Best Forgotten, Part 21.

[chazper]

Yes, I'm still slogging alone with this story, but it's been a very hectic month, so I'm afraid this short and unsatisfying installment was the best I could manage. And at that it took me until the very last day to get it done! But for what it's worth, here is

Best Forgotten, Part 21(And yes, it's still wildly AU, ands I still claim none of Josh's

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[oc_gambit2]

aaaahhhhhh! I owe you about a gazbillion comments on this most excellent suspense fic, but for now, to heck with that, just: this is great! Lovely twist having Charlie twig on the cell-phone shutdown. I can *feel* Lucy's paralyzing fear and emotional exhaustion ["She couldn’t bear to be cut off again"] at war with her fierce determination to do what she can for Ryan.

Seth's ringtone musings were about so much more that that. These bits brought tears to my eyes. "A small smile tugged at his mouth and he nodded slowly. “That’s true,” [Ryan] murmured. His voice was so quiet that he might have been speaking to himself. “Sandy is not average at all.”

*and* "....Ryan’s eyes. They had been focused somewhere in the distance, or maybe somewhere inside, and they appeared different than Seth had ever seen them before....only now could he define the change.

They had looked unguarded. That was it.

All their normal wariness, the opaque, protective shield that so often masked his feelings, had disappeared completely from Ryan’s eyes. They had been shining, a clear, defenseless blue.

And they blazed with absolute admiration and trust. Ryan....had trusted Sandy completely." Lovely, lovely! *wipes eyes*