Being Human: if you won't save me, please don't waste my time [Rook]

[istne_pieklo]

Title: “if you won’t save me, please don’t waste my time”
Author: Shaitanah
Rating: PG-13 [for attempted suicide]
Timeline: Episode 5x03, “Pie and Prejudice”
Summary: Five times Dominic Rook’s suicide was rudely interrupted and one time that he changed his mind.
Disclaimer: Being Human belongs to Toby Whithouse and the BBC. Title from “Falling

Comments

[shirogiku]

I loooved every line of this story <333 Always happy to storm the brainses :D

“There must be order,” he tells Titania, and no one in particular, or maybe himself. “Order in all things.”

I looove how Rook continues monologuing, to a dog, of all things XD Not quite like Cutler but equally manic XD Rook's even more lonely, he hasn't got a wolf puppet :D

She looks at him with cheerless, hungry eyes. The eyes of a deceptively docile Type 2 contriving to achieve its goal.

This is brilliant!

He has long since stopped expecting a call from Alistair’s office telling him it has all been a huge mistake.

aww, you're lying to yourself, dear Dommy.

The Flaming Orc slew me XD Priceless!

Hal mutters: “Not a very good man.”

You managed to nail Hal down in, like, one line!
I bow before your greatness)))

[istne_pieklo]

Hahaha, I think he would trade with Cutler in a heartbeat because the wolf puppet doesn't demand food and attention. It is my headcanon that if he indeed kidnapped this dog, he hates her))))
Fugly just wants to make friends but he's so fugly that even Rook doesn't want to befriend him. It's saaad! XD
You managed to nail Hal down in, like, one line! Thank you. <333 I don't really know how I feel about him now, so this is a great comppliment. :))
My brainses are yours for the storming. XDDDD

[istne_pieklo]

What can I say? I maaaay be having a Cutler-level fixation on this guy. XD (The preview actually makes me wonder if he did lift Cutler's ideas b/c wtf is that werewolf Bobby (?) whom Rook obviously knows personally and who is running around the hotel? More importantly, why hasn't he torn Fugly apart? XD)
Rook should've thrown a Molotov cocktail at him. Now that you mention it, I regret not having thought of that. XD Rook can throw things around as well as a poltergeist. XDDD
I half-wanted to write a srsly cracky exchange about how they all find Rook. Smth like:
Rook: HOW do you know where I live?
Crumb: Alan told me.
Rook: How does ALAN know where I live!?
*30 mins later*
Rook: HOW did you know my phone number?
Hal: ...good question. O_o
Because seriously! Rook gave him geographical coordinates. There was no phone number! Or did he have business cards scattered all over his desk in the bunker and Hal just randomly picked one up while Alex was mucking about? O_o
The writers could do great things with his character. At this stage "could

[non_canonical]

(Sorry this is a quick comment - I'm sending it from my mobile.)

Finally, I've got the time to read this! And OMG I am in love with your Rook. <3 You've got his "voice" so perfectly here. The all-consuming need for order, and the emptiness that it leaves in the rest of his life. It really captured the mood of those lovely scenes in 5x03. (I was slightly surprised you resisted the temptation to go for canon divergence, and kill Crumb.)

So many lovely lines, but this one was a particular favourite: It occurs to him later that strange forces must be at work here if his life was bought with somebody’s death.

Please tell me you're going to write more Rook!

[istne_pieklo]

Haha, I was more surprised that I wrote Crumb. XD The idea was just too cracky to pass up. I remembered how Rook was all: "My job takes up so much of time" re: that game Crumb was a fan of, and then I thought: Oops, you don't have a job anymore. >_< Time to go gaming. XDDDD
I'm glad you liked this! And I'm glad I haven't screwed him up. This was actually supposed to be pure crack. IDK how it ended up so... serious? XDDD
Oh, I do want to write more. He's eating my brain happily. XD

[dune_master]

Now I kind of wish he had stolen that dog because this is priceless. XPP

I think my favourite snippet would be the Flaming Orc because - Crumb is incredibly annoying. Just unbearably so. I think if he really had shown up at Rook's flat, Rook would have to shoot him. XPP

By the way I can totally relate to the problem with the neighbours and weird phone calls. I keep getting all that!

And the ending is a bit ominous. Great ficlet!

[istne_pieklo]

I wish to know who has stolen the dog! Was it Giles? Was it the sitter? Did the dog just run away? XDDDD Was it aliens? Alan? Fugly? XDDDDD I'm reaching here, but it'd be brilliant if Fugly died having been staked by Alistair for having nicked his dog. XD
I think if he really had shown up at Rook's flat, Rook would have to shoot him. Another great suggestion. XDDD
LOL, are your neighbours being ebil to you? *huuugs* XD
Thank you for reading!