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[travels_in_time]

Comment-fic written for bringthehappy, where the only rule is that you try to leave the reader smiling. I've linked it previously, but just wanted to officially post it in this journal.

Fandom: Life on Mars (UK)
Characters: Sam, Gene
Rating: G
Spoilers: None
Prompt: "Zoo"

Comment-fic, therefore not beta~ed, although draycevixen was kind enough to point out the cotton

Comments

[phoenix64]

Hee hee. I do love the way you write Sam/Gene.

[travels_in_time]

Not much at all, you mean? :D

[rustydog]

Oh, I missed this before! I agree with Phoenix, the way you write Sam and Gene, I can vividly see and hear them.

And in this one, I adore the idea of Sam comparing Gene to an animal, *out loud*, while Gene is apparently unaware. Or is he? Well played. :)

::hearts this::

ETA: And I love the image of the halo/mane in the light. :) So much so that it came back to me hours later!

[travels_in_time]

You know, I didn't like it at first when Philip Glenister started growing his hair out for the part, but then I got used to it, and it really seems to suit him. Well, it seems to suit Gene, I should say. *g*

And the thing of Sam rambling on, and Gene apparently ignoring him (but not really) is one of my favorite things about the show.

There's a part in one of the episodes where Gene is doing his usual sort of very colorful speech and Sam points out, "This is a very mixed metaphor." (And it's funny, his tone of voice and his expression--he's almost more distressed by the mixed metaphor than by the actual crime!) And Gene is all *eyeroll* *ignore*.

And then later on, Gene's giving an overview of the case in front of the whole department, and he calls out across the room, "Am I mixing my metaphors again?" And Sam doesn't even miss a beat or look up from what he's doing, just replies, "No, that was a simile, you're all right."