FIC: Memento Mori

[hanofer]

Title: Memento Mori
Author: Hanofer
Characters: Bob, Harry, Murphy
Rating: G
Verse: TV
Summary: An AU ending for 'What About Bob?' Events at the morgue take a wrong turning.
Warnings: Angst. Major character deaths.
Word Count: 2,135
A/N: Honest, it started out as a writing exercise! Had its own agenda, I guess.

Comments

[luvmeanddespair]

Awwwww. This was sad and sweet, poor boys. Poor Murphy. But Harry freeing Bob so they could be together just killed me dead.

♥♥♥

[angiepen]

You know, despite the deaths, I think this was a wonderfully happy ending. Not for Murphy of course, but for Bob and Harry? Definitely. Death is obviously not the end -- there's more to it than oblivious nothingness -- and they get to move on to whatever comes next together, with Bob's curse broken. That's pretty damn cool in my book and I'm sure better than they're anticipating for the end, whenever it comes, in the canon universe.

Good job. :)

Angie

Man

[ksl2025]

I've read this three times now. :-)

There is just so much I liked:

Harry's amusement over having his last moments be comfortable and with someone he cared for. Rather like Doc Holliday being surprised to find himself dying with his boots off. :-)

Harry wanting to heal Bob---so like him. Bob stopping it, knowing it was futile.

Harry being willing to wait---so damn sweet, so like him. Bob's genuine sorrow and regret that he wouldn't be able to make that appointment, believing himself still cursed.

Murphy finding them. Lord. So utterly poignant that.

Harry finding a way to free Bob. That was outstanding for the understated simplicity---the utter 'it just is' moment. Lessened my sorrow knowing Harry found a away. Bless you.

Harry's letter to Murphy. So utterly like him. Her silent tears spoke so elequently of her loss.

Loved this. Just thought you should know.

Re: Man

[hanofer]

As usual, I never know what to say when people comment on my fic. So I'll just say thanks. I thought maybe no one would read it, some people don't like deathfic at all, even it there's a bit of happiness in the end.

Thank you again.

[camelfeathers]

You write Murphy so well here. She is tough, and i like her-- coming on him like that is a terrible shock but she holds it together, almost. Nice touch, btw, that Harry writes, I'll miss you! i like that.

Your premise is so realistic-- i think, so much more than a perfectly executed (incredibly difficult!) spell with another man's focus after nearly a millennium's imprisonment (with no practice, no preparation, no circle, no... )--*smiles* but it's so terrible to think about. that something could have gone wrong. of course, television wouldn't dare. i'm glad you did-- and that Harry found a way through for Bob, from the Other Side-- that he could do that. That was everything, really.

Beautifully done.

[saintvic]

Upsetting and strangely uplifting at the same time. Can really feel the pain and emotion bleeding through the page here. Wonderfully written.