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Hazy Shade of Winter by Paula Wilshe (PG)
Fandom: STARSKY & HUTCH
Pairing: Starsky/Hutch
Length: 14k
Author on LJ: None
Author Website: Paula Wilshe on the Me & Thee archive
Why this must be read:
This coming weekend the Paula Wilshe award will be presented at VegaSHcon. As per the coordinators of the award: In 2003, we introduced the Paula Wilshe Award for New Writers in SH. This award honors Paula Wilshe, who passed away on July 22, 2003 and has been greatly missed. Paula loved to encourage new writers in the fandom, so this is one small way of remembering her and celebrating our writers.
I felt, in honor of her memory and this month being the presentation of the award, that at least one Paula Wilshe story should be recommended to be read.
Today, I have chosen "Hazy Shade of Winter". It's a short story, full of emotion and feeling and a sense of place, of how these two men come to a simple, easy conclusion about their future.
"It'll be five years this May," Starsky observed.
"Yeah." Hutch nodded without looking over.
"That what you were thinkin' about?"
Hutch ducked his head down, running a finger back and forth through the sand. "That's part of it," he admitted. And it was. Five years since Starsky had nearly been killed, an event that had changed their lives forever, although the progressions were so gradual they hadn't completely realized the impact until much later. They'd spent nearly a year and two lifetimes getting Starsky back in physical fighting form, and pulling Hutch back from the edge of burnout. They had realigned their priorities, and discovered some new ones along the way.
Completely dependent upon one another, it had taken nearly another year for them to realize that the changes in their relationship had actually become their priorities, which had taken some getting used to. On the other hand, it had happened so gradually and naturally that now, years later, Hutch was not even sure who had made the first overture, the symbiosis had evolved to such and extent that it had felt like a shared journey.
Hazy Shade of Winter
Pairing: Starsky/Hutch
Length: 14k
Author on LJ: None
Author Website: Paula Wilshe on the Me & Thee archive
Why this must be read:
This coming weekend the Paula Wilshe award will be presented at VegaSHcon. As per the coordinators of the award: In 2003, we introduced the Paula Wilshe Award for New Writers in SH. This award honors Paula Wilshe, who passed away on July 22, 2003 and has been greatly missed. Paula loved to encourage new writers in the fandom, so this is one small way of remembering her and celebrating our writers.
I felt, in honor of her memory and this month being the presentation of the award, that at least one Paula Wilshe story should be recommended to be read.
Today, I have chosen "Hazy Shade of Winter". It's a short story, full of emotion and feeling and a sense of place, of how these two men come to a simple, easy conclusion about their future.
"It'll be five years this May," Starsky observed.
"Yeah." Hutch nodded without looking over.
"That what you were thinkin' about?"
Hutch ducked his head down, running a finger back and forth through the sand. "That's part of it," he admitted. And it was. Five years since Starsky had nearly been killed, an event that had changed their lives forever, although the progressions were so gradual they hadn't completely realized the impact until much later. They'd spent nearly a year and two lifetimes getting Starsky back in physical fighting form, and pulling Hutch back from the edge of burnout. They had realigned their priorities, and discovered some new ones along the way.
Completely dependent upon one another, it had taken nearly another year for them to realize that the changes in their relationship had actually become their priorities, which had taken some getting used to. On the other hand, it had happened so gradually and naturally that now, years later, Hutch was not even sure who had made the first overture, the symbiosis had evolved to such and extent that it had felt like a shared journey.
Hazy Shade of Winter