TEAM WHIMSY: Day 12, "Weak Men Must Fall"

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Title: Weak Men Must Fall
Author: caersmane Caers Mane
Team: Whimsy
Prompt: "Actually, I was hoping to circumvent the explanation."
Pairing(s): Vecchio/Kowalski
Length: 4500 words
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Dark, some swearing
Summary: Angels can fall, and men can be broken. But will one give up his chance at redemption to help another heal?
Author's notes:

Comments

[j_s_cavalcante]

Ow, ow, ow...I'm glad we started with the premise that this isn't Reality. And it's AU, with a different version of the Victoria story. But it was still dark and hurty as all get-out. The fallen-angel thing. The wounds from where his wings were! *cries*

And his purpose. An AMAZING explanation for the Victoria arc. Also an amazing explanation for Kowalski's sudden appearance in the storyline, his parents, and how he got his name.

This might just be the most chilling sentence in this whole dark story:

It's going to be a long time before she sees her mother....and it's about a character we never even meet, but...a child! Purgatory! And Fraser, oh, God, Fraser is mortal, and yet he knows this. Knows too much. *cries

[travels_in_time]

Wow. Everything J.S. said. Dark and hurty and fascinating and hopeful and yes.

[caersmane]

Thank you! :) I'm so glad you liked it.

[mikes_grrl]

Yes, again, pretty much what J.S. said. A very haunting fic. Like Kyria, though, I am more focused on Kowalski's sacrifice and the doomed little girl than anything. Kowalski, drifting, waiting, hoping...gawd that hurts. And Fraser KNOWING the girl child has to pay a price for her suicide is heartbreaking; helplessness IS heartbreaking, and this fic captures that in a soul-deep way.

Beautiful story arc; yes, I'd like to see more in this 'verse but if not, it stands magnificently on its own.

[caersmane]

Thank you for saying helplessness instead of hopelessness. I don't think it's possible for humankind to be hopeless (except in scattered individual cases) but to feel helpless is all too common.
Whilst I wrote back story, world history and what happens next in my head (it makes it easier to slice a chunk of it out that way) there won't be anymore from me in this world. This is it, and thanks for visiting.

[caersmane]

You made me cheer with this, esp. as the first comment! \o/

I knew I was right to not go about explaining everything. This fandom is so damn smart! I was so thrilled that you got the story. And yes, that Fraser and Vecchio have some hope at the end :)

[j_s_cavalcante]

Cheering was well deserved. It is a brilliant piece of work. You should certainly be proud of it.

[caersmane]

Inordinately proud of it. *hugs betas* They totally helped me realise parts of this that I couldn't otherwise have conveyed.