INSTA-REC, AHOY
Ever read one of those fics that knocks you flat on your ass and makes you want to get back up and read the hell out of it all over again?
That just just been my experience with birddi's We Were a Difference Story (A Romance of Complications). It's Academy!fic Gaila/Kirk, which, you might not know, is my second favourite pairing in the Trek universe. Pre!Spock Gaila/Kirk is my KTP (Kinda True Pairing).
This fic, guys. THIS FIC. It's poignant, brilliantly written, emotional, and sharp as a tack. Time and again i found myself pierced through with the honesty of Gaila's POV, and drawn in by the subtle shift of her beliefs. Ugh. This is a beautiful thing. So beautiful that I had to run over and rec it. Absolutely stunning!
Excerpt:
Jim is insular. He stands out from others as a blaze of burning light, brilliant, something to keep your eye on. There’s two sides to greatness, always has been. There’s power, prestige, and luxury. On the other side of the coin is an untouchable loneliness, a leader must always lead. You know this because your sisters have made a life style of catering to these people’s desperate need to be needed.
It’s no wonder why you end up together.
You may not always be able to tell the difference between what he wants and what he needs and what you’re willing to give but he isn’t a complete unknown either. Jim is a study in self-denial. He allows for an excess of little things while preventing himself the comfort of the big ones. He’ll miss the classes he can and slouch at attention. He’ll eat two helpings of dessert, but won’t bother you if you ignore him.
A psychology degree isn’t needed to see what that means. There’s a type of symmetry in self-denial. When you believe nothing is yours, you are given everything. It’s something from one of those ascetic lifestyles you don’t really understand. For Jim the world must be very beautiful, and very lonely.
That just just been my experience with birddi's We Were a Difference Story (A Romance of Complications). It's Academy!fic Gaila/Kirk, which, you might not know, is my second favourite pairing in the Trek universe. Pre!Spock Gaila/Kirk is my KTP (Kinda True Pairing).
This fic, guys. THIS FIC. It's poignant, brilliantly written, emotional, and sharp as a tack. Time and again i found myself pierced through with the honesty of Gaila's POV, and drawn in by the subtle shift of her beliefs. Ugh. This is a beautiful thing. So beautiful that I had to run over and rec it. Absolutely stunning!
Excerpt:
Jim is insular. He stands out from others as a blaze of burning light, brilliant, something to keep your eye on. There’s two sides to greatness, always has been. There’s power, prestige, and luxury. On the other side of the coin is an untouchable loneliness, a leader must always lead. You know this because your sisters have made a life style of catering to these people’s desperate need to be needed.
It’s no wonder why you end up together.
You may not always be able to tell the difference between what he wants and what he needs and what you’re willing to give but he isn’t a complete unknown either. Jim is a study in self-denial. He allows for an excess of little things while preventing himself the comfort of the big ones. He’ll miss the classes he can and slouch at attention. He’ll eat two helpings of dessert, but won’t bother you if you ignore him.
A psychology degree isn’t needed to see what that means. There’s a type of symmetry in self-denial. When you believe nothing is yours, you are given everything. It’s something from one of those ascetic lifestyles you don’t really understand. For Jim the world must be very beautiful, and very lonely.