Call and Fold Part 6: Blindsided

[the_summoning_d]

Title: Blindsided (Call and Fold 6/9)
Rating: R
Warnings: Slash, angst, lack of sexing
Pairings: Chris/Ezra, Buck/JD, Ezra/JD, and, uh...some Chris/Buck appeared, apparently of its own free will.
Disclaimer: I make no attempt to pretend that I own the Magnificent Seven.
Summary: Our boys return to Four Corners, and Ezra decides to return the favour

Comments

[farad]

Your evilness knows now bounds. What a wonderful Buck-Voice you have! I love his concern for JD and his complete obliviousness to it!! Very well done!!!

Vin, too - he may not be one of the one getting set up for love, but his voice is wonderful in this. You do him very well!

So - why the present tense? Just curious . . .

[the_summoning_d]

*grin* Evil? Me?

I'm glad you approve of my Buck-Voice - he's damned hard to write. And yes, it does really sadden me that I've run out of people to slash Vin with...

And why past tense? Because I wrote 'Farewell Note' in the present tense just for a little experiment. The all of a sudden there were eight more parts waiting to be written, and it would have felt jarring to switch tenses.

[farad]

LOL - I can see that. It's funny - I've been working on something of my own, and as happens every time I read something in present tense, when I go back to what I've been working on, I end up writing in present tense. It takes me a while to get my head back into verb conjugation!

Wwweeeeeuuuullllll . . .you could always have Vin show Josiah the way . . . heh. Or Chanu (have you read any of Wolfandboarfics Vin/Chanu stories? They're wonderful - but then, most of her stuff is wonderful. check out her Dark Universe if you haven't had the chance. Almost as good as the ones you pointed me to . . . )

[the_summoning_d]

It's bad enough struggling to find the correct English tense, but I've started switching languages as well! I swear I typed a fair chunk of one paragraph in French without realising. Bloody exams are messing with my head. And of course there was a little Spanish cursing in this part as well...

Hmm. I like the way your mind works. After viewing Manhunt for the first time, I was blinded by the slash and read every Vin/Chanu fic I could lay my hands on (Not to mention that this was the ep which opened my eyes to the possibility of Buck/Ezra). WB's are the modern AU ones, aren't they?

[tarlanx]

YAY!! Another wonderful part! And I love that Chris and Ezra are now together and happy :-)

[the_summoning_d]

Why thankyou, darlin'! See, I said it ages ago and it's finally happened: Vin will drag Chris after Ezra, sexing will occur, and all will be well *grin* More soon!

[kashmir_heroin]

UPDATE! I actually did a happy dance in my chair when I saw this.

it goes out to ME? wow...*blush* I'm honored! ^_^

I'm just continually amazed by your writing - I swear I have never seen anyone get every single one of the Seven perfectly characterized before this. it's so incredibly believable it's CANON, except BETTER.
I was so excited for your Buck POV chapter, and you did NOT disappoint! his voice was dead on! this is exactly what I'd expect from him and more.

I'm trying to figure out how I can tell you how AWESOME this is but I'm just damn near SPEECHLESS. it's just perfect, still honestly the best Magnificent Seven fic I've ever read.

YOU. YOUR WRITING. INCREDIBLE.

VERY MUCH looking forward to more!

[the_summoning_d]

Shh, don't jinx it - I've not written Nathan yet!

I'm simultaneously incredibly flattered and utterly bemused by the happily speechless feedback. Don't worry, inarticulate squeals of joy are about the best comments a writer can get XD

[kashmir_heroin]

haha, well that's good, because how awesome this is? inarticulate squeals of joy are probably all I'll be able to come up with. ^_^

[strangevisitor7]

another terrific chapter. i love the way you've gotten inside Buck's head - Well for that matter through out this series you have been able to give each chapter a unique and true to character voice. Look forward to more.

[the_summoning_d]

Aw, thanks!

Um...I really do plan to write more. Soon. Honestly.
*hits muse with stick*

[sfulton229]

Great chapter! Love Buck in this; he is definately overlooking what he is feeling for JD and is somewhat in denial but things are leaking thru. Buck is quick to figure out that Chris and Ezra are together and happy but just missing all of JD's signals. The hint about a familar face in the wanted posters is a nice bit. Love how Ezra resolves the hostage situation; I'm thinking mainly because they woke him up. It's so sweet that Ezra and JD are still close; the hovering over the injured and sitting too close on the bed; the threatening Buck with dire consequences if he hurts JD. I could hear the click when Buck figured it out. Thanks for posting and I would love to see the next part of this.

[the_summoning_d]

Thank you very much :D I wish I could give you good news about updates, but the amount of time I've spent staring blankly at the start of the next chapter...I really do want to get this finished, but it may take a while.

[sfulton229]

Well, muses can be stubborn; this story is well worth waiting for.