An Ordinary Life (Sentinel story)

Sentinel Fanfiction
Title:	An Ordinary Life
Author(s):	J.M. Griffin
Date(s):	September 1999
Length:
Genre:	slash
Fandom:	The Sentinel
External Links:	An Ordinary Life @ Wayback_machine
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An Ordinary Life is a Jim/Blair story by J.M. Griffin.

Author's Notes

"I wrote this story shortly after the fourth season of TS ended, and even though I have written a few more since then, for some weird reason I think of this as my last TS story. I dedicate it to anyone who thinks they will never find the love of their life -- keep looking, keep hoping, you just never know.... (Previously published in Come To Your Senses 15 in Sept. 1999.)"

Reactions and Reviews

As you may have been able to tell by my previous recs, I really enjoy AUs. This particular AU has Blair as a literature professor teaching at Rainier. Jim is working undercover and the boys meet under less than ideal circumstances. But even so, there is an attraction, a bond, between both of them that neither can deny.

What I like about this particular story is the mood. You can feel Blair's loneliness, his longing for something more. The story starts out with Blair grocery shopping when he comes across two men shopping, whom he assumes are having a relationship. Their affection, their love for each other only serve to emphasize what he's missing from his own life.

I adore how the author ties the ending of the story in with the beginning.

While there are some technical flaws to the story, the emotion makes it well worth reading.

this au isn't that far divorced from reality--blair's an english professor who meets jim during an undercover job. some messiness, but it's rife with emotion, intensely romantic.