Fic: Steady As She Goes (24/86), Blue Cortina, dakfinv

[dakfinv]

Title: Steady As She Goes (24/86)
Author: dak
Word Count: 2041 this part; [44,115 overall]
Summary for Whole: After an accidental shooting at the station, Gene struggles to keep his team from tearing themselves apart. 
Summary this Part: Gene talks to Sam.
Rating: still Blue-ish Cortina, uhm, what's slightly darker than blue?
Warnings: angst, swearing,

Comments

[talkingtothesky]

Oooh, Chris! Don't get angry, please! That's not going to help Sam...

Gene is perfect in this: Sam pouted and sighed. Gene knew he wanted to talk about it, wanted to talk to him about it, but Gene couldn’t. He didn’t do that. That’s what the plonk was for. Let her handle it. Gene couldn’t do it. He just...he couldn’t. He wants to help Sam, knows Sam wants his help, but can't bring himself to let go of his pride, or his gruff exterior or whatever it is that's holding him back.

I'm loving this fic, more please! :D

[dakfinv]

Thanks! I'm glad you liked that Gene bit. I actually added it at the last second, so I'm happy it worked.

Next part's typed up, just have to proofread and post.

[hambelandjemima]

Awww, he needs hugs to get him better, not paperwork *pouts*

Oh, alright then, he'll be happy working on the case, and God knows they could do with the help.

Yet again, loads happening. Love the interaction between Sam and Gene - spot-on as usual. It's up to Annie to explain to Chris, and I'm sure she'll do a brilliant job :) Ray is being Ray with a dash more tact - excellent!

I find that if you look at any word for long enough, it loses all meaning and looks silly, so it's not just you. Of course, we could be in a minority of two, here

[talkingtothesky]

I find that if you look at any word for long enough, it loses all meaning and looks silly, so it's not just you. Of course, we could be in a minority of two, here

I'll agree with ya there...(We can be in a minority of three...)

*wonders how the hell you do that mini text thing*

[hambelandjemima]

We can be in a minority of three...

Woo hoo! Our little band grows ever bigger *g*

To do this mini-text thing, you need to put <*small> before your text and <*/small> after your text, but take out the asterisks first. Pretty much how you do the italics, but you put 'small' instead of the 'i' :D

[talkingtothesky]

Ah, cheers! I've been wondering how to do that for ages!

(We should create banners and campaigns to get people to join the DWLGIYSATFLE league (Don't Words Look Great If You Stare At Them For Long Enough?)! Okay, okay, so you'll think of a better name... Unless, of course, we wan't to remain a minority...)

[dorsetgirl]

Some little animal that had been gnawing at Gene’s insides since he discovered the doctor’s "treatment," since before then when he’d seen Sam vomit those pills, suddenly keeled over and died. Sam hated drugs. Despite all he’d been through, Sam still hated drugs.
I love that; I'm ashamed to say I've rather lost track of how this story started, (once it's finished I will go back and do the whole thing), but Gene is coming over as someone who really cares about Sam. I'm really enjoying this.

and I agree that any damn word you look at for more than a few minutes looks so strange you hesitate to post it

[dakfinv]

Thanks! I've had to go back and re-read bits, too, before remembering "oh yes! That's what I did to him that time."

[liquorishflame]

One suggestion, just one suggestion and I'll be done being a picky pain. 'Fairy Queen of Hyde' would scan better then 'Queen Fairy of Hyde.'
Okay, done.

Thank God for Gene :) He made Sam feel better, telling him what had happened. Every time we think Gene's an irredimable bastard, he does something like that, and my heart melts *melteh*
You write good Sam/Gene friendship, and I'm still very much enjoying the chapters :)

[dakfinv]

Thank you! I did flop back and forth with the "Fairy Queen" line, I think I said it so many times in my mind I couldn't distinguish the difference between them anymore.

[frelling_tralk]

Aww, that was great! Perfect Gene/Sam interaction :)

[dakfinv]

Thank you! They are the perfect couple, aren't they?