Fic: Steady As She Goes (44/86), Blue Cortina, dakfinv

[dakfinv]

 Title: Steady As She Goes (44/86)
Author: dak
Word Count: 1726 this part; [82,007 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: Gene's wife has an effect on Sam.
Rating: still Blue-ish

Comments

[dorsetgirl]

Just caught this as I was closing down to go to bed. Another late night.

Ah noes, poor Sam is still willing to take any drugs that Doctor Merrick cares to give him! Has he learnt nothing?

You've done a really great job of moving Sam from calm / missus / dinner to paranoia / toilet / CTCG - very believable, beautifully done.

Poor Gene must be getting really worried about the state Sam gets himself into; I hope he knows not to leave him alone with Merrick for one second! Or - omg - will he agree with Merrick that Sam needs drugs to calm him down again? NOOOOO! Love it. And I like your moodpic btw.

[dakfinv]

Thank you! Well, Sam can be pretty stubborn especially when it's not good for him.

[talkingtothesky]

Oh, Sam... *hugs gently* You don't half get yourself in a pickle sometimes!

Test Card Girl= Damn creepy. I almost shrieked too...

I really like Mrs Hunt. :) You've created a lovely character here, someone who balances out Gene's instinct and anger with calmness (?) and loving. But there's just enough there to say she could hold her own against him, (the witty jibes etc) without being permanently agressive in nature. (Or maybe I'm reading into it things that aren't there, I dont know...)

She crossed her arms in a fashion so similar to the Guv, Sam half-expected the familiar punch to the kidneys next. Love that line. It's just perfect. :D

And Gene, keep helping Sam out won't you? I don't know how many times you've saved his life so far, but you'd better keep it up because something tells me Sammy's gonna be in a bit of a state for a while yet...

Next part soon, please?

[dakfinv]

I'm glad you almost shrieked and I'm glad you like Mrs. Hunt. She's fun to write, even though I haven't really written that much of her.

And Gene's going to try. Really he is.

[hambelandjemima]

Welcome back :)

At least Sam still believes in Gene. But he mustn't listen to Merrick - he just mustn't!!

[dakfinv]

Thank you!

I'll try but I can't control who Sam trusts. He just doesn't listen to what I tel him sometimes.

[jpgr]

Welcome back! Hope you had a nice weekend. Another great chapter. I like your characterization of "The Missus" and you can see what attracted Gene. As for Sam's stream-of-consciousness ramblings and what-ifs, wonderfully done. I can just see his panic attack happening. Keep 'em coming!

Just a couple of corrections:

Definitely to kind to be Phyllis--you want "too"
I hop you like chicken,-- "hope"

[dakfinv]

Thank you! (for the comment and corrections) And I did have a wonderful weekend.

I'm glad I portrayed Sam's attacks well. Sometimes I'm not sure if I've described it in enough detail because I can already picture it in my mind and I forget other people can't read my mind.

[dakfinv]

Thank you! I'm sorry to keep you waiting. But I have posted the next part after this already.