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Quicksand by SueN (R)
Fandom: THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
Pairing: None
Length: novel
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
scout_lover
Author Website: http://www.angelfire.com/tx5/suen/Index.htm
Why this must be read:
Here's the real thing by SueN - a five-hanky M7 h/c story set in Mog's ATF AU. The basic plot is simple: a traumatic event causes Vin to remember more than he'd like about his childhood; and, this being M7, he's got lots of support, and he needs every last drop of it.
An excerpt:
Vin turned his face away and laid an arm over his eyes. Yet when Chris took his other hand, he did not pull it away, but instinctively closed his fingers about his friend’s. "I’m losin’ my mind," he whispered shakily. "I c’n feel it slippin’ away–"
"You’re not losin’ your mind," Chris said firmly, holding Vin’s hand tightly between his two as if to anchor the man with his grip. "You’ve been through a lot, you know. Nobody expects you to just bounce right back like nothin’ happened. It’s gonna take a while to get past all this."
"I’s taught in the Army," Vin sighed, exhausted in body and soul, "that when ya fall inta quicksand, ya gotta quit thrashin’ about, jist be still and float, else it’ll pull ya under and drown ya. But I’ve floated all I can. I’m tired, Chris, real tired, an' I cain’t float no more. It’s pullin’ me down an' I cain’t stop it. Quicksand’s got me good."
Chris swallowed hard, hurt by the desolation in Vin’s soft voice. "Y’know, pard, there’s another way to get outta quicksand," he said quietly. "Holler like hell for your friends, and grab onto the line when they throw it. And we will throw it, Vin, you know that. All you gotta do is hang on and let us pull you out."
Quicksand
Pairing: None
Length: novel
Author on LJ:
scout_loverAuthor Website: http://www.angelfire.com/tx5/suen/Index.htm
Why this must be read:
Here's the real thing by SueN - a five-hanky M7 h/c story set in Mog's ATF AU. The basic plot is simple: a traumatic event causes Vin to remember more than he'd like about his childhood; and, this being M7, he's got lots of support, and he needs every last drop of it.
An excerpt:
Vin turned his face away and laid an arm over his eyes. Yet when Chris took his other hand, he did not pull it away, but instinctively closed his fingers about his friend’s. "I’m losin’ my mind," he whispered shakily. "I c’n feel it slippin’ away–"
"You’re not losin’ your mind," Chris said firmly, holding Vin’s hand tightly between his two as if to anchor the man with his grip. "You’ve been through a lot, you know. Nobody expects you to just bounce right back like nothin’ happened. It’s gonna take a while to get past all this."
"I’s taught in the Army," Vin sighed, exhausted in body and soul, "that when ya fall inta quicksand, ya gotta quit thrashin’ about, jist be still and float, else it’ll pull ya under and drown ya. But I’ve floated all I can. I’m tired, Chris, real tired, an' I cain’t float no more. It’s pullin’ me down an' I cain’t stop it. Quicksand’s got me good."
Chris swallowed hard, hurt by the desolation in Vin’s soft voice. "Y’know, pard, there’s another way to get outta quicksand," he said quietly. "Holler like hell for your friends, and grab onto the line when they throw it. And we will throw it, Vin, you know that. All you gotta do is hang on and let us pull you out."
Quicksand