Fic: Steady As She Goes (42/86), Blue Cortina, dakfinv

[dakfinv]

Title: Steady As She Goes (42/86)
Author: dak
Word Count: 1953 this part; [78,439 overall]
Summary for Whole: After an accidental shooting at the station, Gene struggles to keep his team from tearing themselves apart while his and Sam's friendship is pushed to the limits.
Summary this Part: Saturday continued...
Rating: still Blue-ish Cortina, uhm, what

Comments

[dorsetgirl]

Wtf?? Noooo! Don't let that devious poisoning bastard anywhere near Sammy! Unless I've completely lost track, tomorrow's Sunday. So why would Merrick want to shift his arse to a house visit on a Sunday? This is getting creepy - I thought Sammy was safe with Gene! Though I suppose it's a good sign for Sam's mind that he realised he needed to know what drugs they'd been giving him.

If watching Sam walk from the kitchen to the stairs was hard, having to stand by and watch him climb the stairs alone was torture. God, you've really got to admire Gene; and that is actually very parental, standing and watching like that when you want to run and help.

Another brilliant chapter!

[dakfinv]

Sorry, but I may have to. I could make it so Merrick did even more horrible, unspeakable things to Sammy, but I've already done enough to the poor lad in this fic and I just don't wanna go there. But he'll be back.

Thank you!!

[sytaxia]

Another fantastic chapter! And you get them up so fast! *is in awe*

Annie's fear about Sam was, for me, the most frightening part of all of this, even more so than the idea of Sam seeing TCG in Gene's house, Sam possibly telling Gene about TCG, Gene possibly beating the crap out of Sam (another cliffhanger! Aack!), and the idea of Merrick coming over. Just the thought that Ray and Annie, and even Chris, could buckle over Sam's sanity and hand him back over, is incredibly scary, and if Gene were to buckle... *shudders*

Gene thinking of Stu when he was helping Sam up, and his reaction to Sam's behavior, was all very well done - the situation is, at face value, a living hell for Sam, but the idea of what it's doing to Gene, and what it's dragging up for him, seems even more hellish, in some ways.

Great writing!

[dakfinv]

Thank you! I'm going to be busy this week and completely MIA this weekend, so the chapters won't be as fast as normal.

I love playing around with the Gene/Sam/Stu ideas because I think his failure to save his brother had more of an effect on him than we were ever allowed to see.

[avalon_isle]

Brilliant stuff - just brilliant

I hope your listless mood doesn't last long - reading this chapter was certainly a tonic for me after another rotten day

[dakfinv]

Thanks!

No, the listlessness was just a passing fancy. I'm sorry you had another rotten day. Maybe I could send Gene or drugged!Sam over to cheer you up.

[avalon_isle]

Ooh Sam please though maybe both ... hmm that would be greedy wouldnt it

[dakfinv]

It's okay to be greedy every once in awhile. But if you think about it Gene and Sam really should come as a pair.

[space_oddity_75]

This fic is absolutely brilliant! In this installment I especially liked the interaction between Ray and Annie, which I think was perfectly in character. You're doing a nice job here, and I can't wait to read more! :)

[dakfinv]

Thank you!! We didn't get to see a lot of pure Ray/Annie interaction in the series so I'm trying to make up for it here.

[culf]

He's reaching out, Gene! He told you he needs to talk, and the only one he thinks is willing to listen is Merrick. Show him that you can be the one to listen. Let him talk to you without fearing that you'll send him away to the funny farm!

[dakfinv]

I hope Gene listens to you, but he's quite angry at the moment...