Pointless

[anteros_lmc]

Title: Pointless
Author: Anteros
Characters: Bush, Kennedy, Hornblower
Rating: R
Notes: Just what this fandom needs; gratuitous Retribution angst fic. The title says it all really. This is a poor intrlude to rosiespark's The Simplest Gift and Revelation. I wrote it not long after I recc'd these wonderful fics and it's been hiding in my drafts folder ever

Comments

[eglantine_br]

Ow, Ow, Ow! Hurts like a sharp stick in your eye! This is the one that you were watching Retribution for right?

Really, It's beautiful. Heart squeezy. Thank you.

[anteros_lmc]

*hands eglantine_br eyedrops* Oops sorry, it is a bit gratuitously angsty isn't it?! :} I've held off posting this for ages because it's so miserable. Glad you thought it worked though. Hopefully Archie will be alive and well in whatever fic appears next!

Looking forward to reading the next installment of On Going Home once daughter is off to bed!

[_likimeya]

"The watch is yours Mr Bush."
The shadow of a smile lifted one corner of his mouth, just a flicker reached his eyes.
"You will watch him won't you William?"

D'awwwww. I really like that. It's so like Archie to make a joke at that moment!

[anteros_lmc]

Of course! It's Archie, irrepressible to the bitter end. And don't we just love that combination of flippancy and angst?! Perfect icon for this fic btw! Thanks for comments as always :)

[_likimeya]

And don't we just love that combination of flippancy and angst?!
Yes, it makes him so human. Horatio, by conrast, has got to be an alien! ;p

[anteros_lmc]

Yes, it makes him so human.
That's what's so endlessly appealing about Archie. He comes across as an ordinary human being. Damned unlucky one right enough though...

Horatio, by conrast, has got to be an alien!
Why yes I do believe you are right! Vulcan most likely, or possibly cylon ;)

[nodbear]

Well this is actually great to come home to after a day of fangirling - no really it is.
It achieves a poignant and utterly Archie mix of emotions
and sonnets at the bedside of a dying Archie - well of course

moving and neat - if that isn't an odd ocmbintion

Thank you as ever

[anteros_lmc]

great to come home to after a day of fangirling - no really it is.
Just so as you don't get too cheerful y'know ;)

It achieves a poignant and utterly Archie mix of emotions
Awww thanks. I was really thinking about Bush when I wrote this but of course when ever I write anything it's really about Archie.

sonnets at the bedside of a dying Archie - well of course
Of course, what else? I nearly made it Donne but I just can't imagine Bush reading Donne.

moving and neat - if that isn't an odd ocmbintion
It is. But thank you. As always :)

[sarlania]

This is exactly the sort of thing one wants to wake up Sunday morning to. ;)

Joking aside, really loved it - a nice look at a 'missing scene'.

[anteros_lmc]

This is exactly the sort of thing one wants to wake up Sunday morning to. ;)
Erm....sorry about that.... ;)

really loved it - a nice look at a 'missing scene'.
Awww thanks. I know filling in these scenes isn't very original but they are so very compelling.

PS icon => *sigh*

[eglantine_br]

I complained at you last night, but I want to add now. I also think the image of Bush reading poetry out loud is compelling, lovely. I can hear that gruff voice so clearly, working out the meaning as he goes along.

And Archie, trying to breathe, trying not to drown as he lies there. Trying to soak in those words one last time, as he gathers up courage. Arrgh, you made it all so clear.

Thank you, anteros dear.

[anteros_lmc]

I complained at you last night
You did?! Oh yeah, the sore eye! Hope you're not still squinting ;)

I also think the image of Bush reading poetry out loud is compelling
I always thought there was something really touching about the way Bush is holding that book as he's sitting there alone in the cell waiting for Horatio to arrive. I wanted to have him reading it. Also as I was saying to nodbear elsewhere I think Bush demonstrates his love and loyalty through his actions rather than through eloquent speech so I could really imagine him reading quietly and haltingly at Archie's bedside.

And Archie.... Arrgh, you made it all so clear.
Sorry :( I deliberately tried not to write too graphically about what Archie must have suffered, I couldn't bear it.

Thank you again for reading and commenting :)