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How to Listen (1/1)

Dec 12, 2009 02:34

Title: How to Listen
Part: 1 of 1
Author: ninamazing, or Nina
Fandom: Life on Mars
Word Count: 1392
Rating: PG-13 / Blue Cortina
Spoilers: Through 2x08
Characters: Sam/Annie
Excerpt: Her breathing is as steady as ever, the one-two rise and fall that has become the metronome of his existence.
Author's Note: "Let's Get It On" is kiiiiind of a genius song. ♥

( 'Did you look me up?' Annie asks him once. )

lom: sam/annie, snoggage, lom: annie, lom: sam, life on mars

Comments 28

templeremus December 12 2009, 09:07:12 UTC

Absolutely loved it.
You have their relationship down perfectly; the intimacy, but also the gentleness, between them.
"I didn't need to look you up," he says, and places his palm over her heart. His hand is pale against that red dress, and her heart beats, and she breathes. "I know you exist."
Oh, yes. Wonderful.

ninamazing January 22 2010, 10:47:06 UTC

Thank you so much! You have made me so happy. :) :) :)

space_oddity_75 December 12 2009, 09:47:14 UTC

Very nice. It's good to have some Sam/Annie sometimes. ^^

ninamazing January 22 2010, 10:47:35 UTC

Thank you! I agree; they are utter cute. :)

lozenger8 December 12 2009, 09:51:46 UTC

Ooh, I really liked this. This is very them. I especially like the eerie undertones and allusions to Sam's 2006 life. (I am also amused that he mentions Simon Cowell. In reference in Gene, perhaps?)

Also appropriate for Sam/Annie is "Stop, Look, Listen" (particularly the Marvin/Diana version. :D)

ninamazing January 22 2010, 10:48:33 UTC

Thank you so much! I am so glad it worked for you! (Ahahaha, yes, that's totally what it was in my personal canon!)

Rawwwr. Thanks for the rec! I shall now listen to that obsessively and write more fic, perhaps. ;D

talkingtothesky December 12 2009, 10:32:28 UTC

Firstly; YAY, SAM/ANNIE! ♥

Secondly; I adore your style. It's all ever so slightly out of sync and that just captures what LoM is about. Even when Sam's not dreaming, the world's still not quite right: and the universe is moving in slow motion again...it's there in the way her eyelashes stand out against her wind-chilled cheeks; Love the details Sam notices while forgetting about the big picture - before the song pulls him back. Gorgeous.

Thirdly; I'm memming this! :)

ninamazing January 22 2010, 10:49:36 UTC

YAY YAY YAY!!! YAY TO ALL POINTS!!! :D

I was soooo intimidated to write for LoM because of all the amazing things it does with imagery and mood, and your comments were a balm to my soul. Thank you so, so much. And your Gwen icon is gorgeous - I loved that shot.

talkingtothesky January 22 2010, 11:30:55 UTC

:D I just re-read this and it still takes my breath away.

I love Gwen so much - that scene is one of the reasons why. ♥

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ninamazing January 22 2010, 10:53:07 UTC

AAAAH YOU! *pounce*

I love that you loved this. Thank you so much! I've been working on this one for a while, and by that I mean I got an idea, was way too intimidated to write for LoM and so wrote some things in the margins of my notebooks while worrying and pretending I wasn't. Um. So that's why I didn't tell you? :P

As ever, I am heart eyes ♥_♥ when I look at you, and I SO appreciate your detailed and thoughtful comments (our head canons are so the same! it's true! :D ), and I'm definitely also grateful that you always seem to know where I should crosspost things when I have no idea. :D