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Fic: Two O'Clock on a Tuesday Night

Jul 14, 2007 20:14

Title: Two O'Clock on a Tuesday Night
Author: stellaluna_
Fandom: CSI:NY
Rating: PG for language
Summary: There are no adequate words at times like these. Danny/Mac. Post-ep for "Run Silent, Run Deep."
Disclaimer: None of these are mine. Characters are the property of Anthony Zuiker, Jerry Bruckheimer Television, CBS, and Alliance Atlantis.
Notes: Written ( Read more... )

meme, danny/mac, pg, fic, request, csi:ny

Comments 14

mentalhygiene July 15 2007, 03:29:56 UTC

I love this, all the liquid tension. Such an intimate, intense little moment, very well done. : D

stellaluna_ July 18 2007, 17:48:20 UTC

Thank you! Louie's impact on Danny's life has been on my mind a lot lately, and I've been trying to get back to a good place with writing these two. It's a slow process, but I'm hoping it'll be a fruitful one.

chelletoo July 15 2007, 05:30:11 UTC

Poor Mac. He tries so hard to resist Danny.

stellaluna_ July 18 2007, 17:50:02 UTC

He really does, and he so rarely has any success with it. It's a constant back-and-forth between the two of them.

scsquidsnaps July 15 2007, 05:52:22 UTC

Wonderful as always.
I can literally see Mac and Danny in my mind, having this conversation.
Very, very good job.

stellaluna_ July 18 2007, 19:04:31 UTC

Thank you! Very glad you enjoyed it. I like writing these quieter stories where they have the opportunity to just sit and talk to each other.

bedlamsbard July 15 2007, 20:28:40 UTC

Is it bad that the first thing I thought about the line in the cut tag was, "Danny won't get old. He'll die young."? *headdesk, headdesk, headdesk*

"Inbetween places." Oh, God, yes. Oh, Danny.

stellaluna_ July 19 2007, 00:01:00 UTC

I have to admit that I thought the same thing when Mac said that. They all seem to have way too good a chance at becoming collateral damage, and given Danny's general temperament and family background (and luck, or lack thereof), well...yeah.

I do like the notion of in-between places, both as a general thematic element and for them in particular.

bedlamsbard July 19 2007, 01:50:49 UTC

You know, if they kill him off well on the show, I wouldn't be averse to the idea. I mean, he is my favorite character, but his absence -- if he's fired, if he goes undercover, if he dies -- would do really interesting things to the lab dynamic. And it wouldn't be out of character for him to die young, either.

I think it's very telling that we both think that.

stunt_muppet July 17 2007, 16:56:41 UTC

I have noticed the constant typos in subtitled TV. Drives me crazy.

Brings me to my next point: All those true-to-life details - the heat of the coffee cup, the TV constantly tuned to CNN, the subtitles, Danny's appearance - make this so vivid and real that I can just see it happening. Also love the way you drew parallels between Danny's appearance and Mac's. Such a revealing comparison for both of them.

stellaluna_ July 19 2007, 00:05:59 UTC

The typos drive *me* crazy, too, and I figured that it was the sort of thing Danny and Mac would be likely to notice.

And thank you! I'm glad the details worked. For this fic, particularly, it seemed important to ground it in those kind of details, since this is very much about a small moment in time, and given how hyper-aware he is of Danny here, I think that Mac would become that much more aware of all the details of his surroundings, as well. And that it hits Mac hard when he's able to draw a parallel between Danny's appearance and his own is fairly telling, I think.