No Dominion by Audrey (PG)

[ancastar.livejournal.com]

Fandom: STARSKY & HUTCH
Pairing: None (gen)
Length: 63K
Author on LJ:  aesposito
Author Website: http://meandthee.shahrazad.net/display.php?storyid=848
Why this must be read: 

You know, for a girl who loves her m/m, I'm rec'ing a heck of a lot of gen.  That'll change soon.  For now, though, this needs to be read because it combines a gritty case with a slightly older (post SR anyway), wiser pair, whose devotion has never been stronger.  This story features a serial killer, hurt/comfort, conversations about faith, humorous banter, and the sense there will never be anyone better for either of these guys than their partner--even if the fic never steps over the line into slash.  It doesn't have to.  With all the years they've been together, at this point, Starsky and Hutch truly are like an old married couple:

"Need more cheese in these," Starsky said as we ate our eggs the next morning.

"Make 'em yourself next time," I said, knowing that he wouldn't.

"Don't know why you can't just shred a little more cheddar into them. Or maybe some ham. What are we doin' today, anyway?"

"Dunno. It's Sunday. What do people do on Sundays?"

"Church?"

"Ha ha," I snorted. "God would have a heart attack if I showed up in church." 18 years of Sunday mornings at the First Lutheran Church of Duluth flashed through my head in an instant. "And what would your mother say?"

He smiled. "She would say you've corrupted me. Which isn't too far from the truth, now that I think about it..."

No Dominion

 

Comments

[sjames-centre.livejournal.com]

Great rec!

I really liked this story when it came out. And Audrey's gen is always a little ambiguous - she likes it that way, I think :)

[ancastar.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm glad you're another fan of this fic. It's one of those stories that doesn't get talked as much as it should, I think.

So of course, I had to blab. ;-)

And yeah...ambiguous works for me too. *g*

[aesposito.livejournal.com]

Maybe ambiguous, maybe not (LOL)...

Thanks for the rec!!! You made my day!!!

[ancastar.livejournal.com]

Hee! I'd wondered about that ambiguous comment. Let's put it this way--I lean on the side of slash when it comes to this pairing, and I find this story immensely satisfying. That should say something about how "ambiguous" this can read. ;-)