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Close to the Vest by Zeke Black (NC-17)
Fandom: THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
Pairing: Chris/Ezra
Length: 23, 317 words
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nellhowell
Author Website: Zekieldom
Why this must be read: Because it’s so time for something Chris and Ezra :) I first read and loved this author in another fandom and under a different name, and of course she has been recced here many times before and rightly so. A phenomenally good writer with a grasp of old west detail that can hardly be bettered. The love she portrays between Chris and Ezra is tough, real and unromantic (at least on the surface). I much prefer it to hearts and flowers.
This is Zeke Black’s first M7 fic, and “first fics” in a fandom are often written with a kind of freedom that can make them, as in this case, classic. It’s a rather dark and uncomfortable piece in which Ezra is in a right old mess. The addiction, prostitution and characteristic self-loathing fuddling his mind are a harsh but very effective counterpoint to the clear-sighted devotion of the man in black.
In one of those eerie moments in which they seemed to share emotions, Chris dropped his forehead to Ezra's shoulder, and murmured, "Why, of all the people in the world I mighta come to want since losing Sarah, did it have to be you?"
Close to the Vest
Pairing: Chris/Ezra
Length: 23, 317 words
Author on LJ:
nellhowell Author Website: Zekieldom
Why this must be read: Because it’s so time for something Chris and Ezra :) I first read and loved this author in another fandom and under a different name, and of course she has been recced here many times before and rightly so. A phenomenally good writer with a grasp of old west detail that can hardly be bettered. The love she portrays between Chris and Ezra is tough, real and unromantic (at least on the surface). I much prefer it to hearts and flowers.
This is Zeke Black’s first M7 fic, and “first fics” in a fandom are often written with a kind of freedom that can make them, as in this case, classic. It’s a rather dark and uncomfortable piece in which Ezra is in a right old mess. The addiction, prostitution and characteristic self-loathing fuddling his mind are a harsh but very effective counterpoint to the clear-sighted devotion of the man in black.
In one of those eerie moments in which they seemed to share emotions, Chris dropped his forehead to Ezra's shoulder, and murmured, "Why, of all the people in the world I mighta come to want since losing Sarah, did it have to be you?"
Close to the Vest