crack_van | Safe in My Home by Sue David and Valerie Wells (PG-13)

Fandom: STARSKY & HUTCH
Pairing: none
Length: long
Author on LJ: not known
Author Website: HERE
Why this must be read: I like this story because there is Starsky's past, present and his future. We learn a lot about his childhood and Hutch is there all the time. There is also a case, one unsolved for over twenty years and a happy ending. There is Hutch hurt/comfort and Starsky angst. And most of all – it’s long and thrilling.

It took several rings, but finally Hutch answered, groggy, "H'lo?"

"Me," Starsky said.

"Starsk? What's wrong?" Hutch was suddenly wide-awake.

"Nothin'." Starsky sighed. "Everything. I had a dream. About my dad's death."

At his end, Hutch was more than a little puzzled, but he could hear a note of pain in his partner's voice that he didn't like at all. "Tell me."

Starsky did, haltingly, his voice shaking and the tears coming to his eyes again as he talked. Hutch listened in complete silence until he was finished.

"Is that how it really happened?"

"Yeah." Starsky used a corner of sheet to wipe his eyes; grateful Hutch couldn't see his tears, though he knew his partner knew him well enough to hear the tears in his voice. "Just like that."

Safe in My Home by Sue David and Valerie Wells (PG-13)