Like Swimming by Shrift (NC-17)

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Fandom: HIGHLANDER: THE SERIES
Pairing: Duncan/Methos
Author on LJ: shrift
Author Website: Shrift's Fan Fiction
Why this must be read:

This is one of the fics I read when I'm in need of the written equivalent of a cuddle and a hot cup of chocolate, with possibly a side order of sexual frisson.

Unusually for Highlander slash fics in this we have a more sexually aggressive Methos, or at least verging on the sexually aggressive. You also get some wonderful twisty Methos thinking and exasperating behavior, a suitably irritated Duncan and some wonderful vignettes between Methos and Joe which are just to die for.

It's a first time fic but it feels more like a holiday snapshot of an ongoing relationship/friendship. The story is set at the end of the TV series and Shrift has managed to capture both the main characters perfectly.

I'm a huge fan of the sun kissed flavour of Lisbon that permeates the first part but I must admit it's the jaw-dropping description of a freshly showered and mostly naked Methos in the second part which lingers the longest with me.

An image to keep you smiling for months..


I Know You - Like Swimming Part I

Swing It Low - Like Swimming Part II