I'm not reading much at the moment either, but I've recently realised that you're a name to look out for, Catherine <g>, so when I saw this had been posted I couldn't resist checking it out.

Deathfic isn't generally the first genre I'd look out for, as most of it is unbearably maudlin and angst for angst's sake, I've found over the years.

But there are always exceptions - many of which have made it into my favourite stories list over the years and this one definitely has to join them.

You've written a very powerful vignette here. Downbeat, yes. Tearjerker, yes. But using such beautiful language and stunning dramatic tension and perfectly pitched, never dropping into maudlin, but deeply emotive.

You're notching up some marks on my Kerth list for next year, girl. laugh

Brava!

LabRat smile


Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly.
Aramis: Yes, sorry.
Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.

The Musketeers