Originalfic: DecoVerse - "Six White Horses", the DecoFiremen
The DecoFiremen - backstory on Davey (David Martin) Cleary, Company 14's driver/engineer.
( Truth of it was, Captain Birch had saved his life... )
( Truth of it was, Captain Birch had saved his life... )
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I guess this is a really good time to note how much I love the obvious affection this universe has for firemen and what they do. Not just the sear - the idea of firemen having this preternatural ability that saves lives, but which comes occasionally at the cost of their own emotional and mental wellbeing, of which Davey is a good example - but also the recurring theme of really affectionate, protective, close-knit brotherhood. The way Josiah rescues Davey, the way Eddy just accepts him, without question, without reservation. It's interesting because I think the relationship the firemen in this universe have with their rookies has a very nurturing quality, which is not something I'm used to seeing in stories which revolve around male brotherhood ( ... )
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The brotherhood really does seem to be the arc of this universe - so many of the firemen (because of the nascent sear) come from broken backgrounds, from orphan asylums or even reformatories, and then they find (because of the sear) that they have brothers, a whole family of 'em. Sometimes, they do sacrifice their sanity (or most of it, hey they're running into burning buildings already), but on the balance, there's the fact that they will always be there for each other. Even though it hurts them - to the point of standing the Company down - if one of them dies, or is injured, they keep going, for the bond they have. They really love each other, not quite family, and not in a lover sense either. When Josiah meets Davey in the almshouse, he sees not only a scared kid, but perceives a lost little brother. They've all gone through the sear, and ( ... )
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