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kimberlyfdr.livejournal.com) wrote in crack_van2004-06-19 09:49 am
Sky Blue and Black by Sylvia Bond
Fandom: Starsky and Hutch
Pairing: Starsky and Hutch
Fic Link: http://www.squidge.org/~flamingo/starskyhutchslash/classic/Bond/SkyBlueBlack.htm
Why this must be read: The story was originally published in the mixed-media zine Red Hot Lovers. The boys are sent undercover at a gay bar to take down Joshua Bright. Afterword, Hutch becomes angry over why it was them that was sent in the first place.
"They used us," said Hutch finally. "They used us, who we were, how we work . . . "
"The fact that we're friends?" prompted Starsky.
"More than that." Hutch was shaking his head now, as if he'd already explained everything and Starsky was now disagreeing with him. "We have a bond, a special bond, I.A. knows it, Dobey knows it, Special Investigations knows it. A bond that looks like love."
"It is love," said Starsky, his head going down, eyes still on Hutch. "We do care for each other."
Hutch lifted his head to look him straight in the eye. "It's more than that. So much more; man, sometimes it's the only thing that keeps me sane."
It's not an easy journey to discern what that bond actually means. Getting sidelined by Bright's continued case and throwing in multitudes of emotional angst may well break the boys, but the turmoil of their minds is only part of the problem. They have to come to terms with who they are to one another.
Pairing: Starsky and Hutch
Fic Link: http://www.squidge.org/~flamingo/starskyhutchslash/classic/Bond/SkyBlueBlack.htm
Why this must be read: The story was originally published in the mixed-media zine Red Hot Lovers. The boys are sent undercover at a gay bar to take down Joshua Bright. Afterword, Hutch becomes angry over why it was them that was sent in the first place.
"They used us," said Hutch finally. "They used us, who we were, how we work . . . "
"The fact that we're friends?" prompted Starsky.
"More than that." Hutch was shaking his head now, as if he'd already explained everything and Starsky was now disagreeing with him. "We have a bond, a special bond, I.A. knows it, Dobey knows it, Special Investigations knows it. A bond that looks like love."
"It is love," said Starsky, his head going down, eyes still on Hutch. "We do care for each other."
Hutch lifted his head to look him straight in the eye. "It's more than that. So much more; man, sometimes it's the only thing that keeps me sane."
It's not an easy journey to discern what that bond actually means. Getting sidelined by Bright's continued case and throwing in multitudes of emotional angst may well break the boys, but the turmoil of their minds is only part of the problem. They have to come to terms with who they are to one another.