seams by wishtheworst (unrated)
Title: seams
Fandom: Haven
Pairing: Audrey Parker/Duke Crocker/Nathan Wuornos
Categories: post-canon, sad stories, polyamory, canon divergence, choices, angst
Length: Medium, 4723 words
Warnings: series finale spoilers, mention of canon character death.
Author on Livejournal: wishtheworst
Author Website: wishtheworst on AO3
Summary: Nathan, Audrey and Duke make a new life after Croatoan, but Nathan can't quite come to terms with the fate he's chosen.
The first time it came back he was in the shower. The word Croatoan spiked through his brain, meaningless for a second then crushing him under its weight. Suddenly he was freezing under the spray of hot water, hands scrabbling over the slick tiles for some kind of anchor. Minutes later he wiped the fog from the mirror and stood staring at himself for some sign that would give away what he’d done.
My favourite of the post-finale fics so far, though it's not exactly a happy one... 'Unsettling' may be a better word. Nathan has never been ambiguous about his unwillingness to accept anything less than the real thing... but what if Croatoan had put an extra incentive on the table, for that final deal?
Considering the status of the three leads upon leaving the finale, the central concept stands as chilling and all-too-plausible divergence, through the filter of OT3 'ship glasses or even otherwise, and while definitely not fluffy or happy, perhaps a satisfyingly bittersweet fandom rejoinder to what canon left us.
And in the end, I love the bleak in-character determination with which Nathan approaches his new quest, post-choice, in his life as the hero fallen to temptation.
seams
Fandom: Haven
Pairing: Audrey Parker/Duke Crocker/Nathan Wuornos
Categories: post-canon, sad stories, polyamory, canon divergence, choices, angst
Length: Medium, 4723 words
Warnings: series finale spoilers, mention of canon character death.
Author on Livejournal: wishtheworst
Author Website: wishtheworst on AO3
Summary: Nathan, Audrey and Duke make a new life after Croatoan, but Nathan can't quite come to terms with the fate he's chosen.
The first time it came back he was in the shower. The word Croatoan spiked through his brain, meaningless for a second then crushing him under its weight. Suddenly he was freezing under the spray of hot water, hands scrabbling over the slick tiles for some kind of anchor. Minutes later he wiped the fog from the mirror and stood staring at himself for some sign that would give away what he’d done.
My favourite of the post-finale fics so far, though it's not exactly a happy one... 'Unsettling' may be a better word. Nathan has never been ambiguous about his unwillingness to accept anything less than the real thing... but what if Croatoan had put an extra incentive on the table, for that final deal?
Considering the status of the three leads upon leaving the finale, the central concept stands as chilling and all-too-plausible divergence, through the filter of OT3 'ship glasses or even otherwise, and while definitely not fluffy or happy, perhaps a satisfyingly bittersweet fandom rejoinder to what canon left us.
And in the end, I love the bleak in-character determination with which Nathan approaches his new quest, post-choice, in his life as the hero fallen to temptation.
seams