Beneath the Surface by skieswideopen (PG-13, Gen)

[skieswideopen]

Title: Beneath the Surface
Author: skieswideopen
Beta-Reader: gnosticdiva
Recipient: natmerc
Prompt: Things happen in the background and Schanke never notices...maybe.
Characters: Schanke and Nick, with appearances by Natalie and Janette
Length: ~7800
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Highlight to view: * There are a couple of OC deaths, violent but not explicit. There are also

Comments

[wiliqueen]

This is utterly fantastic. Pitch-perfect case, and just enough hints dropped all the way along about what Schanke is observing... but not to the conclusion we might expect! And a hereditary vampire hunter, how awesome is that!

Go, Donut!!

[skieswideopen]

Thank you so much!

I'm glad to hear that the hints dropped along the way worked out; I was a little concerned as that's one of the things that's really hard to judge from the writer's perspective.

[greerwatson]

Oh, this is lovely. "Close Call" evidently didn't come out of the blue. And a cop story, too-I do love it when there's some real detection going on. Also, Schanke's very well handled here. There's a proper partnership between them, even when each of them (!) keeps a few secrets.

[skieswideopen]

I'm glad you liked it! And I'm glad that Schanke worked for you--he's a lot of fun, but he's not the kind of character I usually write, so he was a bit of a challenge.

[waltd]

Delightful! I didn't catch on till almost at the end what Don had figured out. Some people can be so smart in some things and so deficient in others. You've captured that marvelously.

[skieswideopen]

Thank you!

I'm glad the ending came as a bit of a surprise.

And of course, if all vampires are monsters, one can hardly blame Schanke for not realizing his partner's a vampire. After all, Nick's not a monster! :D

[havocthecat]

Schanke! Oh, I love when Schanke gets to do all the awesome cop work he's so good at.

[skieswideopen]

Yeah, Schanke deserves some of the spotlight. There is, after all, a reason he made detective.

[leela_cat]

I love turnabout stories like this, where one small twist changes the appearance of everything.

It's so great to see Schanke taking care of Nick and the irony of him becoming a vampire killer in the process.

What a great addition to the FK fanfic 'verses.

[skieswideopen]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked the twist--and Schanke taking care of Nick for once.