A Guide's Guide, by Brook Henson (Mature)

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Fandom: THE SENTINEL
Pairing: Jim/Blair
Length: Long
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: Brook's Nook
Why this must be read:

A Guide's Guide is written from Blair's point of view as if he is talking to you directly - an unusual approach that could have been annoying, but Brook pulls it off with wry humor and deep affection. It is a rambling low-key story following Jim and Blair adjusting after an incident leaves Jim permanently blinded.

Plus you get an interesting education in blindness.

See an excerpt of A Guide's Guide

Note: It is easy to forget that even though Jim graduated at the top of his class in Orientation and Mobility Training and has four greatly enhanced senses that make him just about the most amazing blind person on the planet, he still has to be conscious of every single movement he makes. If he isn't, if he's even just a little bit careless, disaster strikes.

Upon seeing your Sentinel barefoot and surrounded by glass shards, the first words out of your mouth should be: "Don't move!" even if he is already standing frozen waiting for your guidance and actually rolls his eyes in your general direction for stating the obvious. Ignore this and ignore the fact that even though he is perfectly calm (aside from being pissed at himself for dropping something), your heart is in your throat-- one step in any direction means blood flow, stitches, a trip to the hospital(1).

Jim will understand if you fall instantly into melodramatic rescue mode and declare urgently that you are "coming" and to "just hang on."

A Guide's Guide

Comments

[janedavitt.livejournal.com]

I love this fic and the unusual way it's written really works for once.

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

I absolutely adore this fic, and it's in my Top Ten Recs for Sentinel fic at my website. She sells me on second person present tense like no one else has ever done..*g*