Ficlet: Sing For the Years

[rivlee]

Author: rivlee

Title: Sing For the Years

Rating: PG-13

Characters: Roe, Renée, Babe. Roe/Babe.

Summary: At Gene Roe’s age, birthdays meant little. Part of the Midnight Land ‘verse.

Disclaimer: This is all fiction based off the characters as portrayed in the HBO mini-series. No disrespect is meant. Title and cut-text from Aerosmith’s Dream On.

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Comments

[skylilies]

there's something so soothing about this fic, it practically takes on the same quality as the actions in it -- starting sad and a little tortured on roe's part, and ending in a sweet calm that makes me totally smile (and coo, i seriously did coo.) (and also now want just, more elaboration on the complexities of this verse in general.)

Death was no stranger to Gene, it may have constantly passed him by, but it took numerous friends and lovers. He lost more and more people with each year, a haunting cloud of mourning over days such as this; he could not celebrate another marked year of his life when he thought of all he’d lost.

“I know you’re being morbid just from the way you’re breathing,” Edward said.

“Can’t you let a body have a moment of quiet reflection?”

and can i just say that no matter the universe, something about babe is just so good for roe. I COULD QUOTE EVERYTHING THAT COMES AFTER THAT, AS WELL, REALLY, TO PROVE MY POINT. fdfdfd ♥ (also, renee. her backstory and the way that she so fiercely stands by her duty, plus the

[rivlee]

There's something about wrting Roe that just brings a sense of calm in the middle of chaos, no matter what or where. Power of Roe, I guess.

One thing I do love about the Babe and Roe dynamic, even from the perspective of friends and fellow soldiers in BoB, is that Babe is the one who makes Roe, like, stop. And confront his faults. And break from whatever state of mind he's in. Basically, Babe helps Roe from being too much of a driven, one-track-minded mopey bastard when Roe is stuck in that sort of head space.

(Love Renee so much, and the writing of her. So much love for her.)

Thank you, bb. Glad you enjoyed it. And yeah, still need to get more of this 'verse ironed and posted.

[uniformly]

/RUBBING FACE ALL OVER THIS VERSE.

[uniformly]

I'LL RETURN WITH MORE WORDS LATER, I JUST- NEED TO REREAD IT

[rivlee]

I'm just going to take all this in the tone of "she likes it" and leave you to your face rubbing of this verse. (I really need to plan on the whole damn verse and not just in semi-cryptic notes I have written in notebooks in, like, bright pink and purple pens.) (I'm pretty sure half of the 'verse is also planned out on napkins and paper towels) (What is this modern world of computers you speak of?)

[duysterwoud]

this verse is so amazingly complex. I love the thought of Babe liking English Literature.

[rivlee]

It is a very complex 'verse and once I get it all worked out in my head, I will def. post up some sort of explanation or key word post or something. I love the 'verse but there is a ton going on.

I like to think of Babe having a lot of layers going on; he's not just a kid with street smarts, and I can see him digging some classic literature.

Thank you for the comment, bb! :)