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Do I Still Love You, Rosey Malone? by Flamingo (NC-17)
Fandom: STARSKY & HUTCH
Pairing: Starky/Hutch (slash) , Starsky/Rosey (het)
Length: 825K
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flamingoslim
Author Website: http://starskyhutcharchive.com/stories.php?genre=slash&authid=47
Why this must be read:
I decided today would be a bit of a theme day for me. As some of my Me & Thee listsibs know, I've got the episode I Still Love You, Rosey Malone on the brain. This story takes the canon character of Rosey, and returns her to Bay City two years after she left a heartbroken Starsky behind to accompany her father south of the border.
This novel is set post-SR. In this universe, our two heroes confessed their love after Starsky regained consciousness from the shooting, and they've been blissfully happy ever since. Seven months have passed. Starsky is well on his way to getting better. One night, they go out for Mexican food. All is right with the world, until Rosey Malone stops by their table unannounced. Her father is dead and she's back in Bay City. She doesn't know the guys are an item, and makes tentative overtures towards rekindling a relationship with Starsky.
Hutch is stunned and horrified. But, because he doesn't quite trust what Starsky and he have, and because he doesn't ever want Starsk to resent him, he encourages his partner to go out with Rosey, just to see how things stand. Part of him hopes Starsky will say no. And indeed, Starsky is still hurting from Rosey's abandonment, and distrustful of her, so he's reluctant to even give her the time of day. Yet Hutch is so persuasive with his argument, Starsky ultimately sees no recourse but to agree to a get-together.
Much to everyone's surprise, the magic between Rosey and Starsky is still there. Without understanding quite how it happens, Starsky begins to fall for her again, even while he's still deeply in love with Hutch. At a loss, he turns to Hutch, who refuses to tell him what to do. Before he knows it, Starsky is in a relationship with two people he cares about deeply. While Hutch stands alone on the sidelines, watching as everything he's ever wanted is threatened with extinction.
I adore this story. Though I realize, after talking to some other S&H readers, that the feeling isn't quite universal. The way I see it, for this story to work, you have to believe Starsky is utterly and honestly bewildered by his conflicted feelings, not actively trying to wound Hutch. Regardless of his actions, you have to buy that he's hurting just as much as Hutch, only in a completely different way. I thought Flamingo took great pains to make that apparent. However, I could see how many fans are not going to want to read about Rosey coming between our guys.
To them I say, "Reconsider!" :-) If you stick around, you get the epic love scenes Flamingo is known for (the way she writes them, Starsky & Hutch are never going to need Viagra), angst out the yin-yang, hurt/comfort, a fabulous and well-earned reconciliation, and two guys who are achingly in love, even though they can't seem to stop hurting each other.
Do I Still Love You, Rosey Malone?
Pairing: Starky/Hutch (slash) , Starsky/Rosey (het)
Length: 825K
Author on LJ:
flamingoslimAuthor Website: http://starskyhutcharchive.com/stories.php?genre=slash&authid=47
Why this must be read:
I decided today would be a bit of a theme day for me. As some of my Me & Thee listsibs know, I've got the episode I Still Love You, Rosey Malone on the brain. This story takes the canon character of Rosey, and returns her to Bay City two years after she left a heartbroken Starsky behind to accompany her father south of the border.
This novel is set post-SR. In this universe, our two heroes confessed their love after Starsky regained consciousness from the shooting, and they've been blissfully happy ever since. Seven months have passed. Starsky is well on his way to getting better. One night, they go out for Mexican food. All is right with the world, until Rosey Malone stops by their table unannounced. Her father is dead and she's back in Bay City. She doesn't know the guys are an item, and makes tentative overtures towards rekindling a relationship with Starsky.
Hutch is stunned and horrified. But, because he doesn't quite trust what Starsky and he have, and because he doesn't ever want Starsk to resent him, he encourages his partner to go out with Rosey, just to see how things stand. Part of him hopes Starsky will say no. And indeed, Starsky is still hurting from Rosey's abandonment, and distrustful of her, so he's reluctant to even give her the time of day. Yet Hutch is so persuasive with his argument, Starsky ultimately sees no recourse but to agree to a get-together.
Much to everyone's surprise, the magic between Rosey and Starsky is still there. Without understanding quite how it happens, Starsky begins to fall for her again, even while he's still deeply in love with Hutch. At a loss, he turns to Hutch, who refuses to tell him what to do. Before he knows it, Starsky is in a relationship with two people he cares about deeply. While Hutch stands alone on the sidelines, watching as everything he's ever wanted is threatened with extinction.
I adore this story. Though I realize, after talking to some other S&H readers, that the feeling isn't quite universal. The way I see it, for this story to work, you have to believe Starsky is utterly and honestly bewildered by his conflicted feelings, not actively trying to wound Hutch. Regardless of his actions, you have to buy that he's hurting just as much as Hutch, only in a completely different way. I thought Flamingo took great pains to make that apparent. However, I could see how many fans are not going to want to read about Rosey coming between our guys.
To them I say, "Reconsider!" :-) If you stick around, you get the epic love scenes Flamingo is known for (the way she writes them, Starsky & Hutch are never going to need Viagra), angst out the yin-yang, hurt/comfort, a fabulous and well-earned reconciliation, and two guys who are achingly in love, even though they can't seem to stop hurting each other.
Excerpt from Do I Still Love You, Rosey Malone?...
She seemed to sag as soon as he was gone. Glancing at Hutch, she said miserably, "Well, that was a disaster."
Unsure of how to play it, Hutch asked noncommittally, "What do you mean?"
She shook her head. "It wasn't the way I wanted our first meeting to go. I wanted to contact him by phone first, give him a chance to get used to the idea. Then see if he had any interest in meeting me. But when he walked in—I just couldn't walk out."
"Well, I can understand that," Hutch said softly. Now that Starsky was out of sight, she seemed nervous, almost fearful.
"Hutch," she said suddenly, placing a hand on his arm, "you're his best friend. I know you know everything that happened between us. You're probably pretty unhappy that I reappeared."
Hutch fought to keep his expression neutral even as he felt a surge of surprise at her intuitive guess. Then, he realized they were thinking on totally different wavelengths. She was talking to him as Starsky's friend, assuming Hutch's disapproval would stem from the heartache Starsky had suffered when she'd left him. She had no reason to assume anything else about the relationship between her former lover and his partner.
"But," she continued hesitantly, "I've got to ask you—please tell me—is there another woman in his life now? If there is, I'll walk away and never look back. But I've got to know. It's been two years. I had someone check, and I know he's not married. But is there another woman?"
She seemed on the verge of tears and the grip on his arm tightened. Hutch felt his own throat close down as blood pounded at his temples. Another woman?
Somehow, he found the voice to answer her. "No, Rosey. There's no woman."
*******
She seemed to sag as soon as he was gone. Glancing at Hutch, she said miserably, "Well, that was a disaster."
Unsure of how to play it, Hutch asked noncommittally, "What do you mean?"
She shook her head. "It wasn't the way I wanted our first meeting to go. I wanted to contact him by phone first, give him a chance to get used to the idea. Then see if he had any interest in meeting me. But when he walked in—I just couldn't walk out."
"Well, I can understand that," Hutch said softly. Now that Starsky was out of sight, she seemed nervous, almost fearful.
"Hutch," she said suddenly, placing a hand on his arm, "you're his best friend. I know you know everything that happened between us. You're probably pretty unhappy that I reappeared."
Hutch fought to keep his expression neutral even as he felt a surge of surprise at her intuitive guess. Then, he realized they were thinking on totally different wavelengths. She was talking to him as Starsky's friend, assuming Hutch's disapproval would stem from the heartache Starsky had suffered when she'd left him. She had no reason to assume anything else about the relationship between her former lover and his partner.
"But," she continued hesitantly, "I've got to ask you—please tell me—is there another woman in his life now? If there is, I'll walk away and never look back. But I've got to know. It's been two years. I had someone check, and I know he's not married. But is there another woman?"
She seemed on the verge of tears and the grip on his arm tightened. Hutch felt his own throat close down as blood pounded at his temples. Another woman?
Somehow, he found the voice to answer her. "No, Rosey. There's no woman."
*******
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