Counterpoint (Ecstasy, Fury, Revolution!) by Loneraven (PG-13)

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Fandom: SLINGS & ARROWS
Pairing: present Geoffrey Tennant/Ellen Fanshaw, past Geoffrey Tennant/Darren Nichols
Length: Flashfic
Author on LJ: loneraven
Author Website: Her website
Why this must be read:

Geoffrey talks to Anna, Ellen, Cyril, Frank and Darren himself as a way to keep Darren from staging The Taming of the Shrew the way Darren wants to. We learn a little bit more of what's behind Geoffrey and Darren's mutual antagonism. Seeing Geoffrey grow more exasperated as he keeps telling everyone the level of ridiculousness involved in Darren's project is absolutely hilarious.



At the beginning of the season, it's starting to snow, and Anna is already out of migraine pills.

"No, you see" – Geoffrey is pacing up and down the stage like one demented - "Darren, his problem. His problem is that he is a fucking lunatic. That is Darren's problem."

Anna says, "Geoffrey, so are you, a lot of the time, and that's never a problem." Confidence, and a deep and lasting love for him that is none the less deep and lasting for all it is crazy, exasperated and platonic, have made it very easy for her to say what she really thinks since they've been in Montreal.

"No, Anna." Geoffrey stops pacing and looks at her, spreads his hands, clasps them. Very like his Prospero. "Darren is especially fucking lunatic when it comes to this play. Especially."

"I like The Taming of the Shrew," Anna says, mildly. "It's even a draw. Schools teach it, so they bring large groups to see it. We could make money on it. And you can't direct it, you have the Dream to do, and Darren has offered, and he rarely remembers to cash his paycheques, so."

"Anna." Geoffrey sits down on the edge of the stage and looks vulnerable. "I am all for us making money and being able to eat. I am even all for school groups, God help us all. But I hate that man. I hate him. You know that, right? I hate Darren Nichols."

Counterpoint (Ecstasy, Fury, Revolution!)