The Silver Razor: Kingston

[anteros_lmc]

Title: The Silver Razor: Kingston
Author: Anteros
Characters: Bush, Kennedy
Rating: G
Notes: Another instalment of the (very!) occasional Silver Razor series. In one way or another, this is also related to Pointless.

Comments

[eglantine_br]

Oh. Well yes. I have struggled all this time not to go there, but you are braver, and it is lovely. Plenty of pain to go around, in a variety of flavors. Some for each of them. And there is something so unbearably practical and direct about Archie saying 'He'll need that.'

I am going to think about this little piece overnight. Maybe I will think of something intelligent to say. For now, it aches.

[anteros_lmc]

there is something so unbearably practical and direct about Archie saying 'He'll need that.'
But what is it he'll need? The razor or the friend? Either way, it's typical of Archie to be thinking of Horatio right to the bitter end. You're right about his practicality and directness, it's what kept him alive this long.

[anteros_lmc]

Oh I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you cry :'( There really is something unbearably poignant about those last few hours Bush and Archie spent in Kingston.

[amaraal]

*draws in breath* Think about it: you have to shave someone who will not outlive the next 24 hours... Archie is a hero. But I fear for Bush and Horatio.

Your fic is more than 'well done'...

[anteros_lmc]

Thank you sweetie, you're too kind.

Think about it: you have to shave someone who will not outlive the next 24 hours...
I know. It really doesn't bear thinking about...

Archie is a hero. But I fear for Bush and Horatio.
Indeed. Archie fears for Horatio too, that's why he knows he will need Bush's friendship.

[charliecochrane]

*sobs*

Lovely, but...sniff.

[anteros_lmc]

I'm sorry :'(

*passes large spotted handkerchief*

[idler_1814]

Oh, goodness....I'm terribly sorry I missed this earlier.

This is so sad, and so lovely, all at once. It's a quiet story, and all the better for it. Both men, doing what they can--all they can, really--for the man to whom they are both devoted.

So much is left unspoken, as it should be...you show it to us in these last hours far better than it could be defined in words.

Beautiful. Enviable!