Title: A Place To Be
Fandom: Without A Trace
Pairing: Danny/Martin
Categories: Slash, Romance, Post-Series
Length: Medium (3,555 words)
Warning: None
Rating: Author doesn't rate; I'm going with R


Author on LJ: The Key To Change ...

Website: oooh, shiny


Summary: A gentle tale of how it could've happened.

Review: A post-series fix-it for anyone who didn't like the Danny/Elena dynamic which emerged towards the end of Without A Trace. It's approximately a year after the final episode, and Danny and Martin are still working together - with Elena long gone - when they witness a horrendous traffic accident. Becoming caught up in the aftermath of it reminds them both of their own mortality, and what is precious in their lives.

The demise of the WOAT slash fiction archive at the end of 2009 left a huge gap in the world as far as Danny/Martin fiction is concerned, but the fandom is gradually beginning to re-establish itself in a variety of locations on the Web. (See this page on delicious for example.) veronicaluv is among several well-known authors in the genre whose work has recently become available again - and not just her archived stories, but new stuff too. A Place To Be is hot off the presses, posted on 31 January 2010, and I for one hope that it's a sign of things to come. I choose to see it as a reassurance that this battered fandom is alive and well.

This is a nicely-crafted, unassuming little story of how the boys might get together at the end of a particularly rough day and after an exceedingly difficult couple of years; there is some delightful domestic detail - some charming stuff with mobile phones - and Danny wearing nothing but a green bath towel, which has to be good, right? It's low-key and sweet and somehow just rings true; this is exactly how it could have happened, and exactly how I wish it had.

Link: A Place To Be