Title: Truth is in the Eye of the Beholder
Fandom: Person of Interest
Pairing: Harold Finch/John Reese
Categories/Genres: Outside POV, Romance, Fluff
Length: Short (1894 words)
Warnings: N/A

Author/Artist on LJ: infiniteeight
Author/Artist Website: infiniteeight

Summary:

Dee Dee has been working at this diner for three years, and she likes to make up little stories about her regulars.

Alternately, The progression of Reese and Finch's relationship from the perspective of a waitress at the diner where they meet in "Judgment" (1x05).


Review:

You know, as much as I enjoy reccing for relatively small fandoms, it sometimes makes finding themed recs just a touch difficult. So in the spirit of efficiency, I decided to outsource finding an adequate rec to a waitress in a New York Diner named Danielle. Or rather, Dee Dee, as her friends call her.

What she found for me was a story about a man who frequents the diner where she works. A quiet man, usually alone, who prefers a booth and a book. But then, one day, another man with salt and pepper hair stops in to see the quiet man, and what unfolds from there, at least from Dee Dee's perspective, is a tentative romance that flourishes and ripens with all the grace (and speed) of a good wine.

I love this story for how natural it feels, watching the progression of Finch and Reese's relationship through the lens of a thoroughly outside perspective. Through Dee Dee's eyes, infiniteeight captures a progression of growing closeness that is sometimes lost in the intense action and complex plotlines of the show itself, more highlighting the protagonists' canonical potential and carrying it through than creating a romance unique to the story itself. What's more, infiniteeight's simple prose and Dee Dee's fertile imagination inspire the reader to spin their own creative interpretation of the two men's interactions, making the story feel much vaster than its mere 1900 words.


Truth is in the Eye of the Beholder