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Passing Time (PG-13) by Debbie
Fandom: STARSKY AND HUTCH
Pairing: None
Length: 3,100~
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
debbiel66
Author Website: Her lj, S&H tag
Why this must be read: Because she didn’t write for long in Starsky and Hutch before moving on to House and now Supernatural, but just in like those fandoms, each of her stories is worth reading. She has a gift for nailing characters, for getting under their skins with gentle humour, unpretentious lyricism, and a clench to the heart that is never overdone. Here, Hutch has a bored Starsky on his hands during a stakeout. Starsky has one question on his mind, and Hutch is ducking the answer…
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“Honestly, Starsk,” Hutch protested. “I don’t know what you’re asking.”
“If we were doomed,” Starsky repeated, as if trying to teach a particularly recalcitrant child. “Would you want to know?”
“You’re asking if I want to know when I’m going to die?”
Starsky frowned. “I don’t like it put it like that. Besides, I’m not talking about you. I’m talking about us. I’ve been thinking a lot about this. When we go out, we gotta go out together.”
This was a new one. It almost felt like a proposal. Not – will you live with me, but will you die with me? Starsky was looking at him so expectantly, but it had been a long time since Hutch had been the first one with all the answers.
“Buddy, the chances of us being doomed on the same day aren’t all that great, no matter what we do for a living. And no. I wouldn’t want to know ahead of time. I prefer thinking I’ve got all the time in the world. Or that we’ve got all the time in the world, if that’s how you want to think of it.”
Starsky’s face darkened, and Hutch knew he’d gotten the answer wrong.
“So, you wouldn’t want to know? Even if it meant everything was the last time?”
******
Passing Time
Pairing: None
Length: 3,100~
Author on LJ:
debbiel66 Author Website: Her lj, S&H tag
Why this must be read: Because she didn’t write for long in Starsky and Hutch before moving on to House and now Supernatural, but just in like those fandoms, each of her stories is worth reading. She has a gift for nailing characters, for getting under their skins with gentle humour, unpretentious lyricism, and a clench to the heart that is never overdone. Here, Hutch has a bored Starsky on his hands during a stakeout. Starsky has one question on his mind, and Hutch is ducking the answer…
******
“Honestly, Starsk,” Hutch protested. “I don’t know what you’re asking.”
“If we were doomed,” Starsky repeated, as if trying to teach a particularly recalcitrant child. “Would you want to know?”
“You’re asking if I want to know when I’m going to die?”
Starsky frowned. “I don’t like it put it like that. Besides, I’m not talking about you. I’m talking about us. I’ve been thinking a lot about this. When we go out, we gotta go out together.”
This was a new one. It almost felt like a proposal. Not – will you live with me, but will you die with me? Starsky was looking at him so expectantly, but it had been a long time since Hutch had been the first one with all the answers.
“Buddy, the chances of us being doomed on the same day aren’t all that great, no matter what we do for a living. And no. I wouldn’t want to know ahead of time. I prefer thinking I’ve got all the time in the world. Or that we’ve got all the time in the world, if that’s how you want to think of it.”
Starsky’s face darkened, and Hutch knew he’d gotten the answer wrong.
“So, you wouldn’t want to know? Even if it meant everything was the last time?”
******
Passing Time