Pros fic rec - Sentinels by Castalia

[byslantedlight]

Sentinels by Castalia

Just because I haven't posted a rec, or even about Prosfic for ages (or at least that's how it feels, not counting over at Reading Room) - I was sorting out my google docs and found a list of older lads fic I'd collated for Palelyoitering.com (gosh, which really needs updating now that marking's over, doesn't it...) Anyway - I flicked down and clicked on Sentinels, and loved it all over again...

It's rather a comfort story, somehow without the hurt being too close, but it's more than that too, because it's an understanding story, one of my favourites where it's done so simply, without belabouring, and I love them both all the better for it...

*sighs happily for Castalia fic*

Comments

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

I just love this piece of writing - there's something about the phrase 'the need to map me' which always really gets to me:

Then come the kisses, the need to map me. As if Bodie, in these dreams of his, forgets my shape, my taste.

and the image of vulnerable Bodie holding on for comfort, nuzzling Ray (who doesn't really mind....), and you can almost substitute 'nuzzling' for 'suckling', like a suckling baby. So many basic, primal instincts here, fighting for attention.

Lovely, thanks!

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

Thanks for reccing this. It's one of hers I'd apparently missed. I love stories that show them together years later.

[cloudless-9193.livejournal.com]

I haven't read this before. Very comforting, Doyle soothing Bodie's nightmares, and Bodie watching over Doyle, making sure he takes his meds. Thanks for the rec! :-)