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"Winter in Elysium" by Saestina (R)
Fandom: HEROES
Pairing: Adam/Peter/Claire
Length: ~37,000 words (in seven parts)
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saestina
Author Website: link to fic list
Why this must be read: Because it takes a truncated season (season two) and expands its scope and story into an epic. Because it's an AU that frankly makes more sense than the original ending we were given. Because it's one of the few OT3 situations I've found believable and well-balanced. Take your pick. "Winter in Elysium" departs from the show at 2x10, with the virus being released and no magical healing blood transfusions to fix it. Our three unbreakable heroes have to watch as the people around them die, one by one, and then decide what to do with themselves; the prose is poignant and lyrical, and the story draws you in completely.
They were too late to stop the virus.
People were crowded around television screens at the airport as they exited the plane, their bodies blocking the path to baggage claim as they stood, silent, mouths open in horror as they watched the screens. Footage of ambulances trying to make their way through choked streets was inter-cut with the director of the CDC speaking from the podium in the White House press briefing room, the most lurid details scrolling across the ticker at the bottom of the screen.
Peter looked over at Adam with heavy eyes. Their flight had only been in the air for four hours, and yet the landscape of their world had entirely altered during that lost time.
Winter in Elysium (link to part one)
Pairing: Adam/Peter/Claire
Length: ~37,000 words (in seven parts)
Author on LJ:
saestinaAuthor Website: link to fic list
Why this must be read: Because it takes a truncated season (season two) and expands its scope and story into an epic. Because it's an AU that frankly makes more sense than the original ending we were given. Because it's one of the few OT3 situations I've found believable and well-balanced. Take your pick. "Winter in Elysium" departs from the show at 2x10, with the virus being released and no magical healing blood transfusions to fix it. Our three unbreakable heroes have to watch as the people around them die, one by one, and then decide what to do with themselves; the prose is poignant and lyrical, and the story draws you in completely.
They were too late to stop the virus.
People were crowded around television screens at the airport as they exited the plane, their bodies blocking the path to baggage claim as they stood, silent, mouths open in horror as they watched the screens. Footage of ambulances trying to make their way through choked streets was inter-cut with the director of the CDC speaking from the podium in the White House press briefing room, the most lurid details scrolling across the ticker at the bottom of the screen.
Peter looked over at Adam with heavy eyes. Their flight had only been in the air for four hours, and yet the landscape of their world had entirely altered during that lost time.
Winter in Elysium (link to part one)