Back Room Blues
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| Jim/Blair Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Back Room Blues |
| Author(s): | Saraid |
| Date(s): | before August 2003? |
| Length: | 21914 words |
| Genre: | slash |
| Fandom: | The Sentinel |
| External Links: | personal website, AO3 |
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Back Room Blues is a Sentinel story by Saraid.
Reactions and Reviews
I just love "what if's?" What if Blair never got the message from his nurse friend in the pilot? This AU starts a few years after Jim's senses have come online. He has had to give up his job and uses drugs to control his senses. He is barely able to leave the loft and depends on Simon for his survival. At this low point he encounters Blair in a gay bar. There is rough sex and some non con elements but all ends happily.[1]
You know, I think I came across this story a while back and didn't read it as I was a bit put off by the scenario. But acting on your rec I now have and am very glad I did.This was a very intriguing read. The rough bits are certainly quite shocking, used as we are to canon!Jim, but I think the whole thing has been thought through so well, you can just see that Jim missing his chance to meet Blair could easily have taken that steep descent into a complete non-functioning mess. It all felt very real (if, TBH, the whole g*y-bar scenario didn't quite..., to me), and the "belonging together" stuff was successfully done without mawkishness. Simon's little bit of jealousy was also a nice touch.[2]