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The Last Virtue by Yahtzee (PG-13)
Fandom: Angel
Pairing: Mentions of Fred/Gunn, Angel/Cordelia, Cordelia/Connor
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yahtzee63
Author Website: Yahtzee's Fic
Why this must be read: Because the most wonderful time of year to be Charles Gunn is always.
I love Gunn, and there's just not nearly enough fic written from his perspective. This story has the perfect mix of elements: Gunn's background and family, his problematic relationships with both Fred and Wesley, his perspective on the messed-up dynamics between Angel, Connor and Cordelia, and, of course, an Apocalypse. Also, the New Year's Eve moment with Angel? Absolutely priceless.
He's always considered Kwanzaa severely suspect, a fake holiday that has less to do with being black than it does with selling crap like the kente-cloth table runners. In darker moments, he thinks it's probably the result of an evil collaboration between Al Sharpton and Hallmark. He thought the rest of his adopted family felt more or less the same. So far as he knows, Mama Jeane has never given the holiday a second thought until now.
What the hell is the point of starting a new tradition this year? Gunn thinks. Fire rains down on the world more nights than it doesn't. Earthquakes shake them weekly. Omens and portents aren't whispers reported to Lorne in back alleys anymore; they lead the Nightly News. The anchormen don't know how to spin this; their faces are uncharacteristically uncertain and open. Gunn thinks Tom Brokaw has started drinking. He wouldn't be the only one.
The world's ending. Everyone knows it. Everyone, that is, except fools, children and Mama Jeane.
The Last Virtue
Pairing: Mentions of Fred/Gunn, Angel/Cordelia, Cordelia/Connor
Author on LJ:
yahtzee63Author Website: Yahtzee's Fic
Why this must be read: Because the most wonderful time of year to be Charles Gunn is always.
I love Gunn, and there's just not nearly enough fic written from his perspective. This story has the perfect mix of elements: Gunn's background and family, his problematic relationships with both Fred and Wesley, his perspective on the messed-up dynamics between Angel, Connor and Cordelia, and, of course, an Apocalypse. Also, the New Year's Eve moment with Angel? Absolutely priceless.
He's always considered Kwanzaa severely suspect, a fake holiday that has less to do with being black than it does with selling crap like the kente-cloth table runners. In darker moments, he thinks it's probably the result of an evil collaboration between Al Sharpton and Hallmark. He thought the rest of his adopted family felt more or less the same. So far as he knows, Mama Jeane has never given the holiday a second thought until now.
What the hell is the point of starting a new tradition this year? Gunn thinks. Fire rains down on the world more nights than it doesn't. Earthquakes shake them weekly. Omens and portents aren't whispers reported to Lorne in back alleys anymore; they lead the Nightly News. The anchormen don't know how to spin this; their faces are uncharacteristically uncertain and open. Gunn thinks Tom Brokaw has started drinking. He wouldn't be the only one.
The world's ending. Everyone knows it. Everyone, that is, except fools, children and Mama Jeane.
The Last Virtue