Cells by Rowan F. (NC-17)

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Fandom: OZ
Pairing: Beecher/Keller
Author on LJ: rowanfairchild
Author Website: Obsessive, But Friendly Web
Why this must be read:

Hi! I'm Actizera, your reccer of Oz fic for the month of May. I make no secret of the fact that, although I have a deep and abiding love for many (maybe even most) characters on the show, when it comes to fic I'm a Beecher and/or Keller chick to the bone. Whether they're written about individually or as a couple, I do adore my violent, fucked-up boys. (I may have one or two non-B/K recs up my sleeve, though...you just never know...).

I thought I'd start out the month with a brilliant, smoking-hot PWP—because who doesn't love those? And this is one of my all-time favorites. In this story, Rowan approaches the B/K sexual relationship from Beecher's perspective. His issues, his guilt, his god-awful nightmares all still plague him with angst and grief, just as they have all along; even frequent sex with Chris Keller isn't enough to change *that*. But his relationship with Keller does provide some respite from the suffocating confines of Oz, from stewing over his problems, from his feelings of isolation—and Rowan captures it all perfectly. She has an uncanny way of bringing characters and emotions across very vividly in a few well-chosen words; everything rings true and nothing is wasted.

And the sex...my GOD, the sex. I can read this one over and over again, and somehow it just never gets any less hot. All of it perfectly in character, all of it so vivid that it has provided me with some of my favorite enduring B/K images. Even if you're not a Beecher character-study junkie like I am, I can guarantee you'll come away from this story fanning yourself and begging Rowan to write more dirty, dirty porn. *g*

Cells