Without Love

Sentinel Fanfiction
Title:	Without Love
Author(s):	Josephine Darcy
Date(s):
Length:
Genre:	slash
Fandom:	The Sentinel
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Without Love is a Jim/Blair story by Josephine Darcy.

It has an example of Blairscent!

Reactions and Reviews

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Ohhh, the melodrama! Wheeeee!

I like the way Jim keeps struggling with the concept that what he feels about Blair might be more than just friendship.

I was going through some links and came across Josephine's site and refound this story. I loved it from the first time I read it and have went back and read it again several times. The end never fails to have me crying. The story is about lying to yourself, separating yourself from your emotions and the devastating effects that can have on you and those around you. In this one Jim is way repressed, surprise there (yeah, right!). He denies something out of fear of what it makes him and it leads he and Blair down a hard path. It takes something tragic in the end to reunite Jim with a part of himself that he has lost, saving Blair in the process. I cry every damn time I read this one. That is part of what made me love it. It made me so sad the denial Jim goes into and what it costs both he and Blair. I mean Jim is way in denial in this one. It is just beautiful though how well that is told. How you can see Jim is lying to himself so clearly and just feel so sorry for him that he feels he has to do that. Breaks my heart. It's definitely one of my faves. I have a hard time remembering story names though. I often remember what the story is about and not the name. Can tell you details of the story and yet not the name or who it is by. That is always the case with this one. I always end up stumbling back upon it and going, "Oh, that story...I love that one." The end is so damn good. I get that prickly teary feeling through most of the story, but that ending just gets them flowing. Love that ending so much. Happy and sad all at once. When Jim finally moves out of denial land and realizes what he wants so badly. Before it is to late. Beautiful story.

2003

For my first set of TS recs, I decided to rec some of the first stories I ever read in this fandom. Some may be a bit schmoopy, most of them have more Guide-fanon than I really prefer-- but they're all sentimental favorites, the stories I go back to over and over again, like comfort food. And all three of the ones I'm going to rec are good examples of your classic TS First Time story: they have romance, they have angst, and they have snark. What more do you need?

Josephine's summary of Without Love is, "An undercover kiss leads to complications." One of the truly classic slash set-ups-- done well it's like crack, and this one is definitely done well. I like Without Love because the kiss does *not* immediately enlighten Jim and Blair to the fact that they love each other and must have sex right now. There's lots of angst and struggle and misunderstanding, intertwined with police work and adventure, before they get to that point...

Fanon-phrases to look out for: "Dial it down," "Spirit Guide" and "Blessed Protector" all make their appearance.

I love this writer's style. "Without Love" is a story I go back and read now and then because it's one of those repressed Jim stories without all the hue and cry. Blair's wonderful too. It starts off almost lighthearted, a case story, then The Kiss, and their world is different. It's beautifully written with nice dialogue and a Jim who is so into denial. And as I'm a happy ending slut - the ending put a big ol smile on my face.

2010

An undercover kiss leads to angst, h/c, violence and eventually to m/m. It was some kiss! Seriously, Josephine Darcy writes wonderfully. If you're looking for a good, long wallow with a happy ending, here’s your story.