Being Human: Sleep of Reason [Hal/Rook] 4/? co-written w/ shirogiku

[istne_pieklo]

Title: “Sleep of Reason”
Author: shirogiku, Shaitanah
Rating: NC-17
Timeline: post-vampire revolution
Summary: Hal Yorke took three things from Rook: his job, his integrity and his faith. To get them back, Rook gambles everything he's got left. [Hal/Rook, Hal/Cutler]
Disclaimer: Being Human belongs to Toby Whithouse and the BBC. Quotes from "

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[istne_pieklo]

I have no idea why but it's always been my headcanon that Hal and Hetty wouldn't get along. XD So I'm really getting a kick out of all their idiotic squabbles XDD
Oh, we wouldn't do that to Pearl. She's only there in Hal's memory (but a rather persistent memory if he kept her magazines, LOL))). This 'verse is not very kind to Pearl as it is, since he doesn't get to be with Leo (I assume). :((
And while I'm still feeling the urge to stake Hal just because, I did like him using a crucifix as a dildo. Hal is nothing if not creative with his punishments. ;))
Poor Rook though. I think it's easy for Hal to get to him because he's a fundamentally lonely person (I'm not buying all that "Natasha was his family" crap). And for once, he's got someone who's showing more interest in him than in his work. That's a dangerous weapon.
Mr Snow is the true star of this story! He and Cutler XDDDD
Thank you for reading! <333 I'm glad we still haven't scared you off. XD

[istne_pieklo]

Whaaaaat!? Go rewrite and post it, the premise sounds awesome! You're evil, how could you just throw it away? T_T
A bit? It's a LOT of WTF and the fact that Rook's branch of fandom consists mostly of Rook/Natasha shippers (gen or romance, it doesn't matter) pisses me off. As if Rook suddenly doesn't exist outside of his "bond" with Natasha. I like the actress and I initially liked the character but too much WTF revolves around her, both canon- and fanon-wise.
LOOOL, even if it's justified by the needs of the story? ;)))

[zoicite]

Ooh, I think this is my favorite chapter yet, and the second half is particularly strong. I loved Cutler's scenes in this, his admission to Rook re: Rachel, the entire scene where he chooses and then recruits Ray (trying to act all smooth and impressive in the morgue!) and then Hal's rather creative punishment. His conversation with Ray prior to recruiting him was great as well.

I was almost going to say that the continued ramping sexual tension between Rook and Hal was delicious, but then I heard Snow saying that word and it made me feel a little creepy, so... insert another less Snow sounding word there. Yes, please, more of this. ;)

Loved the nods to Leo, Pearl, Tom, Annie, and Eve.

On top of everything, Rook’s laptop started acting up.

This quick transition from dead vampires and duels immediately into Rook's laptop complaints was excellent. XD

"What’s your music? Apart from God Save the Queen

[istne_pieklo]

Thank you! :)) I think this chapter has given us a record amount of headache at the editing stage. At some point I just felt like hiding from it somewhere where it wouldn't find me. XDDD
I feel like Cutler is my own Tahiti (like Coulson in Agents of SHIELD keeps - or kept, while I was watching - saying: "Tahiti is a magical place", I keep saying: "Cutler is a joy to write.") XD He really is though. He's mostly Shiro's though, which makes it even cooler for me because I just end up reading those scenes and fangirling them. XD
Buhahaha, I bet Snow sectrely ships them too. XDDD
This quick transition from dead vampires and duels immediately into Rook's laptop complaints was excellent. <333 I'm glad. Forget vampires; computers are the real nightmare

[zoicite]

Haha, I probably wouldn't know what to say to this question either b/c I listen to pretty much anything depending on the mood

I'd say I'm generally the same, but I feel like when people ask this question, they're looking for the genre that you listen to with the greatest frequency/are most invested in, so I feel like saying I listen to everything/anything is kinda a lie, even though I do.

In our headcanon Cutler keeps up with music trends (as opposed to Hal who's stuck between show tunes and Sinatra), so he's the leading music expert in that gang. XDThis headcanon makes perfect sense to me

[istne_pieklo]

In that case, I usually say, very vaguely, "rock music". XD But again, it's too oblique because there is a ton of genres within rock and I like some more than others and I also listen to folk, classical music, musicals, some pop songs, jazz, blues - in short, seriously everything! To be fair, I doubt that Cutler was expecting a full report on Rook's musical preferences XD He probably just wanted confirmation that Rook did listen to something XDD
I have a vague Hal&Pearl thing that's been tossing around in my head That sounds awesome too! Mostly I'm just bitter that the show didn't give us flashbacks (or a spin-off, ehehee). The more I think about it, the more I come to believe that Hal+Leo+Pearl are my favourite trinity, along with or directly below Annie+George+Mitchell in s1, back when they seemed to be at least semi-functional.