Being Human: Sleep of Reason [Hal/Rook] 5/? co-written w/ shirogiku

[istne_pieklo]

Title: “Sleep of Reason”
Author: shirogiku, Shaitanah
Rating: NC-17
Timeline: post-vampire revolution
Summary: Hal Yorke took three things from Rook: his job, his integrity and his faith. To get them back, Rook gambles everything he's got left. [Hal/Rook, Hal/Cutler]
Disclaimer: Being Human belongs to Toby Whithouse and the BBC.
A/N: Never

Comments

[zoicite]

I feel like I'm behind on...just about everything this month and only realized this afternoon that I was a chapter behind on this fic as well! I've had a bit of bourbon so I'm not sure I'm especially articulate at the moment, but here goes:

This chapter had a nice flow to it and there was a lot of great character stuff here.

“Why are you doing this?” the boy whispered. “Why not just kill us and be done with it?”
Rook froze.

I thought this moment was really well done and was excellent setup for the conversation later re: Rook wondering if his efforts were worth anything/did any good at all.

I loved the entire exchange re: Hal summoning the Devil, his admission that he did so to get into Lady Catherine's pants (that really does seem to be the primary reason based on what was shown in 5x01), Rook's mockery, and the threats involving Cutler.

Also, the tea moment and then the strip poker scene later. Such flirting/teasing/tension. Continue, please. ;) (This has absolutely nothing to do with anything, more just a confession of brain lapse on my part: I had a bit of a UK-US mistranslation moment where I ended up very confused during the poker scene as to why Hal was acting like his pants were in the way when it came to removing his...pants. Duh. And oops!)

some mutant cross between Shepherd's pie and lasagna
I cannot decide if this sounds gross or possibly good! Huh...I just googled and there actually are recipes out there for Shepherd's pie lasagna. Who knew.

Somehow I managed to forget that the 60 years with Leo and Pearl still happened to Hal in this story (though I know they were mentioned a few chapters ago) so when they came up here, it got a nice "oooh" from me. It was good seeing Hal crack just a bit there.

Looking forward to part 2!

[istne_pieklo]

I know the feeling. XDD
Hal summoning the Devil I'll never get tired of mocking that XDDDD
For all his talks about the greater good, Rook isn't a good person. He never really pretended he was, but we thought he should examine his work closer and realize that it wasn't such a good thing either. If anything, it helped the vampire invasion, not stopped it. Poor Rook)))
I had a bit of a UK-US mistranslation moment where I ended up very confused during the poker scene as to why Hal was acting like his pants were in the way when it came to removing his...pants. I used to have those a lot until I started watching many Brit shows and just paying way more attention to Brit English. XDDDD
I just googled and there actually are recipes out there for Shepherd's pie lasagna. Whatever he made was probably only supposed to be one of those things XDDD
Of course they happened. :) Wouldn't lose those for the world! XD
Thank you for the comment. <333 We're happy you're still enjoying the story! We're having a bit of a hiatus now due to RL circumstances, but hopefully we'll resume work at the end of the month.