[fic] Street of Dreams 1/1 (Band of Brothers, gen, Guarnere-centric)

[garnettrees]

So, the authors of Berlin by Christmas have been revealed. I was right, Leigh did write "Dead Men and Dreamers"! Yay for me, I win. ^_~
(Just the title alerted me, darling. It was a Leigh title. Also, no one writes Lipton like you do-- no one could actually crawl inside Speirs scary brain. You have slain me with the beauty of this story, honestly.

Comments

[cunien]

Guarnere fic! Wow - there are not nearly enough of these babies around.

First off - yeah, Guarnere - not the easiest guy to write, but this just blew me away. I loved seeing him as a kid - I love that it's not just a little boy with the same nam - it is Guarnere. You've just got him perfectly. Perhaps my favourite line :

'"Wasn' gonna do nothin'," he grins, mouth full. '

Lol. That just cracks me up - it is so him, the little scamp!

That's a lie. That's not what happened. The truth is that Bill Guarnere never dreamed at all. On the night his brother died, felled by some Kraut in the cold desert empty, Guarnere was sleeping with a full belly, warm in one of the stalls converted for barracks use.

Now there's a slice of fried gold if ever I did see one! This is seriously good. The guilt you've hinted at there, of Guarnere being warm and comfortable the night his brother died is just incredibly sad. I also just loved the way you span the tale of this dream and then turn around with 'That's a lie.' - brilliant story telling.

'Telling and hearing are two different things.' - this line is just so good - it's so simple but really effective.

' As he falls, he chants the same thing he did as he touched each smooth black bead.
"Bastard. Bastard."

He puts four bullets in the first Kraut he sees.
'

Whoa. What a way to end. This fic is just so great - brillintly written and original. Thanks so much for sharing.
x.

[garnettrees]

Guarnere fic! Wow - there are not nearly enough of these babies around.
You have Miss abyssinia4077 to thank for that; it was her request. ^_~

I loved seeing him as a kid - I love that it's not just a little boy with the same nam - it is Guarnere.
I'm so glad that worked! I always worry about delving into childhoods, but I can't seem to stay away from it, either. ^^;

I also just loved the way you span the tale of this dream and then turn around with 'That's a lie.' - brilliant story telling.
*blush* Thank you so much for the kind comments. All of them. You're really too sweet.

-Meredith