Beauty by Lady Armand and Ultraviolet, NC-17

[phluphee.livejournal.com]

Fandom: Queer as Folk USA

Pairing: Ben/Michael

Author: Lady Armand and Ultraviolet

Author Website: In the Now

Why this must be read: I'm a B/J shipper at heart, but this fic is so well-crafted and fulfilling that I couldn't stop reading. Beauty is a modern retelling of Beauty and the Beast without being cliche or predictable. The writing is haunting and beautiful.

Quote: Paul looked different this time, but for a moment Ben didn't know what it was. Then his mind opened fully and he saw it with gut wrenching clarity. Paul looked as he had the very last time Ben had seen him. His sandy hair was matted with patches of vibrant, wet, sticky blood in some places, and dark, drying blood in others. The left side of his face was split wide open, exposing his high cheekbone. His left eye was nearly torn from its socket. The beautiful Egyptian cotton shirt he'd been wearing that day was now covered in its owner's blood. And like that day when they both sat pinned in the car, Paul was trying to tell him something. But Ben couldn't hear it then and he couldn't hear it now. He kept staring at Paul's mouth, trying in vain to read his lips, but he was unable to. He closed his eyes against the thundering silence of the muted accusation.

Beauty

Comments

Thanks!

[mikou.livejournal.com]

I was a bit surprised to see my own penname when reviewing my Friends list. Thanks for the reccomendation for our story!

--Mikou (ultraviolet)

Re: Thanks!

[phluphee.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the reccomendation for our story!
thank you for writing such a lovely story. :P

story that's new to me--yay!

[raveninthewind.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'll have to read this!
Will send FB. :)