you are suspended like scales between your sorrow and your joy

[zulu_ottawa]

Ruth & Dimitri, in the wake of S9. Spoilers from S5 onward. Title, epigraph, and end quote from Khalil Gibran's The Prophet (Why, hello, S3!).

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[fififolle]

My God! Is this what she's been through? Wow. This was an amazing read. Truly.

He draws up close, a sudden warm entity against the dusk, dark, his breath a steady comfort. He stands passive, broad and demure. Her stomach churns against his voice saying her name. “Ruth.”
Amazing. Amazing. Rrrr.

Lucas North is tall, what could be called intimidating, with eyes the colour of sky. (Afghan, if Dimitri wants to be precise, but his teeth grate at the idea of the Persian Gulf.)
I *loved* the scenes with Lucas. I loved the sense that Dimitri likes men too (rrrr YUM Oh God, Paul! *wibble*) and the dialogue was fantastic. Plus Dimitri with his hood up, mmmm.

One of the men stares, open. Dimitri wishes he didn't have Paul's eyes.
I loved the way you described the water, and well, everything. Wet Dimitri would definitely be worth staring at! nomnomnom.

Oh God! Paul! The angst and what they had was brilliantly written. I could read that all day.

“Yes,” she says finally. Barely blinks for the lie. (Harry's face, in hers, corridor light

[zulu_ottawa]

Yes, this is what Ruth's been through. Exile and back again, and all the time, a whole lot of shit with Harry.

You liked Paul? Yay! I was a bit nervous about that part. (I swear I read in the pre-S9 interviews that Dimitri was supposedly bisexual. So.)

SORRY TO HAVE KILLED YOU.

[fififolle]

I loved being killed *g*

I thought the way you brought out her feelings about Harry was amazing. So powerful. I almost feel sorry for him!! The bastard!! :D

Oh Paul! That's still making me wibble. Dimitri is so very bisexual :D I want more Paul and Dimitri!

[zulu_ottawa]

Nooo, no-one gets to feel sorry for Harry. *grumbles*

Paul! I don't know where he came from... oh gosh, you want more, well, you'll have to tell me what you want, then. :D

[fififolle]

Really??! Oh wow. That's easy. Wales. Training in the rain, of course! That would be more than awesome! \o/ If you felt like it :)

[zulu_ottawa]

I somehow knew you'd want that backstory within a backstory. lol. Right then! On it!

[fififolle]

*composes myself*

Er... 'scuse my French, before. I may have combusted with the hot.

Yay! *waves pompoms for fic*

Paul is my new absolute hero. shame he dies, I guess.

Thank you!

[zulu_ottawa]

Nah, it's fine. :D

I'm so glad you like him! He had to die, it fueled the angst, and made Dimitri understand things. I'm so picturing him as Henry now. *blushes*

[zulu_ottawa]

He breathes in, slow. So slow.
THIS. YES. AAAHHHH.

See what I said about it being tentative? They're both like: 'should this happen?' but it does happen, because it sort of has to happen (Ruth needs that time, she knows her chance; Dimitri too.) SO, YEAH. It's like, they don't know why, and it's partly just Ruth needing, but it happens, and they don't know the outcome. It's just, everything sort of falls, and maybe they both feel a little guilty, for Harry/George/Paul? Maybe?

Even I don't know, and I wrote the damn thing. And I'm so attached to this, still, oh gosh.

[fififolle]

I love it when fic does that to you. It shows how awesome it is, LOL.
There should be more of this *feeds bunnies*

[zulu_ottawa]

LOL, YAY, I'VE DESTROYED MY SOUL.

I - I don't know. I don't know where it would go, because they're both so cautious about it. Maybe Dimitri and Paul instead. Or... IDK. You tell me!

[fififolle]

Hee! I'll take what I can get :D

[zulu_ottawa]

I'm writing Dimitri and Paul now! They're both too lovely to stay away from (ahah, what if Paul were to look like Henry Cavill? Imagine this with me for a second. UMMM. :D

[fififolle]

OH. MY. FUCKING. GOD.

*asplodes*

[zulu_ottawa]

AHAHA, I KNOW.