Redux - Michael/Sara (R)

[msgenevieve]

Title: Redux (1/1)
Pairing: Michael/Sara
Genre: Het, AU
Length: 4,553 words
Rating: R
Summary:If you're lost, the best way to find yourself is to retrace your steps. Contains spoilers and dialogue from #119 "The Key", vague spoilers for Season Three and wild speculation for Season Four.
Author's Note:This story arose out of an email exchange with

Comments

[pluschi]

It's just hard to get enough of S1...*big sigh* God, I love it! Infirmary love and UST reaches deep down into the most precious parts of my soul. I don't know if you are an X-Files fan as well, but I am...and "redux" is the name of a two-parter beautiful ep of S5 of the X-Files, so just the title alone means a lot to me.

I like the idea of retracing their steps and finding safety and connection in the old routine. Getting back to the roots of their bond. Also, initially I would say that a S4 reunion would be, you know, chemistry, fireworks and bliss but then when I read your take on this, I realized that there is still so much left unsaid between them and it's really like a house of cards. It could go either way, we just don't know how they are going to bridge the gap and find the connection. But God I hope they will :)

Ahem *blushes* Me thinks this could be like a multi chapter fic thingy? *winks* Oh the possibilities !!

[msgenevieve]

Thanks!

I don't know if you are an X-Files fan as well, but I am...and "redux" is the name of a two-parter beautiful ep of S5 of the X-Files, so just the title alone means a lot to me.

I am an X-files fan, lol! It's been ages since I've seen Redux, but now you've inspired me. 'Redux' is a word that's used often in fandom, mostly for writing challenges that take people's original fics and rewrite them with a different twist (with their permission, of course). To me, it means going back and doing something over, keeping some things the same, changing what needs to be changed. :)

I have the utmost faith in WM and SWC to keep their characters' emotions on track and true to themselves.

Multi-chapter? Oh, be gone with you, lol! *g*

[loose_gravel]

I am so glad you are in this fandom. You're the Queen.

[msgenevieve]

Eeeep. I'm glad I'm in the fandom too, but crowns look a bit silly on me. How about a nice tin hat? *g*

[sunnydust]

Oh damn woman !! this..this was just beyond amazing !!

Until then, I can’t
Broke my heart for the 123 896th time !!! lol

he turns his head and presses a kiss to her wrist, just above the cuff of her sterile glove, his lips soft and smooth against her skipping pulse. Her heart leaps into her throat as he closes his eyes, and she can't help wondering if he's trying to memorize the sensation of her skin beneath his mouth. It's an impulse she understands all too well.
Awww Sweetest thing ever !! and soooo Michael !

You are so good at putting words on things...I was picturing the scene in my mind the whole time I was reading...and that was a very pleasant thought !

[msgenevieve]

You are so good at putting words on things...I was picturing the scene in my mind the whole time I was reading...and that was a very pleasant thought!

Thank you very much. To be honest, I've always felt as though I've been cheating since I've been writing in this fandom. These two fictional people are *so* well defined by the actors, it's no hardship to try to write them in character. *g*

[rogue_missy]

Wow, you are probably my favorite MiSa fanfic author. I love the way you described the kiss, I don't think I've ever read a more descriptive or intuitive disection of it. Great job. And then I love the second part. I really think you stayed true to the characters, it would be all kisses and touches at first but in the morning, Michael would be the gentlemen and give her space. My favorite thing is the continuation of the wound though. Becuase all season 2 and 3 I was thinking about how it was doing, they even continued it by showing the glossy patch in the scene when Michael strips quickly to change his shirt. So I always wondered if at some point when they're reunited if she will take a look at it and play dr. again. I also like how you had Michael explain where it came from, and her reaction, well done.

[msgenevieve]

That's very sweet of you, thank you.

So I always wondered if at some point when they're reunited if she will take a look at it and play dr. again. I also like how you had Michael explain where it came from, and her reaction, well done.

I hope so. No only is Sara a doctor (something she will never stop being), but this is the man she loves. I think it would be an instictive thing for her to want to check up on all those things. *sighs happily*

[rogue_missy]

You're very welcome.

I completely agree.

[badboy_fangirl]

Okay, this is sort of like a dream come true, because I did always want you to write THAT kiss, not just refer back to it, or have them discuss it or what have you.

So, yay!

Furthermore, this:
This is what they've been dancing around since the moment they met, she thinks dazedly. This moment, this feeling of his body against hers, this certainty of lust and tenderness and a longing that goes way beyond any demands of the flesh.is exactly why I like your writing, because you always manage to beautifully tie in the emotional aspect of the physical attributes of love. I always believe it with the way you write these two (and other pairings you dabble in from time to time) that they don't just WANT each other. They NEED each other, and it's just so lovely and achingly sweet

[scribblecat]

For once, even I wasn't that happy to see Lincoln! *abuses self house-elf style for even thinking it!*

Lolol!
And what you said about msgen tying in the emotional and physical attributes beautifully, it's so true isn't it! I found myself nodding allong what what you said. Hit the nail on the head.

[msgenevieve]

Awww, you're sweet too. *pinches your cheek*

[msgenevieve]

Okay, this is sort of like a dream come true, because I did always want you to write THAT kiss, not just refer back to it, or have them discuss it or what have you.

You know, I only remembered that after I started writing this, lol! I hope that helps you forgive me for not yet finishing your birthday fic? *makes bambi eyes at you*

because you always manage to beautifully tie in the emotional aspect of the physical attributes of love. I always believe it with the way you write these two (and other pairings you dabble in from time to time) that they don't just WANT each other. They NEED each other, and it's just so lovely and achingly sweet.

God, thank YOU. That's always been very important for me to try to convey. It's more than just sex, and it's more than just emotional attachment - it's both of these things at once, all tangled up together, and that's what makes their relationship so well-rounded in my eyes.

Again, thank you so much.