Fic, Hope, White Cortina, by DorsetGirl

[dorsetgirl]

Title:    Hope

Author: DorsetGirl

Fandom: Life on Mars

Disclaimer: I don’t own these characters or their universe. BBC/Kudos do. I’m not making any money out of this.

Rating:  White Cortina

Pairings: Sam/Gene

Word Count:  1187

Summary: To have and to hold.

A/N: This is part of the Survival series. It is rather less angsty than recent chapters, and takes

Comments

[jean_geanie]

Beautiful, there's something about the way you write Gene that just fits perfectly with cannon while simultaneously revealing more depth.

[dorsetgirl]

Thank you very much; I'm glad Gene comes over as he should. And yes, I've always felt there's a lot of depth there to work with.

[candesgirl]

He breathed in slowly and felt Sam’s closeness like a caress in his soul. Sam’s breathing was already more regular and even as he laughed at himself for sounding like some nancy novel, Gene started to unwind for the first time in weeks.

Oh this is gorgeous. This bit right here is one of my favorite Gene things ever, it just leaped out at me and attached itself to my heart.

This whole thing is beautifully done, I think it is my fave of the series so far. I love that Gene demanded that Sam be placed back in the private room so he could take care of him, hold him, caress him, the way Gene should be able to. And the bit about Sam moaning his name and having it call up the memory of their last time together is heartbreaking to me, that Gene would know what it sounded like to everyone else, and that he knows intimately what that sound is....All kinds of heartache over that bit.

I love this series to pieces, you know that?

[dorsetgirl]

Your comments make me so happy. It's such a great feeling to know that people are enjoying this. I couldn't seem to get this one to flow properly, so it's a big relief that it seems to have worked for people.

Thank you very much!

[candesgirl]

Oh hun, the flow in this is gorgeous, it really does work so well. To me that is almost the most important part of a fic, flow and character and you have done that so well in all of these, they are such a pleasure to read.

And I have to admit to you, hee, that I almost used the glasses from the Wine and Candles series in the strawberries and chocolate fic I just did. It turned into more light PWP than I intended, so I cut the wine out, but I wanted to just mention them, I so did! I think it is safe to say you write some of my favorite Sam/Gene fic : )

[draycevixen]

Nice entry in the series. Gene wrestling his feelings, knowing what the lines on public behaviour are, his sometimes having to put the city first and the door wedge from Lost & Found. Lovely.

I *think* though that I might have to stop reading these until you declare the series finished. I'm a little OCD about reading things in order -- when I discover a new author I think I might like I have to start with their *first* novel -- but that's my problem of course and NOT yours. In otherwords, please don't take this comment as me being "whiny entitlement bitch" woman insisting on your doing anything to suit me, I'm just explaining myself in case you don't see a comment on your next story in this series. :D

[dorsetgirl]

I'm just explaining myself in case you don't see a comment on your next story

Thanks for the explanation, I appreciate that. At any given time I have no idea when or whether there will be any more of this, although I have had a possible ending on the stocks for a while. I probably will post that last of all.

I’m writing the series this way because it’s the only way I can; if I started reading it through in order, checking it for continuity, working out where the gaps are and filling them in diligently - well, I just wouldn’t. I would feel oppressed by the “obligation” within about three minutes and that would be the end of it. This series started as a one-off, something that just wrote itself because I was desperate to finish something, and I have been so pleased that I’ve managed to have ideas for other bits to go with it. I am also thrilled and gobsmacked at the response to the various parts

[dorsetgirl]

when I discover a new author I think I might like I have to start with their *first* novelErm, yes, that is a bit OCD! I’m quite the opposite; if I discover a new writer I’ll often choose to work backwards, unless it’s a series of course - working from the known to the unknown in gradual stages so that if the style starts to deviate from what I enjoy I can stop. With your approach, don’t you get annoyed or impatient if you go to someone’s first book and find the style is immature or unpolished, or simply too different from the book that got you into them in the first place

[draycevixen]

Warning - weirdness alert! Not weird to me. I think I told you once that writers "hear" voices

[walkerbaby]

this makes me seriously want to cry. I love this series and you're right you can read each of them seperately. They're wonderful as stand alones but even more powerful when you use them as an excuse to just reread the whole thing over.

[dorsetgirl]

You re-read the whole thing? Wow, that is a compliment! I'm really pleased you're still enjoying the series. Thank you.

[dakfinv]

Ooo! I wasn't expecting to see a new part of this so soon and I clapped as soon as I saw it posted.

Pity I don’t have a stone about me person, seeing as I’ve just found meself the two birds I’m looking for.
This line is so Gene and so brilliant. It insults his "enemies" on so many levels. I could just picture their condescending looks when they saw Gene holding Sam's hand and wanted to jump in the story and slap them myself. I adore the love Gene has for Sam and at the same time hurt for them both since I know what's still to come for them.

This series continues to be beautiful and I do hope there is still more to come! I am curious about icudoc's "evil idea" and, without even knowing what it is, the angst-monger in me is hoping that you do use it.

[dorsetgirl]

I totally blush at the idea of you clapping when you saw this!

Pity I don’t have a stone about me person

I'm so pleased you liked that line. I could hear him saying something like that, but I wasn't particularly confident I'd got it spot on. I normally "just write what comes", but I do want to start including a bit more of Gene's very individual speech so it's great that you thought it worked. I sort of imagined the "let him who is without sin cast the first stone" aspect of it, like he was insinuating there was something going on between them.

[I] wanted to jump in the story and slap them myself

*grins madly and punches the air in triumph*

Regarding icudoc's idea, I don't set out to crank up the angst deliberately - this story feels more like I'm just remembering what happened, which I know sounds a bit weird - but it's nice to know I've got an idea in reserve if it transpires that I need Sam to have a big problem.