Spellbound by Nyssa (NC-17)

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Fandom: STARSKY AND HUTCH
Pairing: Starsky/Hutch
Length: 4,720 words
Author on LJ: igbc
Author Website: Nyssa at AO3
Why this must be read:

One of the (many, many) fabulous things about fanfic is how it can bridge the gaps/lapses/omissions we so often find in canon and gives readers something to fill the logical and—arguably more important—emotional holes in our heads and hearts. A perfect case in point is Nyssa's Spellbound, dealing with the aftermath of Papa Theodore's curse in "Starsky and Hutch on Playboy Island." Because, seriously: Starsky trying to kill Hutch?

C'mon, you know there has to be fallout:

His mind shied away from the cold facts the way a beaten dog shrinks from an upraised hand, but that didn’t change a thing. It had happened, he’d done what he’d done, and he couldn’t undo it. It didn’t matter that Hutch seemed to have brushed the incident off without a thought. You could do that when the problem was something outside yourself. When it was inside yourself, when you had to live with it, sleep with it, come to some kind of accommodation with it – how the hell did you do that? How could you look at that dark thing that was you and go on with normal living?

Nyssa always delivers a powerful, hard-hitting story, and this is certainly no exception. And for all that I adore the angst-iness of it, it's the ending, sexy and sweet, that I love best.

If you want satisfying closure on this ep, or just a great read, go have yourself a look :)

Spellbound