Hanging On by D L Witherspoon

[bluewolf458.livejournal.com]

Here's my last rec for the month, before I return the van to the garage and leave it washed, polished and fuelled up for the next driver.

Fandom: THE SENTINEL
Pairing: Jim-Blair
Length: 4420 words
Author on LJ: Not known
Author Website: http://tvlit101.skeeter63.org/senttab.htm
Why this must be read: - Jim has been caught in an explosion. Blair goes looking for him.

Need I say more?

I love stories where one is looking for the other and there's a kind of mystical connection between Jim and Blair, even when it isn't a major part of the story. D L Witherspoon is a gifted writer and it shows in spades in this story, short though it is.

Hanging On

Comments

[klangley56.livejournal.com]

This story packs a lot of heart into it. I particularly like this bit:

>>Jim sighed. He couldn't let Blair down. Not after making him become a cop. Not after--not after letting him die two years ago. He was a Sentinel. He had a duty to his Guide. He was a detective and he had a duty to his partner. He was Jim--and he had a duty to Blair.>>

And this:
>>"What the hell do you think you're doing, mister?"

Blair turned to face the angry men who had chased him. "My name is Detective Blair Sandburg, and what I'm doing is saving my partner."

He watched the anger fade from their faces when he mentioned his occupation and the word 'partner'. These men knew what that meant. What it was like to have someone at their side who was closer than a lover, and dearer than a spouse.>>

[bluewolf458.livejournal.com]

Nods. There's so much in this story to like!

You the same K Langley that's in Trek fandom?

[klangley56.livejournal.com]

Sorry I took so long to reply--busy, busy, busy.

Yep, that's me--the K Langley you've been stumbling over online for the last 15 years now. (I'm not following you around, I promise. It's just coincidence!)

:-)