Fic: Riding the Dragon Part 4

[ausmac]

Title: Riding the Dragon Part 4
Characters: Sam Tyler, Gene Hunt
Rating: Red Cortina, for drug use, and the effects thereof.
Warning: Note this story involves the abuse of some serious drugs, and a somewhat abused Sam Tyler.
Wordage: This part 2,900 words
Riding the Dragon Part 1
Riding the Dragon Part 2
Riding the Dragon Part 3

Comments

[jean_geanie]

Wow, I love the idea that Warren was administering drugs to "help" Sam in the real world. And if it weren't for the fact that Sam's been turned into a junkie there wouldn't be much wrong with being stuck in a small room with a Gene Hunt who feeds him chocolate.

This was awesome (but is there more coming?? *hopeful*)

[ausmac]

I know, that was my strike of inspiration that got me writing again. And yes, there is more coming in time (-:

[time_testudinem]

I love how you did something unexpected with this. Love Sam's dialog in this. Eagerly waiting for more.

[ausmac]

Thank you, I'm trying to thick outside the square.

[liquorishflame]

It's interesting that Sam's choice here is both hard and easy. Easy in that if he stays in 2007, he'll be on a pension, unable to work at what he really loves. Hard in that he'll be going back to a difficult drug withdrawl and the misery of having been addicted. But he's got Gene to help him. And Nelson :)
This is the best chapter yet.

[ausmac]

That was the decision I was trying to show, yes, and the fact that he chose to go back meant that even with the pain, it was a more important place to him. Thank you for the good words.

[liquorishflame]

Yeh, I do kinda talk about what's right in front of me, I'm Captain Obvious that way >_< Doh!

[ausmac]

*blink* Pardon? I wasn't being mean there, just expanding on your comment. Just trying to say I was pleased that the notion of that difficult choice came through, sometimes the twists of plot don't always work. I DID appreciate it, really.

[nepthys_uk]

Very clever take on 2007, and Sam's way of getting back to 1973. And this:

Sam cracked an eye open and viewed the lump of chocolate in Gene's hand. "No thanks. Watching my weight."

"Funny boy. Nelson said you should eat it. You need the sugar and it will make you feel better, which is deeply important to me, of course. Now eat it before I insert it anally."

managed to make me laugh in amongst all the anguish! looking forward to more:)

[violateviolet]

*concurs*

Sam & Gene dialogue is spot on there.

[ausmac]

Thanks - I was trying for a sort of quirky approach to the whole withdrawal thing; it could have got too tackily angsty otherwise. I think it sort of worked. (-:

[daniramble]

heh shower...

Love how you tied the times together and I await more

[ausmac]

Thank you - and the poor lad definitely needed to get clean, even if he didn't think so at the time.