“be still and know your sign” (one of seven)

[scarletts_awry]

Initially, I thought I would post these short pieces as a single group, but on reflection I think they’re individual and independent enough to detract from each other when read at once. I’m halfway through with the set, and I intend to post one each evening

Comments

[scarletts_awry]

Thanks. Honestly, I think I'm driven to write her as a preventative measure for not liking her, because I *do* like her, and I want to continue liking her, and for her to be a properly flawed and complicated character. If there's one thing I've learned from years of writing original fiction, nothing will make you love a character more than writing from his or her povl. (I learned this the hard way with an OC I positively loathed at first and would've been content to continue loathing.) Anyway, it's an interesting challenge to do it here, while keeping my reading of Lindsay as much in canon as possible.

Are the others Lindsay centric or are they other members of the team?

I meant to put it in the header, but no, each of the title characters (including Aiden) gets a piece. This actually ended up being separate from the other Lindsay backstory I've built up in my head.

[goshdarnheck]

I loved the detail and imagery, particularly the detail of the state of the scene and its' occupants.

I can't wait for you to continue this.

[scarletts_awry]

Thanks. :) Lately I've been quite interested in how much you can do in a very short piece. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[venetia_sassy]

The slightly disjointed tone really works with the scenario. It's horrifying but believable. I really liked the bit about how Lindsay isn't supposed to have an opinion on Mrs. Ackerman's mental state. And the final paragraph is fabulous. And intriguing.

[scarletts_awry]

Thank you. She's definitely having a hard time distancing herself here, and given what we've seen on the show, I think she's yet to find a totally effective way of coping with the job. I've been trying to process possible pasts for her that are both emotionally consistant with the reactions we've seen onscreen and a bit more likely to become canon than my gay!Lindsay theory, and this came to me out of nowhere.

[stellaluna_]

This is sad and ominous, and provides Lindsay with a very believable - and much-needed - backstory. There's such sorrow in the contrast between her struggle to be professional and treat this as just another crime scene, and the way her personal memories and hurts keep breaking through the surface. Love the last paragraph and its implications that Lindsay has just resigned herself to eventually beoming a victim herself.

[scarletts_awry]

Thank you. Personally I don't think Lindsay's found a way to cope with the job, and she's certainly struggling here. I keep coming back to that *weird* line she has about the victim making her feel vulnerable, and you know how resistant I am to the idea that Lindsay was a victim herself at some point. Something tragic happening to a sister or a close friend would be in keeping with her canon reactions to dead young women.

[scarletts_awry]

Thanks; I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)