FIC: Perchance to Dream: Ghost Song [Forever Knight]

[abby82]

perchance to dream: ghost song
by abby

category: AU
rating: R for mild sexual situations
author’s note: a series of short scenes that take place in the "Curiouser & Curiouser" unreality; originally intended for "Twisting the Twilight Zone Challenge 2009" but I got sidetracked
word count: 1579
disclaimer: they don’t belong to me, no money is being made. I

Comments

[pj1228]

Interesting view. However, I must say that I don't like Nick and Natalie at all in this alternate universe. Nicholas realy should have listened to Lacroix and rid himself of his guilt to prevent its festering that led to this odd universe and dear Janette being forsaken so badly.

[abby82]

However, I must say that I don't like Nick and Natalie at all in this alternate universe.

Agreed, they're not very nice people. Nick is cheating on his wife and Natalie dismisses him when he starts talking about vampires and it becomes obvious that she isn't gonna get laid. I worried about that for a while but it occurred to me, "Hey, that's fine."

I've always been interested by the line in which LaCroix advises Nick that if he doesn't take care of his guilt, it'll come back with "more ferocity".

Would it manifest itself as another crazy AU or is there something worse?

[abby82]

Me neither. But for me, the fun of C&C was having "our" Nick seemingly stuck in the middle of another man's life...For that brief moment in time, "our" Nick's AU trip gave him a taste of what he'd been craving... but not in the way he'd expected. He should learn to be more careful of what he wishes for...

Absolutely! You never appreciate the good things in your life (even if you are an unhappy vampire) until you walk a mile in someone else's shoes.

As a stand-alone? Nope, it doesn't get my vote. But that's simply my own bias talking, and has zilch to do with the skill in the storytelling.

That opinion is A-OK in my book. :-)

Ever since I started back in the fandom the C&C AU story was something that I'd been searching for and to this day I hadn't been able to find one. That completely shocked me, so finally I decided that I needed to get it out of my system. I knew it was going to be an odd piece of fanfic which is appropriate considering the almost nonexistent Forever Knight AU stories out there.

[endcredits]

Oh, I love this! It's beautifully written.

Now I want to run off and watch the episode again!

[abby82]

Aww, thank you! Coolness! :-)