No More Words by Chris Gantt (PG-13)

[wneleh.livejournal.com]

Fandom: THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
Pairing: Gen
Length: novel
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: Chris Gantt's fic on Blackraptor
Why this must be read:

Before I run out of gas and have to hand over the keys, I have one more story to recommend - a h/c extravaganza of the sort that makes slash fans think us gen lovers are seriously deluding ourselves. There's hugging and co-sleeping and a couple of kisses but they're all JUST FRIENDS, REALLY!

Chris Gantt faces a big challenge in this story - relaying the inner thoughts of Vin Tanner after he is robbed of the ability to understand spoken or written language. It's a nice, long, angsty read, set in Mog's ATF AU.

A sample:

Vin could feel someone poking and prodding him but he resisted waking up completely. The last time it had turned out badly so he was determined to stay asleep.
A voice sounded beside him but this one was feminine and sounded kind, even though he couldn't understand what she was saying. He felt a hand gently pat the side of his face and involuntarily, his eyelids fluttered. As his eyes settled open, he took a slow, deep breath and let it out. He noticed he was lying down and circled his eyes around the room.

"Sir, can you hear me? Do you know where you are?" a nurse asked.

Vin stared at the woman, trying to make his brain sort out what she had said but could make no sense of it. He couldn't even make sense of his own thoughts. He wrinkled his brow as he felt his heart starting to race and took a deep breath trying to calm it.

"Can you tell me your name?" she asked.

No More Words

Comments

[ithildyn.livejournal.com]

I just wanted to thank you for all the recs over the last few weeks! I'm a brand new fan of the show, an am in mainlining fic mode currently, so the timing couldn't be more perfec.t

Thank you!

[wneleh.livejournal.com]

Glad to help! :-)

A good source of M7 recs is frogspace's bookmarks: http://delicious.com/frogspace/Mag7%20 (or, if you feel like exercising your German, try here (http://frogspace.livejournal.com/92849.html).

- Helen