ext_21585 ([identity profile] callistosh65.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2009-11-16 03:37 pm
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The In-Between by Pepper (PG-13)

Fandom: STARSKY AND HUTCH
Pairing: None
Length: 4,200~
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] pepper_ckua
Author Website: Her gen fiction, Her slash fiction
Why this must be read: Because even though she’s written many, many stories in Starsky and Hutch, this is one of her early ones and still my all-time favourite. It’s the rhythm and poetry of it – unique to Pepper - it's the way she draws you in from the very opening paragraph (quoted below), to the moments of ‘the in-between’ that she then illustrates in the lives of Starsky, Hutch, Dobey, and original characters a case brings them into contact with. And all rounded off with a lovely touch of hurt/comfort.

There is the time of in-between.

In-between when the phone rings and when it is answered.

In-between a toddler’s fall to the floor and the inevitable wail.

In-between the pull of a trigger and the bullet meeting its target.

In-between is the time one is awake and then falls over the edge into sleep, when possibility can make an unexpected turn.

In-between the jump from the bridge and contact with the hard surface of water.

In-between the time one sees a cop at the door and knowing in a few moments the bottom is going to fall out of your world.

The in-between can be only a few seconds. Or a few minutes. Sometimes it can take up an entire lifetime.

The In-Between

[identity profile] dawnebeth.livejournal.com 2009-11-20 08:01 pm (UTC)(link)
If I ever drove the van--this was the Pepper story I was going to pick! Awesome writing, and it is one of the first she ever wrote! (I got the privilege of editing this.