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A Time to Heal by Maquis Leader (R)
Fandom: STARSKY AND HUTCH
Pairing: none
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maquisleader
Author Website: http://maquisleader.com/
Why this must be read: Growing up in the seventies and eighties, everything was about the Vietnam War - and I'm not even American. This story has a Starsky that remembers Vietnam, but doesn't talk about it, and a Hutch who keenly feels the fact that he wasn't there. What made this story really work for me is the interaction between the two characters. There's not a lot of action, but the relationship rings true, the dialogue is funny and in character, and the interaction sometimes makes you feel like you're watching the show - what better praise is there than that?
"Starsky – " Hutch pushed a slice of cucumber around with his fork. "It’s just – "
"You know, this should have taken about ten seconds. I’d ask why, you’d say it’s a good cause, and we’re done." Picking up his hamburger, he bit into it.
"I did say it was for a good cause!"
"After you were evasive about it."
"I was not evasive!"
"You were." Starsky pointed an onion ring at Hutch. "And you looked guilty. I’m a detective, I know what guilty looks like."
A Time to Heal
Pairing: none
Author on LJ:
maquisleaderAuthor Website: http://maquisleader.com/
Why this must be read: Growing up in the seventies and eighties, everything was about the Vietnam War - and I'm not even American. This story has a Starsky that remembers Vietnam, but doesn't talk about it, and a Hutch who keenly feels the fact that he wasn't there. What made this story really work for me is the interaction between the two characters. There's not a lot of action, but the relationship rings true, the dialogue is funny and in character, and the interaction sometimes makes you feel like you're watching the show - what better praise is there than that?
"Starsky – " Hutch pushed a slice of cucumber around with his fork. "It’s just – "
"You know, this should have taken about ten seconds. I’d ask why, you’d say it’s a good cause, and we’re done." Picking up his hamburger, he bit into it.
"I did say it was for a good cause!"
"After you were evasive about it."
"I was not evasive!"
"You were." Starsky pointed an onion ring at Hutch. "And you looked guilty. I’m a detective, I know what guilty looks like."
A Time to Heal
Oh my!
The friendship between Starsky and Hutch is what I loved and what I love to write about. Somewhere I wondered since Starsky mentioned the army if he'd been in Vietnam, and since we knew Hutch had went to college if he hadn't been to Vietnam. How Hutch felt about that is where the story came from.
Glad you liked it and saying that you felt as if you were watching the show is just the best feedback I've ever had!