Distractions (Sentinel story)
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| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Distractions |
| Author(s): | Charlotte Frost |
| Date(s): | 12/4/04 |
| Length: | 125k, 65pgs |
| Genre(s): | slash |
| Fandom(s): | The Sentinel |
| Relationship(s): | |
| External Links: | online here online at AO3 |
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Distractions is a Jim/Blair story by Charlotte Frost.
Summary: "First time and then some. Blair is ready to act on his feelings; does that make Jim's senses a curse or a blessing? Takes place a few months after TSbBS."
Author's Comments
I became almost strictly a gen reader in TS fandom, because I found the slash so unsatisfying. One reason for the latter is that almost no slash stories mention Jim’s senses in relation to sex; the other is that Jim and Blair are 90’s characters, written by 90’s writers. Therefore, they often fall in bed together like it’s no big deal. I longed for my old-time slash fandoms, where homo sex (for characters who identified themselves as heterosexual) was a Big Deal, and where there was angst and a slow build-up to the first time scenario, while also keeping to one of my favorite TS themes of “How does Jim’s senses effect him sexually?” So, this was a very simple story, to the point of being blatantly harmless. I tried to beef it up with a Simon subplot, but I think the latter situation comes across as rather abrupt.[1]