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crack_van2010-01-21 12:14 am
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The New Year and its Resolution by ausmac (Blue Cortina - R)
Fandom: LIFE ON MARS
Pairing: Sam/Gene
Length: 3000 words
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
ausmac
Author Website: Link to the memories at Life in 1973 community
Why this must be read: This story itself has a fairly straightforward set up, Sam and Gene are stuck in a lift, they are both drunk and both very attracted to each other, what will happen next. Mac also weaves in a look at Gene’s background, at what it must have been like being gay in this time, and then shows how Sam can break through to him just by being himself. The two lads sound and feel exactly like the characters we see on the show and this is a great mix of poignant and realistic, passionate and smutty. Topped off with great dialogue I suggest you all go and read this immediately.
Excerpt
When you grew up in and around Manchester during and after the War, if there was one thing you made certain of, it's that you weren't queer. Even if you were.
But if you were queer, you didn't let on because it was a quick way to get yourself beaten up or bullied or both. A kid had enough to put up with at school as it was, depending on where he lived and how he spoke and dressed and how much money his parents had and whether he played with the right kids and followed the right teams. You just didn't even think about being queer.
And wherever possible, you went into deep denial about the whole thing if there was any hint you might possibly be that way. So what if you did happen to notice when another kid looked good in his swimmers? And so what if you happened to find the curve of a slender boy's arse nice on some level? You put it down to boyish admiration and made the usual lewd suggestions about the girls in school and, if you were tough enough and smart enough and good lookin' enough, you even got to fuck a few of 'em.
The New Year and it‘s resolution
Pairing: Sam/Gene
Length: 3000 words
Author on LJ:
ausmacAuthor Website: Link to the memories at Life in 1973 community
Why this must be read: This story itself has a fairly straightforward set up, Sam and Gene are stuck in a lift, they are both drunk and both very attracted to each other, what will happen next. Mac also weaves in a look at Gene’s background, at what it must have been like being gay in this time, and then shows how Sam can break through to him just by being himself. The two lads sound and feel exactly like the characters we see on the show and this is a great mix of poignant and realistic, passionate and smutty. Topped off with great dialogue I suggest you all go and read this immediately.
Excerpt
When you grew up in and around Manchester during and after the War, if there was one thing you made certain of, it's that you weren't queer. Even if you were.
But if you were queer, you didn't let on because it was a quick way to get yourself beaten up or bullied or both. A kid had enough to put up with at school as it was, depending on where he lived and how he spoke and dressed and how much money his parents had and whether he played with the right kids and followed the right teams. You just didn't even think about being queer.
And wherever possible, you went into deep denial about the whole thing if there was any hint you might possibly be that way. So what if you did happen to notice when another kid looked good in his swimmers? And so what if you happened to find the curve of a slender boy's arse nice on some level? You put it down to boyish admiration and made the usual lewd suggestions about the girls in school and, if you were tough enough and smart enough and good lookin' enough, you even got to fuck a few of 'em.
The New Year and it‘s resolution
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