Big Bang Challenge: Mirror, Mirror (Part 2)

[katicalocke]

Title: Mirror, Mirror
Author: Katica Locke
Artist: SevenCorvus
Pairing/Characters: Finch/Reese, Finch/Reese/Alt!Reese
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Finch and Reese are surprised by the sudden appearance of Reese's counterpart from the alternate universe. Captain Reese wants information to help him catch a dangerous criminal in his world, but that's not all he'

Comments

[aprilvalentine]

Oh, that was just delightful. I haven't watched much Fringe, so I went to Wikepedia to refresh my sketchy memory about its parallel universe stuff before I started the story. (And while reading this second part, I also checked google images for piercings as I wanted to be sure where they were and what they looked like. I've seen pics before, but it had been awhile. And as I scanned a whole page of thumbnails... one was a guiche through an eyelid and I said "eww" and then I had to laugh out loud at myself. I was looking at mostly genital piercings but it wasn't them that made me shudder!)

You did a great job with the fucking-himself trope. That was never a fave of mine, but I did love one particular story in another fandom. I enjoyed Captain Reese playing Finch and our Reese against each other and manipulating them, and he was lots of fun -- kind of reminding me of Captain Jack Harkness from Torchwood with his 'devil may care I'll fuck anything' attitude. I liked how our Reese was damaged by the sex he'd had to have on the job. And I loved this:
"Finch was not the kind of man to let power go to his head, he would not demand anything of Reese that he was unable or unwilling to give, and if Reese did refuse, he had a feeling there would be no punishment or even a strong reprimand. This power-play was just that - a game between willing participants." That was so very in character.

What a great read!
(Would it be highly selfish and entitled of me to beg you to get back to Damaged and give poor Reese a bit more comfort in the next chapter now?)

[katicalocke]

An eyelid?! I have to agree with 'eww'. I had to look up male genital piercings in order to write the scene. I'm not sure where the idea came from, it just sort of happened. More interesting research, lol.

I've never tried to write that trope before. I absolutely love Jack Harkness! I think a bit of his character might have bled over into Captain Reese, lol. I wasn't sure about making Reese damaged by the sex, but you know me -- the more emotional scars, the better.

Thanks so much!
I haven't started the next chapter of Damaged yet, but I'm pretty sure that Reese will get some serious emotional comfort by the end of the chapter. I think we all will. ;) (Or it'll just piss everybody off; I'm never sure how people will react when I post things, lol)

[aprilvalentine]

Yeah, the eyelid was weird. The piercing was at the corner. All I could think of was what if you had to rub your eye or put in a contact? {{shudder}} And it stood out on that page full of genital ones, lol.

I haven't watched Torchwood since "Children of Earth" but Jack is such a great character and when it was episodic, TW was a great show.

You know I'm with you on the subject of emotional scars for Reese.

Saying he'll get some serious emotional comfort in the next chapter makes me very, very happy.