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Leaning and Falling by Kalena (NC-17)
Fandom: THE SENTINEL
Pairing: Jim Ellison/Blair Sandburg
Length: 16,000 words
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: Kalena's Keyhole
Why this must be read:
Jim and Blair are on a road trip to Key West. Being away from home can lift inhibitions and Jim impulsively kisses Blair. Kalena writes with wonderful sensual descriptiveness and the rest of the story is about the two of them exploring each other and what this new possibility means for their relationship. It's a very sweet and hot story.
Blair wakes Jim up in time to watch the sun rise:
They managed to get settled just in time. From beneath the edge of the world, a long shallow ribbon of deep rose crept over. Small ripples appeared in the expanse of water, as if the color had to push the ocean out of the way so the sun could nudge by. The two men sat shoulder to shoulder in silence broken only by the hush of the wavelets. The rose ribbon slowly and carefully gathered itself toward the midpoint of the horizon and began to expand upward in an arc, the intense single color becoming brighter as the sky above it was softly tinted with gold. A few small clouds wafted in the gold, reflecting the rose as pink.
Instead of hijacking Jim's sense of sight, extorting it from him and leaving him deaf and dumb in a smothering cocoon of red, the sunrise flowed into him and into all his senses. He would have sworn he could hear the rays of light striking faraway dust particles, a sound of tiny chimes that ran all over his body. Then his own molecules were dispersing among the dust, as if he too were dust; he was in the sunrise and the light beams tinkled against bits of him He could touch the light as it touched him, and it tasted of infinity He could still smell the sea, and feel the man beside him, and hear the creaky cries of the sea birds, but he encompassed all of these things. His senses were joined, not overmastered.
Surprisingly enough, Sandburg was quiet, allowing Jim to float in the color world as he listened to the music. Jim felt gratitude that his friend was beside him, a tiedown without whom he could not safely float. He wished that he could tell Blair how thankful he was to have him there, helping him, but did not have the words to explain. He put his arm around Blair's shoulders and snugged him up close. In the end, he said nothing.
Leaning and Falling
Pairing: Jim Ellison/Blair Sandburg
Length: 16,000 words
Author on LJ: Unknown
Author Website: Kalena's Keyhole
Why this must be read:
Jim and Blair are on a road trip to Key West. Being away from home can lift inhibitions and Jim impulsively kisses Blair. Kalena writes with wonderful sensual descriptiveness and the rest of the story is about the two of them exploring each other and what this new possibility means for their relationship. It's a very sweet and hot story.
Blair wakes Jim up in time to watch the sun rise:
They managed to get settled just in time. From beneath the edge of the world, a long shallow ribbon of deep rose crept over. Small ripples appeared in the expanse of water, as if the color had to push the ocean out of the way so the sun could nudge by. The two men sat shoulder to shoulder in silence broken only by the hush of the wavelets. The rose ribbon slowly and carefully gathered itself toward the midpoint of the horizon and began to expand upward in an arc, the intense single color becoming brighter as the sky above it was softly tinted with gold. A few small clouds wafted in the gold, reflecting the rose as pink.
Instead of hijacking Jim's sense of sight, extorting it from him and leaving him deaf and dumb in a smothering cocoon of red, the sunrise flowed into him and into all his senses. He would have sworn he could hear the rays of light striking faraway dust particles, a sound of tiny chimes that ran all over his body. Then his own molecules were dispersing among the dust, as if he too were dust; he was in the sunrise and the light beams tinkled against bits of him He could touch the light as it touched him, and it tasted of infinity He could still smell the sea, and feel the man beside him, and hear the creaky cries of the sea birds, but he encompassed all of these things. His senses were joined, not overmastered.
Surprisingly enough, Sandburg was quiet, allowing Jim to float in the color world as he listened to the music. Jim felt gratitude that his friend was beside him, a tiedown without whom he could not safely float. He wished that he could tell Blair how thankful he was to have him there, helping him, but did not have the words to explain. He put his arm around Blair's shoulders and snugged him up close. In the end, he said nothing.
Leaning and Falling
WOW!
(Anonymous) 2011-08-01 03:30 am (UTC)(link)Re: WOW!
I was so glad to find it still available. I have it downloaded and reread it at least yearly so I know I'll never lose it. Would you consider archiving your two TS stories at 852 or AO3 just in case? *puppy eyes* Older stories are starting to disappear off the net and it's a terrible fannish loss.