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crack_van2010-06-15 07:46 pm
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Fooling Yourself by Shimmerwings (M)
Fandom: NEWSIES
Pairing: Jack/Sarah, Jack/David
Length: ~2,600
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cycnus
Author Website: (or a link to where more of their fic is archived)
Why this must be read: FFnet profile
Veering back into AU territory for this one. Jack's dad is an interesting non-character in the movie: all we know is that he's in jail, and that Jack lies about having a much nicer family situation. So who knows what happened? Fics rarely do more than reference Jack's dad in passing. This AU takes a stab at him as a character -- one who can't deal with his son's sexuality, but without veering into the territory of abuse, melodrama, or other OTT homophobic clichés. It's a great look at how Jack could have turned out to be the kind of guy who'd date Sarah while fantasizing about her brother.
The summer after he turned fourteen, Jack Kelly's father found him with Joey Stilton, with Jack's pants around his ankles and Joey down on his knees on the hardwood floor of Jack's bedroom.
Frances Kelly, a Desert Storm veteran and Cop of the Year for the third year running in Precinct 217, turned white to the lips and ordered Joey out of the apartment in his sternest drill sergeant voice. Jack watched in mortification and shock as Joey clambered to his feet and stumbled out of apartment number 436. A distant part of his brain registered the dust brushed like cobwebs across the knees of Joey's Levis and realized that he really needed to clean his room more often, before he turned his red-stained face to his father and rucked up his own jeans self-consciously.
Jack never saw Joey Stilton again, outside of classes.
Fooling Yourself
Pairing: Jack/Sarah, Jack/David
Length: ~2,600
Author on LJ:
cycnusAuthor Website: (or a link to where more of their fic is archived)
Why this must be read: FFnet profile
Veering back into AU territory for this one. Jack's dad is an interesting non-character in the movie: all we know is that he's in jail, and that Jack lies about having a much nicer family situation. So who knows what happened? Fics rarely do more than reference Jack's dad in passing. This AU takes a stab at him as a character -- one who can't deal with his son's sexuality, but without veering into the territory of abuse, melodrama, or other OTT homophobic clichés. It's a great look at how Jack could have turned out to be the kind of guy who'd date Sarah while fantasizing about her brother.
The summer after he turned fourteen, Jack Kelly's father found him with Joey Stilton, with Jack's pants around his ankles and Joey down on his knees on the hardwood floor of Jack's bedroom.
Frances Kelly, a Desert Storm veteran and Cop of the Year for the third year running in Precinct 217, turned white to the lips and ordered Joey out of the apartment in his sternest drill sergeant voice. Jack watched in mortification and shock as Joey clambered to his feet and stumbled out of apartment number 436. A distant part of his brain registered the dust brushed like cobwebs across the knees of Joey's Levis and realized that he really needed to clean his room more often, before he turned his red-stained face to his father and rucked up his own jeans self-consciously.
Jack never saw Joey Stilton again, outside of classes.
Fooling Yourself