Edges
| Fanfiction | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Edges |
| Author(s): | Merryish |
| Date(s): | 15 Nov 1998 |
| Length: | 2292 words |
| Genre(s): | Slash, First Time |
| Fandom(s): | |
| Relationship(s): | Jim/Blair |
| External Links: | Edges (Any road via Wayback) on AO3 |
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Edges is a Jim/Blair story by Merryish. It was posted to 852 Prospect as well as the author's website Any road, and later imported to AO3.
Author's Summary
In which a tacit understanding is shattered when Blair pisses Jim off by saving his silly skin.
Reactions and Reviews
Oh, man, this reminds me of how much I still love them. This story was FORMATIVE for me, you know?[1]
TS was an emotional show and its fanfic reflect that. You can’t open up ten stories without finding one where a character is angry. But I chose this one because I like Merry’s phrasing. I can really see the characters in my mind when I read Edges. The theme is a common one: Blair gets in the middle of danger and gets hurt and Jim gets angry. Blair gets angry right back.There was silence in the loft when the echoes faded and the dishes in the cabinets stopped rattling. Quite a contrast to the operatic excesses they'd reached in the truck. The door was still on its hinges but it had been a very near thing, and now Blair wasn't talking, wasn't even breathing as far as Jim could tell. What he was, was moving, and way too fast for Jim's peace of mind.
Another thunderous slam, and the doors to Blair's room shut him out. Glass clattered against wood and held, thank god; enough had been broken for one day. Blair had nearly been damaged beyond repair, and they'd talked about this so many times it was getting stupid. Jim had tried volume instead of diplomacy for this one.
It hadn't been the wisest of choices.
As is often the case, anger covers for other emotions – in this case fear and love.[2]
References
- ^ Kass. Comment on AO3, Archived on 28 January 2021 Posted 19 September 2008.
- ^ magician114. Edges, Archived on 25 June 2022 on rec50. Posted 24 January 2010.