent/
Why this must be read:
This story is a little different then the other stories I've recced . This is more angsty, where Chris makes a stupid decision while on an op that not only really pisses off his team, but makes Vin re-evaluate their relationship. Megan writes wonderfully from Chris's POV as he begins to understand how a decision that made sense to him, upset Vin and his team so badly--and as he realizes just how upset they are.
"Chris." Buck spoke softly, but with enough intensity to break Chris's rhythm. "Would you have let me take that walk?"
He knew the answer. They both did. But he watched Chris's mouth work, watched him try to voice the lie that would let him maintain the moral high ground in all this. No fucking way in hell would Chris let one of his men walk into a nutcase's gunsight. Not because the boy didn't matter, or the amount of prime Denver real estate she might have flattened. Because it was a losing proposition, either way. They'd been more than lucky; they'd been truly blessed to save that little boy.
"I--"
Buck finally took pity on him. "You used your seniority. You made a decision that you wouldn't have if she'd wanted the hide of anyone else on the planet. Most of all, you rode roughshod over all of us. You have a group of men who'd follow you to hell on nothing more than your say-so. By your actions, you as much as told them that their opinions weren't worth shit, and their concern--hell, their love--for you wasn't worth much more.
"Now, some of them are gonna get over that easier than others. But Vin-- Well, ole Vin he don't give up on much. You pushed him pretty hard. He had to face giving you up, one way or the other. I don't think he liked where he ended up."
A Different Place
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