Fic: Fickle Thing, Happiness, green cortina, dakfinv

[dakfinv]

Title: Fickle Thing, Happiness (Part of the Steady As She Goes AU)
Author: dak
Word Count: 5785 words
Rating: green cortina
Warning: angst
Pairing: Sam/OC
Summary: Why can't life be simple, neat, and contained? Why does time-traveling have to make things so complicated?
A/N: This is another one-shot set in my SASG AU. Takes place after Bygones. So, it won

Comments

[jean_geanie]

This was brilliant. I'm reading this ridiculously late at night so I'll apologize in advance for the short comment but... I just loved it to bits.

Thank you!

[dakfinv]

Thank you so much!

[culf]

I'm not going to cry, I'm not going to cry...
Is it weird that it was the "Who’d want to watch this shite anyhow?” that broke me?
You know how worried I've been about this bit, but I'm happy to say that it didn't hurt as much as I'd been afraid it would. It was just a date, and they got back together again. Also, yay for Annie being included. She's needed for talking some sense into him.
I'm still heartbroken over Gene being dead, though. *wants him back badly*

Yet another great instalment for this. You know I love it, but I'm going to tell you again. I love this!

[dakfinv]

I was going to go for a full out cheating fling, but then I knew Sam wouldn't be able to get over that, and I did want them to end up together. See? I'm a a softy at heart.

I wish I could bring Gene back. I really did. But I do like the undercurrent of sadness that runs through these fics because he's gone.

Thank you!!

[culf]

Can't you... Can't you just write a tiny AU off-shoot where Gene miraculously isn't dead, just for me? Just a tiny one that you can disregard when you keep writing these other sequels.
*begs prettily*
*shoves tied and writting rent boys in your direction*
Please?

[dakfinv]

Mmmm...rent boys. Well, maybe if you sew me that Cecil I'd consider it... ;)

We'll see. I might write it as Christmas gift, just for you.

[mikes_grrl]

I so love these stories! SaSG is a classic of the fandom, with reason, but to be perfectly honest, I am enjoying the 'after' stories even more than the epic itself. This, despite the fact that Gene is dead and the CID team is scattered! And I love Gladys; I know how it is with OCs, the worry that fans won't like someone 'new' breaking the good old groove, but I adore her, she fits in perfectly with Sam in 2007.

And I really love Sam here, warring with who he became in the 70s and the lessons he learned there (way to go in the interrogation room! heh!) and the Sam he used to be before the accident. His friendship with Maya and his relationship with Gladys are beautiful, complex reflections of the changes in Sam. He's still the fatalistic person he turned into during SaSG, but with a dose of reasoning added back in, and a need to move forward instead of backwards.

Well. Anyway. LOVE THIS!!!! <3

[dakfinv]

Thank you so much! I think I'm having more fun writing the after stories than the fic itself, if only because I know that these little stories have an ending point!

Writing Sam here has been so difficult because I have to keep in mind not only the canon character, but the person he became after all those horrible things I put him through. So, I'm very, very happy that you like him here.

[jpgr]

Aw, a return to SASG! You know I love this 'verse of yours. ANd you brought Annie in! If this fic fought its way into being, I'm kinda glad it won. A wonderful addition.

Five minutes later, they were nestled together on the couch as they watched a larger than life man shrunk down to fit a television screen Fab line!

[dakfinv]

I just can't seem to keep this AU away. As soon as I think I'm finished, another bunny rears it's ugly head.

Thank you!

[space_oddity_75]

You EVIL girl! I wish I had a webcam to show you the tears that are streaming down my face. I really feel for Sam here, especially because of the complexity of his personal problems and the fact that it's not easy for him to overcome his issues and lead a pseudo-normal life after all he's been through. *hugs Sam*

"I thought, if I’m going to have a serious relationship, it needs to be with someone stable. Someone normal. Someone who hasn’t been through Hell and back with the scars to prove it.”

This sentence is so perfect, as is the rest of the fic. The SASG universe always manages to break my heart in tiny little pieces. Please don't stop here now! I want to see a bit more of Sam/Gladys and their final reconciliation (unless you're planning to make him suffer some more, poor boy!).

[dakfinv]

I'm sorry for making you cry! I didn't mean to with this one. Sam is trying really hard to be normal, and we all know that's not easy for him.

Thank you so much!

(And I know there will be at least one more SASG fic.)