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crack_van2010-02-10 10:14 pm
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Promises to Keep by Time Testudinem (PG)
Fandom: LIFE ON MARS
Pairing: Gen, with mention of past Sam/Annie
Length: 2600
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time_testudinem
Author Website: Fic Listed in the Lifein1973 Memories
Why this must be read: Like my last rec, this fic makes use of information about Sam's fate from Ashes to Ashes. It's both sweet and bittersweet, and plays nicely with the time-travel aspect of the show: a teenaged Sam Tyler meets a child who is his future self's son. There's also a lovely segment of Annie POV near the end, as she works out what is going on.
"So why did these guys do something like this, do you know?"
The kid nodded and stared at his knees for a moment. "Because of my dad."
Sam was really starting not to like this. "What about your dad?"
"Because he’s not here."
Oh, Gene. Sam was right. He really, really didn’t like this. His own heart was beating faster now and he almost hated himself for asking the next question. "Do you know where he is?"
"No."
There was a long pause during which Sam’s heart ached both for the kid and for himself. Gene looked at him like he expected him to say something. Maybe taunt him the way those other boys had, the way many had, Sam was sure. Maybe offer the kind of meaningless platitudes that he had to often hear from adults. But Sam had no words to offer him for this.
Promises to Keep
Pairing: Gen, with mention of past Sam/Annie
Length: 2600
Author on LJ:
time_testudinemAuthor Website: Fic Listed in the Lifein1973 Memories
Why this must be read: Like my last rec, this fic makes use of information about Sam's fate from Ashes to Ashes. It's both sweet and bittersweet, and plays nicely with the time-travel aspect of the show: a teenaged Sam Tyler meets a child who is his future self's son. There's also a lovely segment of Annie POV near the end, as she works out what is going on.
"So why did these guys do something like this, do you know?"
The kid nodded and stared at his knees for a moment. "Because of my dad."
Sam was really starting not to like this. "What about your dad?"
"Because he’s not here."
Oh, Gene. Sam was right. He really, really didn’t like this. His own heart was beating faster now and he almost hated himself for asking the next question. "Do you know where he is?"
"No."
There was a long pause during which Sam’s heart ached both for the kid and for himself. Gene looked at him like he expected him to say something. Maybe taunt him the way those other boys had, the way many had, Sam was sure. Maybe offer the kind of meaningless platitudes that he had to often hear from adults. But Sam had no words to offer him for this.
Promises to Keep
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