Alison Was Here, by cgb (PG13)

[anenko.livejournal.com]

Fandom: ALIAS
Pairing: Primarily gen; background Allison/Will, Allison/Sark
Author on LJ: mandysbitch
Author’s Website: Fanfiction by Christine
Why this must be read:

I find that there are many interesting aspects to be explored in Allison/Francie’s storyline, and cgb tackles many of those very issues here: memory, and identity, and what, if anything, of Francie seeped into Allison.

Allison, season three, on who she was and who she is now.

She measures time in cigarettes. Days and hours slip away from her but she counts the number of cigarettes it takes to get from her hotel to the airport and from LA to Wisconsin (one packet and three) and she understands that time makes its mark even when you no longer measure it in seconds and hours.

Four cigarettes later and Will Tippin appears at the front of his apartment block. He holding the security gate open, waiting until he's joined by a Eurasian girl with hair in a long ponytail and jeans with patches. They talk on the pavement for a while, Tippin with his hands stuffed in his pockets and the girl fingering the shoulder strap of her satchel. It's a familiar dance, albeit one she remembers from more innocent times, college days of caffeine and cheap beer and boys who told her she had a beautiful smile.

Was that her or did she see that in a movie somewhere? The memory is grainy and tinted with sepia. Maybe that happened to Francie? She spent so much time becoming Francie she forgot to leave a space where she ended and Francie began.

Alison Was Here

Comments

[mandysbitch.livejournal.com]

Hey wow. Thanks for the rec. You know, out of all the stories I've written this one stands out as one of my favourites. It didn't receive a lot of feedback (well - pretty much zilch, actually) and maybe because Alison isn't anyone's favourite character - but I'm really pleased to see one or two people out there saying they really liked it. Cheers.

[anenko.livejournal.com]

It didn't receive a lot of feedback (well - pretty much zilch, actually)

I'm guilty of not feedbacking. I really enjoy your stories, but I set this one aside in my "to read/rec" file and only got to it recently.

maybe because Alison isn't anyone's favourite character - but I'm really pleased to see one or two people out there saying they really liked it.

Allison always came across as really. . . *wooden* in canon, but there is still so much that can be done with her. You fleshed out her character in this piece, and made me care for her.

[mandysbitch.livejournal.com]

I'm guilty of not feedbacking.

Yeah - I think we all are to an extent. It really didn't bother me - it just sort of leaves me wondering if it worked for others as well as it worked for me. I liked it - and I'm very hard to please. ;)

Allison always came across as really. . . *wooden* in canon

But sexy!

You fleshed out her character in this piece, and made me care for her

Thanks - that's really cool. But I'm blaming Merrin Dungey. Who managed to look so disaffected while playing Alison. It really worked on me.