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crack_van2004-09-11 01:25 pm
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Alone by Daydreamer
Fandom: Starsky and Hutch
Pairing: Starsky & Hutch
Fic Link: http://meandthee.shahrazad.net/display.php?storyid=405
Why this must be read: How long can a man hold out hope? How long can he survive alone, cut off from reality? How long can he suffer? Those are all questions one must ask in this story. Hutch is taken away, kidnapped, and put in isolation. Starsky searches, relentlessly hanging onto any lead he can find. But as the days stretch into months and the months stretch into years, how much hope is left? And as the time passes, Hutch's only companion is the visions he creates for himself. Even the pain is welcome because it reminds him he's still real.
And when he's found, when Starsky finally gets the lead that brings Hutch home, that's only the beginning of their journey. Hutch left as a whole man, a strong partner, and he came back broken, a ghost of himself, cut off from what is real. The scenes that are created in this story are heart-breaking. The scene that will always stay with me is Hutch, on the bathroom floor, counting the tiles.
He needed something familiar.
He needed something to do.
He needed his routine.
Hutch turned his attention to the floor and all the little tiles and began to count.
This story defies labels because at the heart of it is one truth. It's about two men trying to regain what was lost, both physically and mentally.
Pairing: Starsky & Hutch
Fic Link: http://meandthee.shahrazad.net/display.php?storyid=405
Why this must be read: How long can a man hold out hope? How long can he survive alone, cut off from reality? How long can he suffer? Those are all questions one must ask in this story. Hutch is taken away, kidnapped, and put in isolation. Starsky searches, relentlessly hanging onto any lead he can find. But as the days stretch into months and the months stretch into years, how much hope is left? And as the time passes, Hutch's only companion is the visions he creates for himself. Even the pain is welcome because it reminds him he's still real.
And when he's found, when Starsky finally gets the lead that brings Hutch home, that's only the beginning of their journey. Hutch left as a whole man, a strong partner, and he came back broken, a ghost of himself, cut off from what is real. The scenes that are created in this story are heart-breaking. The scene that will always stay with me is Hutch, on the bathroom floor, counting the tiles.
He needed something familiar.
He needed something to do.
He needed his routine.
Hutch turned his attention to the floor and all the little tiles and began to count.
This story defies labels because at the heart of it is one truth. It's about two men trying to regain what was lost, both physically and mentally.