Curiously Strong

Jim/Blair Fanfiction
Title:	Curiously Strong
Author(s):	Dawn M. Pares
Date(s):	16 May 1999
Length:	~3000 words
Genre:	Slash, Missing Scene
Fandom:	The Sentinel
External Links:	online here
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Curiously Strong is a Sentinel story by Dawn M. Pares. It was originally posted on 852 Prospect and later imported to AO3.

Summary: Jim and Blair and the kitchen table.

Reactions and Reviews

It seems appropriate that this story be rec’ed after Bone’s magnificent “Territorial Imperative, as a number of writers were inspired enough by it to respond to the infamous “Kitchen Table Challenge.” This story remains, for me, one of the best…What is it about an inebriated Blair that’s so damned appealing? Does the appeal lie in the fact that an inebriated Blair makes for a very amusing and devastatingly sexy take-charge Blair? Perhaps. In this terrific PWP (really, the only point of the story is to get Jim and Blair nekkid and on the kitchen table going for it), Dawn M. Pares masterfully conveys the complexity of her characters through an economy of action and dialogue. Her Blair zings back and forth, practically vibrating off the page, and her Jim, while gruff on the surface, is happily along for the ride that Blair’s guiding him on.

One of my favorite kinds of story is one where we get to see Jim and Blair already established in their relationship and comfortable with each other in every way. While it’s always fun to see how authors get the boys together, I take a certain delight in being dropped into stories where their relationship is already in progress. And even though “Curiously Strong” is a fairly brief PWP, it’s a highly nuanced window into the give-and-take dynamic of the boys’ relationship, and it’s wonderful and hot and sexy and fun! Enjoy!