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Fic: The Art of Being Lost and Found (15/?), blue cortina, dakfinv

Oct 21, 2008 16:05

Title: The Art of Being Lost and Found (15/?)
Author: dak12
Word Count: 1255 (this part); (20,718 in total, so far)
Rating: blue cortina
Warnings: none here
Summary: Post 2.08. When the Guv goes missing, CID is saddled with an inept "interim" DCI. To find Gene, and the truth, Ray must team up with a hated enemy.
A/N: The Dark Horse Pub is actually a pub ( Read more... )

fic, character: ray, character: sam, character: chris

Comments 19

amproof October 21 2008, 21:01:18 UTC

Oh my god, I am in turns vastly amused and horrified by this. Sam! He's an adorable loon. And Ray--living on De Nile. Sure, Ray, it's normal for someone to lose weight in the hospital...

"two hopeful faces" love it!

dakfinv October 22 2008, 17:53:16 UTC

Sam is a sweetie when he's all doped up and shocked beyond repair, isn't it? Ray's very happy on De Nile. He's enjoying it quite a lot. :)

Thank you!

seileach67 October 21 2008, 21:21:39 UTC

"Disappearance?" Sam asked, his fork frozen halfway to his mouth. "Is Gene missing?" AWWWW!! I want brainy!Sam back NOW DAMMIT!!! D:
*sobs and hugs Sam even closer*
And I love the way you have Sam realizing how his jump hurt everybody back in 2006, but he feels it was worth it(or is trying to convince himself of that).

dakfinv October 22 2008, 17:53:54 UTC

Brainy!Sam is somewhere. Unfortunately, he went out to lunch and hasn't returned...

Thank you!

jean_geanie October 21 2008, 21:47:03 UTC

Ohhhh *pouts* you can't deny him treacle sponge when he's crazy.

(well not that he really is crazy, *mumbles about stupid treatments*)

That aside, I'm starting to think it's actually worse for Ray than Chris to see Sam this way because Ray saw Sam before the extra treatments and knows how much he's deteriorated since. Probably why he's being so harsh now, there's nothing like a little guilt to set your temper on edge.

Chris is still being a sweetheart btw.

I'm starting to get worried it's seeming less and less likely the two of them are going to choose not to return Sam at the end of the day.

dakfinv October 22 2008, 17:55:50 UTC

Gene wouldn't deny him treacle sponge, but Ray would.

Ray is feeling guilty, except he's not used to feeling guilty, so he doesn't know what guilt feels liked. If that makes any sense. Maybe he'll learn. :)

Thank you!

wesseling October 21 2008, 22:31:11 UTC

I had treacle sponge last weekend! ^^
(And while I was eating it someone stole my handbag. Life's not fair.)

Poor Sam. He's still messed up by the drugs (and electro shocks, I guess). I hope he is able to provide Ray with some new and useful information, otherwise Sammy will never get to eat treacle sponge again. :(

dakfinv October 22 2008, 17:56:26 UTC

Isn't treacle sponge fantastic? (I'm sorry about your handbag, though. That wasn't nice.)

Thank you!

wesseling October 22 2008, 21:47:07 UTC

I really enjoyed the custard! That was yummy! While eating the actual treacle sponge I felt my teeth rot in my mouth -it was SO sweet!
(No, it wasn't nice. I got it back though, just without the money and creditcard... Where's Gene Hunt when you need him?)

mikes_grrl October 21 2008, 22:40:50 UTC

OMG, this would be hysterically funny if I weren't crying for Sam. He's so detached and methodical, and yet everything is so near the surface, it is breaking him. I love the bit where he can't believe he's that selfish, that he spent his life on a fantasy and didn't help anyone. It's good for him to question that...but, er, maybe not while on heavy drugs and electroshock therapy???? *wrings hands with worry*

I've still got, oh, 26 different versions of what the plot is going to be, so I won't hash on about that. Still...Vera invited SAM over? And they cooked together? And SAM was stalking Haynes? *wonders about the Sam/Missus connection*

Always great! Can't wait for more!!!

[puts on tough love hat] hmpf October 21 2008, 23:17:04 UTC

>I love the bit where he can't believe he's that selfish, that he spent his life on a fantasy and didn't help anyone. It's good for him to question that...but, er, maybe not while on heavy drugs and electroshock therapy????

Maybe the therapy is *working*, if he's gained that crucial bit of insight about himself from it... *eg*

[/takes off tough love hat]

Actually... I'm probably not really kidding, with the above. I do think that, with the amount of delusion and reckless abandon he's shown in 2.08, it's likely that it would take massive amounts of unpleasantness in 1973 (such as dak delivers here) to make him question the rightness of his decision... So maybe he actually does need this horrible experience to understand something very important about himself.

@ dak: Still enjoying this. And not just in a sadistic 'Sam!torture YAY!' way. ;-)

Re: [puts on tough love hat] dakfinv October 22 2008, 18:00:23 UTC

I know what you mean about the tough love, and Sam will have more ponderings over his 2006 choices, whether Ray notices or not.

Thank you!

dakfinv October 22 2008, 17:59:23 UTC

I could write the happy!crack version of this fic. severinne did suggest a rent boy version which caused my brain to think of this...

*imagines a whole other story where crazy!rentboy!Sam waits for Gene to arrive, never knowing if he'll show up or not*

Then it would be okay to laugh. :)

Oh, and a plot? There's a plot here? What plot? Oh, that plot. Yeah, I remember. For a minute there, I was just having way too much fun with crazy!Sam.