The Hurt Locker Fiction: "Lethal Games" (PG-13)

[halfshellvenus]

Title: Lethal Games
Fandom: The Hurt Locker
Author: HalfshellVenus
Characters: JT Sanborn, Will James (Gen, Drama)
Rating: PG-13
Summary: It's too hard to watch this, but he can't turn away…
Author's Notes: happywriter06 requested any kind of Will/JT ("The Hurt Locker") for The Fall Fandom Free-For-All. This is for you, because I know you could use some love

Comments

[halfshellvenus]

I love the character of James because he's the kind of guy that makes you want to punch him.
So good at what he does, and yet so infuriating, and dangerous to other people because of that overconfidence.

And I loved JT because of his steadiness in dealing with every situation, no matter how aggravating. You could never be sure Eldridge wouldn't come apart, but JT was utterly dependable even if it was killing him to stay planted in a bad situation.

My favorite line because it takes me back to how I felt watching that scene. I was nervous because their interactions coudld've gone either way and they can't afford to hate each other.
The whole movie made me nervous, because they keep returning to incredibly dangerous situations and then you have the volatility of James and his risky choices on top of it. I spent half the movie waiting for them to kill each other out of some form of stupidity. And I know what you mean about that scene-- it could have turned so easily into something poisonous and unfixable, and in the end they'll still have to get up and work together the next day.

I'm so glad you liked this! I hope it brought you some much needed happy, just having your own story from a very random-fandom indeed. ♥