Never Leave by Jean Geanie (sam/gene) Blue Cortina

[jean_geanie]

Title: Never Leave
Rating: Blue Cortina
Word Count: 2100 words
Pairings: Sam/Gene
Warnings: Might contain spoilers for A2A 1.01 but only something you would pick up on if you’d seen the episode.
Summary: Gene is terrified of losing Sam so he makes sure he won’t.

AN: this actually came about from me wanting to give candesgirl another prompt for the wonderful

Comments

[jean_geanie]

scary and sweet? hehe thank you :D

(btw I love your icon.)

[dorsetgirl]

I keep meaning to write you a proper comment, but I'm worried I'll forget, so I'm afraid you get a quick one instead:

On the understanding that I'm talking about the plot, not the writing - this is awful! So totally insane and terrifying and creepy! And, of course, frighteningly well done so that it's completely believable. I really like the way you've said that Gene "knows" that Sam's mother died when he was twelve, but you don't say how he knows. That leaves a really gut-wrenching ambiguity - is Sam really insane, or is Gene doing all this based on the word of Frank Morgan, who may just be mind-fucking for his own private purposes? It also raises the question of the extent to which Gene is insane, to even contemplate this course of action, although of course you have shown, very believably, that he genuinely thinks it's the only way to keep Sam safe

[jean_geanie]

wow. Thank you so much for the feedback.

I'm really happy you found it believable and enjoyed the awfulness and insanity ;)

The fact that Gene was never shown to talk about Sam or even properly grieve for him in A2A was actually a big inspiration for this (even if it annoyed the hell out of me when I was watching the series).

;)

Thanks again for commenting!

Still catching up...

[draycevixen]

That's quite disturbing yet utterly believable. Gene is, after all, totally immovable once he believes he knows best.

But damn, what an awful life.

Thanks... I think. *g*

Re: Still catching up...

[jean_geanie]

you're welcome ;)

Though I am starting to think I should have put a giant NOT FLUFF warning on this, considering what I usualy write.

[mikes_grrl]

Catching up:

Wow, this is brilliant. I love the ambiguity of whether Sam is our LoM, coma-land, time-traveling Sam, or if he might actually be insane. The line Gene is living between sick bastard and sacrificial saint is so very thin here, and that is the real tension of the piece.

Showing Sam slowly sinking into stockholm syndrome is spooky but realistic, too. There is the whole deeply scary element of Sam being trapped against his will, but the even scarier part is that they both come to accept it as 'normal.'

Like Juli, I wonder where the story would go if the case really is that Sam is schizophrenic. Mind you, I don't mind the ambiguity at all, that is a major part of the charm of this story, but it is interesting food for thought. Thank you!

[jean_geanie]

Thank you :)

Especially for your comments about Gene, I really wanted to make sure that he wasn't portrayed as being one hundred percent sick bastard because in his own twisted mind he thinks he has Sam's best interests at heart. I'm glad you enjoyed the ambiguity and found it spooky :)

Thanks again for commenting!

[nova_mist]

Oh, wow. Just...wow. Sad, frightening, amazing....wow!

Brilliant, brilliant work. Well done!

[jean_geanie]

Thanks for commenting :) This is probably one of the darkest fics I've written so it's really nice to hear you liked it :)