Fic: Rare and Precious Thing (1/1)

[bernie_laraemie]

Title: Rare and Precious Thing
Author: Me
Fandom: G.I. Joe (movie-verse)
Pairing: Rex "The Doctor" Lewis/James McCullen
(a.k.a. Cobra Commander/Destro)
Rating: TA -- Totally Awesome (for explicit sexytimes)
Note: First completed and edited fic in four years? Oh man. Many thanks to beta, blackletter, who is completely responsible for this travesty so

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Long comment is long, says LJ

[bernie_laraemie]

Ah, I am certain there are many fans and many would-be fans of this pairing, made hard to find by both GI Joe's lack of presence on Livejournal and the poor reception of the film. I am glad that you have found my post, however.

I have a few of him un-wigged and one of him unmasked, and I will do what I can to get some of Zartan. The source of them fuzzes out in places and so it's not possible to get a cap in some places, but I will see what I can do.

As for how long he would survive without the ventilator, this story was meant to go along with the longer one I am planning. I think he can survive a few minutes without it--the story did not specify how long he was kissing McCullen for, and also the apprehension and excitement of sex, along with the fact his mouth was more occupied with kissing than breathing, also shortened that ability.

It's something of a spoiler for the story, so I will say that his dependency on the ventilator is not entirely the direct fault of the fire, just mostly so.

As for his burns, he is probably covered in them. Even if his entire body wasn't burned, he would have scars and problems everywhere, as healthy skin would be harvested for grafts, along with whatever advances have been made. I spent a year researching burn injury for another story, and the media's presentation of burn victims puts forth an unrealistic model of recovery--most victims of severe burns never look anything near what they used to. If he was in a bad fire, and the white hue of his skin all over his head suggests that he was, he healed beautifully and had an amazing recovery. I tried to present in the story that he is covered in extensive burns, but that there are areas on him that still retain his original skin, though if used for harvesting for grafts it would also be thin and still healing.

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