Thou'lt Come No More, by sphinxvictorian (gen)

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Fandom: SLINGS & ARROWS
Pairing: Oliver Welles/Geoffrey Tennant, Ellen Fanshaw/Geoffrey Tennant
Length: 1805 words
Author on LJ: sphinxvictorian
Author Website: Fic on AO3
Why this must be read:

Because who better than Frank and Cyril to give Ghost!Oliver the nudge he needs to move on?  In this post-series fic, sphinxvictorian captures Oliver--melancholy, lost, dramatic--in what would've been a perfect epilogue to the finale as he makes peace with himself and with Geoffrey. And the final paragraph is classic Oliver.

It sounded suddenly quite wonderful, to lose the weight of his love off of his shoulders. To put it away, to let Geoffrey be Ellen’s now. It’s not as though he’d ever be able to have him anyway. Never be able to touch those dark, graying curls, or that strong jaw. Or run a lazy finger down that broad chest. He could look into those blue, blue eyes, but they would never look at him the way he wanted them to.

Even if he were alive, it would never happen. Accepting that was what he knew he needed to do, because at long last, he was so tired of fighting, plotting, yearning. It was time to slip away for good this time. But not the way Cyril and Frank were proposing. That was too easy. He had to do it right. Only then could he really leave.


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