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Death's Pretty Face by charlottechill (PG)
Fandom: THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN
Pairing: Buck/Chris
Length: 5,150 words
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charlottechill
Author website: Author's stories on AO3
Why this must be read: Because while it is seasonally appropriate, it's much more than a ghost story. Although set in an damp, dark, foggy version of our old west town, it is also a double love story that moves on the vital lynchpin of the entire series - that Chris Larabee tragically lost the wife he loved. And this influences all those he loves now and all those who love him.
The story is told in first person by Buck. It is full of atmosphere and emotion, giving us insight into how long and how well Buck has loved Chris. In short, Buck, who we know as a braveheart of a character, fears his own end is presaged when he, and he alone, begins to see the ghost of Sarah Larabee...
Fog swirls in eddies and flows like water. It's strange how the horse don't see to know she's there. Glancing right and left real quick, I step off the boardwalk and into the dirt. I walk toward her, expecting her to disappear again, but now she stays. I'm two feet away -- closer than I'd usually have gotten to her in life without a chaperone, an invitation, or a damned good reason, but she just stands there. She tilts her head, looking up at me, and her eyes... I'd forgotten what color they were, pretty brown like a calf's. It scares the hell out of me that I can see Chris's dead wife and he can't. Nobody ought to be seeing her, but if anybody can, it ought to be Chris.
Death's Pretty Face
Pairing: Buck/Chris
Length: 5,150 words
Author on LJ:
charlottechillAuthor website: Author's stories on AO3
Why this must be read: Because while it is seasonally appropriate, it's much more than a ghost story. Although set in an damp, dark, foggy version of our old west town, it is also a double love story that moves on the vital lynchpin of the entire series - that Chris Larabee tragically lost the wife he loved. And this influences all those he loves now and all those who love him.
The story is told in first person by Buck. It is full of atmosphere and emotion, giving us insight into how long and how well Buck has loved Chris. In short, Buck, who we know as a braveheart of a character, fears his own end is presaged when he, and he alone, begins to see the ghost of Sarah Larabee...
Fog swirls in eddies and flows like water. It's strange how the horse don't see to know she's there. Glancing right and left real quick, I step off the boardwalk and into the dirt. I walk toward her, expecting her to disappear again, but now she stays. I'm two feet away -- closer than I'd usually have gotten to her in life without a chaperone, an invitation, or a damned good reason, but she just stands there. She tilts her head, looking up at me, and her eyes... I'd forgotten what color they were, pretty brown like a calf's. It scares the hell out of me that I can see Chris's dead wife and he can't. Nobody ought to be seeing her, but if anybody can, it ought to be Chris.
Death's Pretty Face