http://anachron.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] anachron.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2013-05-05 07:09 pm
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REM by Verlaine (Mature)

Fandom: STARSKY & HUTCH
Pairing: Starsky/Hutch, Starsky/Terry
Length: 2143 words
Author on LJ: loyseofverlaine
Author’s website: Verlaine on AO3
Why this must be read: Because of the beautiful, beautiful writing with which Verlaine takes us inside Hutch’s head and into his dreams.  And the ending is one of the most exquisitely-crafted paragraphs I’ve come across in this fandom – it hits me every time I read it.  This is a wonderful story.

From Verlaine's REM:

“. . .The two of them had gotten over all the heroin shit surprisingly well.  After all, it wasn't like he'd been a junkie for years, or even weeks. And they'd coped with drug dealers and drug addicts and the truckloads of smack and pot and coke they busted without any trouble.

But any reference to Monk or Forrest—even Bernie Glassman—always made Starsky a little twitchy. The day Forrest came up for parole, Hutch found Starsky sitting on the couch cleaning his gun, a bottle of whiskey on the coffee table in front of him. Starsky didn't scare Hutch very often, but by the time they'd made it to bed that night Hutch had had the shakes.

He didn't let Starsky out of his sight for the next three days.”

REM
ext_9226: (snailbones)

[identity profile] snailbones.livejournal.com 2013-05-06 12:04 pm (UTC)(link)


That was lovely - thank you for the rec. I'd never have found it otherwise.