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crack_van2004-09-07 07:38 am
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Painful Sacrifices by Susannah Shepherd (NC-17)
Fandom: Blakes 7
Pairing: Avon/Vila
Author on LJ no
Author Website:Susannah Shepherd's Fiction Collection
Why this must be read:
Most of us have at least one episode of our canon that we'd like to alter. Mine is "Orbit", in which I don't so much mind that something very sad happens to Avon and Vila, more that they are both acting well out of character. Susannah's AU would be an eyebrow-raising scenario, but IMO no more out of character than the episode and a lot more fun. Basically, in the episode they are in a shuttle and have to lose weight from it fast, to escape planetary orbit. In the original, Avon very nearly kills Vila and throws him into space, before finding a different solution. Vila, naturally, never trusts him again. But here they find something else to jettison…. This gives you some idea what, so don't read it if you prefer things in order:
Painful Sacrifices
Pairing: Avon/Vila
Author on LJ no
Author Website:Susannah Shepherd's Fiction Collection
Why this must be read:
Most of us have at least one episode of our canon that we'd like to alter. Mine is "Orbit", in which I don't so much mind that something very sad happens to Avon and Vila, more that they are both acting well out of character. Susannah's AU would be an eyebrow-raising scenario, but IMO no more out of character than the episode and a lot more fun. Basically, in the episode they are in a shuttle and have to lose weight from it fast, to escape planetary orbit. In the original, Avon very nearly kills Vila and throws him into space, before finding a different solution. Vila, naturally, never trusts him again. But here they find something else to jettison…. This gives you some idea what, so don't read it if you prefer things in order:
He picked up the last few pieces that Vila had missed and strode to the airlock, where Vila had already dumped his load of clothes. Avon tossed everything through the door, but the load fell awkwardly from his arms as his fingers tangled in still-warm cloth. His leather jacket fell on his feet, and he bent to pick it up.
The leather felt good against his palms, worn to softness and moulded to the shape of his body by extended wear. The very smell of it was comfortingly familiar. He ran a loving finger across a silver stud, and sighed. The things he and this jacket had been through together...
‘Come on, Avon, what the hell are you doing?’ Vila’s voice had a high-pitched edge to it. ‘Throw the damn thing in there and let’s space this load! We’re running out of time!’
‘I’m cold, Vila,’ he said, aware of just how pathetically weak and disingenuous that sounded.
‘I don’t bloody care! That jacket weighs as much as your bloody boots, if not more! Would you rather we were warm or dead?’
Avon looked at Vila and wished, for a single irrational second, that he had the gun. Then he realised just how stupid that thought was. Good thieves were even harder to replace than favourite jackets. Vila took the matter out of his hands before he had time to react. He snatched the jacket from Avon, tossed it into the airlock, spun the door shut and spaced the load.
Painful Sacrifices