See, more of the little things, and full points for a sensible take on The Stella, AU or not:
He could imagine how that would have infuriated a woman like Stella with her sharp wits and her complexities.
That is picture perfect. Plus I have a thing for sympathetic portrayals of The Stella. After all, she's just a woman who finds out she's grown apart from her childhood sweetheart. That's a normal person, not a witch. Well done.
The sex is also - as usual, I should say - incredibly tender and hot. And another thing that I found fresh (and you have to love AUs for allowing this sort of thing) was setting it in Fraser's apartment, which of course wouldn't be possible under normal circumstances. The parallels with his experiences with Victoria are nothing short of heartbreaking, actually.
When Ray sat up and leaned over to look at him, Fraser didn’t move or change the direction of his gaze, afraid that he might change his mind. Ray sat still for a long time, staring at him while Fraser tracked the crack that looked like the veins
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Trying to keep track of what I know and what I’ve actually been told - well, it gets complicated.” this part of his pain combined with his halting speeches, those things make me keyboard mash like whoa ;D
What I can see… sometimes… is a single sentence from a single page. Most of the time it’s a page from your past, like tiny snatches of your story - all out of context.” your description of a psychic's unique point of view is so fascinating, and also the closest to what i gather is the real thing from many accounts!
This man was infuriating; brave and intelligent and compassionate, perhaps, but infuriating. yes! yes, yes!
“Because I know you. And because you’re my friend.” the little threads of canon you've woven into this universe, the kevlar, the d-u-m, the beads bracelet, etc.. they're so perfect..
As he drifted off to sleep, he checked that Ray was still there, once, twice, three times. The fourth time, Ray was gazing back with an unreadable expression on his face this constant checking is really heartwrenching. oh Fraser!
Well, I'll just be giving up on getting any sleep tonight. This fic is winning at everything, and I'll give more coherent comments when I'm not both sleep-deprived and hastening on to Part 3.
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He could imagine how that would have infuriated a woman like Stella with her sharp wits and her complexities.
That is picture perfect. Plus I have a thing for sympathetic portrayals of The Stella. After all, she's just a woman who finds out she's grown apart from her childhood sweetheart. That's a normal person, not a witch. Well done.
The sex is also - as usual, I should say - incredibly tender and hot. And another thing that I found fresh (and you have to love AUs for allowing this sort of thing) was setting it in Fraser's apartment, which of course wouldn't be possible under normal circumstances. The parallels with his experiences with Victoria are nothing short of heartbreaking, actually.
When Ray sat up and leaned over to look at him, Fraser didn’t move or change the direction of his gaze, afraid that he might change his mind. Ray sat still for a long time, staring at him while Fraser tracked the crack that looked like the veins ( ... )
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this part of his pain combined with his halting speeches, those things make me keyboard mash like whoa ;D
What I can see… sometimes… is a single sentence from a single page. Most of the time it’s a page from your past, like tiny snatches of your story - all out of context.”
your description of a psychic's unique point of view is so fascinating, and also the closest to what i gather is the real thing from many accounts!
This man was infuriating; brave and intelligent and compassionate, perhaps, but infuriating.
yes! yes, yes!
“Because I know you. And because you’re my friend.”
the little threads of canon you've woven into this universe, the kevlar, the d-u-m, the beads bracelet, etc.. they're so perfect..
As he drifted off to sleep, he checked that Ray was still there, once, twice, three times. The fourth time, Ray was gazing back with an unreadable expression on his face
this constant checking is really heartwrenching. oh Fraser!
( ... )
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