I gleefully gleefully adore this with all my heart. Firstly the writing is beautiful, because your writing is beautiful, and you constantly leave me amazed. Secondly - these things:
1. Victor! I have huge not-so-sekrit love for Victor, and Victor & Danny interaction is like all my fic dreams come true. I love love the way you right him, like he's a real person, in-character but still very sympathetic.
2. Danny speaking Spanish.
3. Danny speaking Spanish. When he's kind of talking to himself. Seriously, I have such a thing about this, but it was such a nice touch, as well. (speaking spanish saves lives!)
4. I love how you communicated that Danny was exhausted but was still kind of in that amped up crazy state that he was in during the ep - eg. when he jumps up when he hears Victor. Both their mental states came across very vividly and unobtrusively.
5. “They, uh, they sedated him,” Taylor said, voice small and distant in the silence, almost fearfully hushed, as though in church.
I just love this description. The 'in church' bit seems so in character, somehow, and I'm not even sure why.
6. And that wasn’t fair, because one look at Taylor’s face told Victor that he hadn’t gotten away with only that bandage. Wounds ran deeper, and even as he watched, Victor could see Taylor closing off, stitching himself together again.
I love this tiny moment where Victor wants to start being angry at Danny, and then doesn't. Just a beautifully rendered little shift in mood.
7. wondered briefly if there was anyone waiting for him at home, or had passed the day hoping he was safe – a mother, father, wife.
Okay, and the fact that there isn't makes that line absolutely heartbreaking, and I love how it's just slipped in there without breaking out the violins or anything. I love that 'passes the day hoping he was safe' description - such an astute little image of what you do when you care about people.
This fic is a total gift and a lovely coda for the ep. Love love love.
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1. Victor! I have huge not-so-sekrit love for Victor, and Victor & Danny interaction is like all my fic dreams come true. I love love the way you right him, like he's a real person, in-character but still very sympathetic.
2. Danny speaking Spanish.
3. Danny speaking Spanish. When he's kind of talking to himself. Seriously, I have such a thing about this, but it was such a nice touch, as well. (speaking spanish saves lives!)
4. I love how you communicated that Danny was exhausted but was still kind of in that amped up crazy state that he was in during the ep - eg. when he jumps up when he hears Victor. Both their mental states came across very vividly and unobtrusively.
5. “They, uh, they sedated him,” Taylor said, voice small and distant in the silence, almost fearfully hushed, as though in church.
I just love this description. The 'in church' bit seems so in character, somehow, and I'm not even sure why.
6. And that wasn’t fair, because one look at Taylor’s face told Victor that he hadn’t gotten away with only that bandage. Wounds ran deeper, and even as he watched, Victor could see Taylor closing off, stitching himself together again.
I love this tiny moment where Victor wants to start being angry at Danny, and then doesn't. Just a beautifully rendered little shift in mood.
7. wondered briefly if there was anyone waiting for him at home, or had passed the day hoping he was safe – a mother, father, wife.
Okay, and the fact that there isn't makes that line absolutely heartbreaking, and I love how it's just slipped in there without breaking out the violins or anything. I love that 'passes the day hoping he was safe' description - such an astute little image of what you do when you care about people.
This fic is a total gift and a lovely coda for the ep. Love love love.