crack_van | Ending one minute at a time by gottalovev (NC-17)

Hi! I'll be reccing Hawaii Five-0 fic this month. I run the

h50_rec_room so I've kept a close eye on a lot of great fic and I can't wait to share some of my favorites with you.

Fandom: HAWAII FIVE-0 (NEW)
Pairing: Steve/Danny
Length: 21,113 words
Author on LJ:

gottalovev
Author Website: LJ Masterlist and AO3 Profile
Why this must be read:

When I signed up to rec in this fandom, I knew that this was the first fic I wanted to share. When I first read it I spent a long time deciding how to best rec it, and I've drawn on that first rec for this one.

This is isn't an easy story to read. It's dark and at times very harsh, but despite being emotionally stark and painful, the love between Danny and Steve shines through. The story is about Steve and Danny being captured and forced to fight in an underground ring for survival, but what makes this a must read is the way they help each other through the experience, never once wavering in their devotion to each other. This story is beautifully and powerfully told and I can't recommend it enough.

An Excerpt:

"You're awfully quiet," Danny says and Steve opens his eyes, look sideways at him. They're sitting with their backs to the wall and Danny has a hand through the bars in Bob's cage, petting his head. They've been friends since Bob came back from his own fight with a bad leg and Danny shared his food in sympathy. For a moment Steve is jealous of the attention the dog is getting and that makes him hit his head against the wall, not his best idea with the residual pain that still lingers. What the fuck is wrong with him?

"I don't want to go." His voice is rusty, and Steve realizes that he didn't hold his end of the conversations today, letting Danny fill the silence.

"If it's any consolation, I don't want you to go either. I can hear them, you know, yelling through the music."

"They're so fucking loud." They watch so closely, too, giddy to see him lose pieces of his soul.

Ending one minute at a time