Ebb Tide (Starsky & Hutch story)
| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Ebb Tide |
| Author(s): | Syn Ferguson |
| Date(s): | 1984 |
| Length: | |
| Genre: | slash |
| Fandom: | Starsky & Hutch |
| External Links: | Ebb Tide |
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Ebb Tide is a slash Starsky and Hutch story by Syn Ferguson.
It was originally in Code 7 #3.
Summary
"Years in the future, Kiko visits his old friend Starsky after the death of his partner, Hutch."
Excerpt
"The tears he hadn't shed before spilled silently down Kiko's face. Starsky never had thought anything was too hard to accomplish, or too much to endure if it would save Hutch pain or make him happy. The desperate phone calls or fatal accident Kiko had half dreaded would never happen, because bad as it was to be left behind, Starsky could always believe he had saved Hutch that much pain, that much loneliness.
A hot hand of premonition squeezed Kiko's heart. Losing Hutch was like losing the sun, but when Starsky went it would be like the earth falling out from under his feet. And he would have to go on living. Starsky had just shown him how it was done. Starsky had shown him a lot."
Reactions and Reviews
This is a fabulous story, well-written and full of a sweet melancholy. Highly recommended. [1]
Another wonderful story of the older versions of our boys…Why this must be read: Kiko comes back to join Starsky in saying a final goodbye to Hutch. Starsky and Hutch left Kiko a final gift, but how much has he missed in the lives of men he once called big brothers? But it's Starsky that makes one final request in laying the memory of Hutch to a peaceful rest.
"You've been keeping his ashes in a take-out food box?"
Where else would you expect Starsky to keep Hutch?;) You discover, fully, the depth of love that Starksy had for Hutch at the end. Sacrifice comes in many forms, this is just one of them. [2]
I adore this story for everything: the older love, the take-out box, the way it all played out to give Hutch's final journey the humor and appreciation that he deserved. [3]