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Title: Very Possibly My Least Favourite Person Ever by Lady Paperclip
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Guy
Categories: Humour, Romance?
Length: 1420
Warning: None
Rating: PG-15
Author on LJ: Lady Paperclip
Website: Unknown
Summary: The first time they have sex, it is bad. Really bad.
Review:
This story accomplishes a great deal in only a few words. Not only does it tackle one of the most notoriously difficult slash possibilities of recent times, but it also subverts the tradition in slash fandom that the sex is always mind-meltingly wonderful and that the pair fall into one another's arms with a blissful sigh amid showers of rose petals. With Mac and Guy, that was never ever going to happen.
For those who aren't familiar with the characters, Mac is a surgeon and Guy is his anaesthetist, and their relationship as seen on TV never really rises above the level of playground taunting - largely because Guy is one of the world's major assholes. He does, however, have a very well-concealed sensitive side - just enough to convince one that he could be worth the effort it might take to bring it out. Lady Paperclip doesn't enlighten us about how the pair got together, but their progress from their first awkward sexual encounter to their tenth when they almost get it right seems to indicate that Mac is prepared to invest time and trouble in Guy and that sooner or later he will be rewarded for it.
They do, however, both stay reassuringly true to their characters throughout; some of Guy's lines are wonderfully spot-on!
"Guy complains, loudly and at length (though never anywhere they can be overheard), about Mac’s hair and the way it moults all over the place. His tone of voice suggests that the few stray hairs that may have somehow ended up on his pillows will somehow eat through his obnoxiously high thread count sheets, and he will get Evil Ginger Diseases."
In short, this is exactly the way this relationship would go if ever Mac was weak-minded enough to allow it; Lady Paperclip knows her characters and writes them convincingly. This is not a big fandom and good slash fiction is correspondingly thin on the ground, but if you're looking for something that doesn’t follow a predictable path this would be a jolly good place to start.
Very Possibly My Least Favourite Person Ever
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Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Guy
Categories: Humour, Romance?
Length: 1420
Warning: None
Rating: PG-15
Author on LJ: Lady Paperclip
Website: Unknown
Summary: The first time they have sex, it is bad. Really bad.
Review:
This story accomplishes a great deal in only a few words. Not only does it tackle one of the most notoriously difficult slash possibilities of recent times, but it also subverts the tradition in slash fandom that the sex is always mind-meltingly wonderful and that the pair fall into one another's arms with a blissful sigh amid showers of rose petals. With Mac and Guy, that was never ever going to happen.
For those who aren't familiar with the characters, Mac is a surgeon and Guy is his anaesthetist, and their relationship as seen on TV never really rises above the level of playground taunting - largely because Guy is one of the world's major assholes. He does, however, have a very well-concealed sensitive side - just enough to convince one that he could be worth the effort it might take to bring it out. Lady Paperclip doesn't enlighten us about how the pair got together, but their progress from their first awkward sexual encounter to their tenth when they almost get it right seems to indicate that Mac is prepared to invest time and trouble in Guy and that sooner or later he will be rewarded for it.
They do, however, both stay reassuringly true to their characters throughout; some of Guy's lines are wonderfully spot-on!
"Guy complains, loudly and at length (though never anywhere they can be overheard), about Mac’s hair and the way it moults all over the place. His tone of voice suggests that the few stray hairs that may have somehow ended up on his pillows will somehow eat through his obnoxiously high thread count sheets, and he will get Evil Ginger Diseases."
In short, this is exactly the way this relationship would go if ever Mac was weak-minded enough to allow it; Lady Paperclip knows her characters and writes them convincingly. This is not a big fandom and good slash fiction is correspondingly thin on the ground, but if you're looking for something that doesn’t follow a predictable path this would be a jolly good place to start.
Very Possibly My Least Favourite Person Ever
Title: Very Possibly My Least Favourite Person Ever by Lady Paperclip
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Guy
Categories: Humour, Romance?
Length: 1420
Warning: None
Rating: PG-15
Author on LJ: Lady Paperclip
Website: Unknown
Summary: The first time they have sex, it is bad. Really bad.
Review:
This story accomplishes a great deal in only a few words. Not only does it tackle one of the most notoriously difficult slash possibilities of recent times, but it also subverts the tradition in slash fandom that the sex is always mind-meltingly wonderful and that the pair fall into one another's arms with a blissful sigh amid showers of rose petals. With Mac and Guy, that was never ever going to happen.
For those who aren't familiar with the characters, Mac is a surgeon and Guy is his anaesthetist, and their relationship as seen on TV never really rises above the level of playground taunting - largely because Guy is one of the world's major assholes. He does, however, have a very well-concealed sensitive side - just enough to convince one that he could be worth the effort it might take to bring it out. Lady Paperclip doesn't enlighten us about how the pair got together, but their progress from their first awkward sexual encounter to their tenth when they almost get it right seems to indicate that Mac is prepared to invest time and trouble in Guy and that sooner or later he will be rewarded for it.
They do, however, both stay reassuringly true to their characters throughout; some of Guy's lines are wonderfully spot-on!
"Guy complains, loudly and at length (though never anywhere they can be overheard), about Mac’s hair and the way it moults all over the place. His tone of voice suggests that the few stray hairs that may have somehow ended up on his pillows will somehow eat through his obnoxiously high thread count sheets, and he will get Evil Ginger Diseases."
In short, this is exactly the way this relationship would go if ever Mac was weak-minded enough to allow it; Lady Paperclip knows her characters and writes them convincingly. This is not a big fandom and good slash fiction is correspondingly thin on the ground, but if you're looking for something that doesn’t follow a predictable path this would be a jolly good place to start.
Very Possibly My Least Favourite Person Ever
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Guy
Categories: Humour, Romance?
Length: 1420
Warning: None
Rating: PG-15
Author on LJ: Lady Paperclip
Website: Unknown
Summary: The first time they have sex, it is bad. Really bad.
Review:
This story accomplishes a great deal in only a few words. Not only does it tackle one of the most notoriously difficult slash possibilities of recent times, but it also subverts the tradition in slash fandom that the sex is always mind-meltingly wonderful and that the pair fall into one another's arms with a blissful sigh amid showers of rose petals. With Mac and Guy, that was never ever going to happen.
For those who aren't familiar with the characters, Mac is a surgeon and Guy is his anaesthetist, and their relationship as seen on TV never really rises above the level of playground taunting - largely because Guy is one of the world's major assholes. He does, however, have a very well-concealed sensitive side - just enough to convince one that he could be worth the effort it might take to bring it out. Lady Paperclip doesn't enlighten us about how the pair got together, but their progress from their first awkward sexual encounter to their tenth when they almost get it right seems to indicate that Mac is prepared to invest time and trouble in Guy and that sooner or later he will be rewarded for it.
They do, however, both stay reassuringly true to their characters throughout; some of Guy's lines are wonderfully spot-on!
"Guy complains, loudly and at length (though never anywhere they can be overheard), about Mac’s hair and the way it moults all over the place. His tone of voice suggests that the few stray hairs that may have somehow ended up on his pillows will somehow eat through his obnoxiously high thread count sheets, and he will get Evil Ginger Diseases."
In short, this is exactly the way this relationship would go if ever Mac was weak-minded enough to allow it; Lady Paperclip knows her characters and writes them convincingly. This is not a big fandom and good slash fiction is correspondingly thin on the ground, but if you're looking for something that doesn’t follow a predictable path this would be a jolly good place to start.
Very Possibly My Least Favourite Person Ever
Title: Very Possibly My Least Favourite Person Ever by Lady Paperclip
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Guy
Categories: Humour, Romance?
Length: 1420
Warning: None
Rating: PG-15
Author on LJ: Lady Paperclip
Website: Unknown
Summary: The first time they have sex, it is bad. Really bad.
Review:
This story accomplishes a great deal in only a few words. Not only does it tackle one of the most notoriously difficult slash possibilities of recent times, but it also subverts the tradition in slash fandom that the sex is always mind-meltingly wonderful and that the pair fall into one another's arms with a blissful sigh amid showers of rose petals. With Mac and Guy, that was never ever going to happen.
For those who aren't familiar with the characters, Mac is a surgeon and Guy is his anaesthetist, and their relationship as seen on TV never really rises above the level of playground taunting - largely because Guy is one of the world's major assholes. He does, however, have a very well-concealed sensitive side - just enough to convince one that he could be worth the effort it might take to bring it out. Lady Paperclip doesn't enlighten us about how the pair got together, but their progress from their first awkward sexual encounter to their tenth when they almost get it right seems to indicate that Mac is prepared to invest time and trouble in Guy and that sooner or later he will be rewarded for it.
They do, however, both stay reassuringly true to their characters throughout; some of Guy's lines are wonderfully spot-on!
"Guy complains, loudly and at length (though never anywhere they can be overheard), about Mac’s hair and the way it moults all over the place. His tone of voice suggests that the few stray hairs that may have somehow ended up on his pillows will somehow eat through his obnoxiously high thread count sheets, and he will get Evil Ginger Diseases."
In short, this is exactly the way this relationship would go if ever Mac was weak-minded enough to allow it; Lady Paperclip knows her characters and writes them convincingly. This is not a big fandom and good slash fiction is correspondingly thin on the ground, but if you're looking for something that doesn’t follow a predictable path this would be a jolly good place to start.
Very Possibly My Least Favourite Person Ever
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Guy
Categories: Humour, Romance?
Length: 1420
Warning: None
Rating: PG-15
Author on LJ: Lady Paperclip
Website: Unknown
Summary: The first time they have sex, it is bad. Really bad.
Review:
This story accomplishes a great deal in only a few words. Not only does it tackle one of the most notoriously difficult slash possibilities of recent times, but it also subverts the tradition in slash fandom that the sex is always mind-meltingly wonderful and that the pair fall into one another's arms with a blissful sigh amid showers of rose petals. With Mac and Guy, that was never ever going to happen.
For those who aren't familiar with the characters, Mac is a surgeon and Guy is his anaesthetist, and their relationship as seen on TV never really rises above the level of playground taunting - largely because Guy is one of the world's major assholes. He does, however, have a very well-concealed sensitive side - just enough to convince one that he could be worth the effort it might take to bring it out. Lady Paperclip doesn't enlighten us about how the pair got together, but their progress from their first awkward sexual encounter to their tenth when they almost get it right seems to indicate that Mac is prepared to invest time and trouble in Guy and that sooner or later he will be rewarded for it.
They do, however, both stay reassuringly true to their characters throughout; some of Guy's lines are wonderfully spot-on!
"Guy complains, loudly and at length (though never anywhere they can be overheard), about Mac’s hair and the way it moults all over the place. His tone of voice suggests that the few stray hairs that may have somehow ended up on his pillows will somehow eat through his obnoxiously high thread count sheets, and he will get Evil Ginger Diseases."
In short, this is exactly the way this relationship would go if ever Mac was weak-minded enough to allow it; Lady Paperclip knows her characters and writes them convincingly. This is not a big fandom and good slash fiction is correspondingly thin on the ground, but if you're looking for something that doesn’t follow a predictable path this would be a jolly good place to start.
Very Possibly My Least Favourite Person Ever
Title: Very Possibly My Least Favourite Person Ever by Lady Paperclip
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Guy
Categories: Humour, Romance?
Length: 1420
Warning: None
Rating: PG-15
Author on LJ: Lady Paperclip
Website: Unknown
Summary: The first time they have sex, it is bad. Really bad.
Review:
This story accomplishes a great deal in only a few words. Not only does it tackle one of the most notoriously difficult slash possibilities of recent times, but it also subverts the tradition in slash fandom that the sex is always mind-meltingly wonderful and that the pair fall into one another's arms with a blissful sigh amid showers of rose petals. With Mac and Guy, that was never ever going to happen.
For those who aren't familiar with the characters, Mac is a surgeon and Guy is his anaesthetist, and their relationship as seen on TV never really rises above the level of playground taunting - largely because Guy is one of the world's major assholes. He does, however, have a very well-concealed sensitive side - just enough to convince one that he could be worth the effort it might take to bring it out. Lady Paperclip doesn't enlighten us about how the pair got together, but their progress from their first awkward sexual encounter to their tenth when they almost get it right seems to indicate that Mac is prepared to invest time and trouble in Guy and that sooner or later he will be rewarded for it.
They do, however, both stay reassuringly true to their characters throughout; some of Guy's lines are wonderfully spot-on!
"Guy complains, loudly and at length (though never anywhere they can be overheard), about Mac’s hair and the way it moults all over the place. His tone of voice suggests that the few stray hairs that may have somehow ended up on his pillows will somehow eat through his obnoxiously high thread count sheets, and he will get Evil Ginger Diseases."
In short, this is exactly the way this relationship would go if ever Mac was weak-minded enough to allow it; Lady Paperclip knows her characters and writes them convincingly. This is not a big fandom and good slash fiction is correspondingly thin on the ground, but if you're looking for something that doesn’t follow a predictable path this would be a jolly good place to start.
Very Possibly My Least Favourite Person Ever
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Guy
Categories: Humour, Romance?
Length: 1420
Warning: None
Rating: PG-15
Author on LJ: Lady Paperclip
Website: Unknown
Summary: The first time they have sex, it is bad. Really bad.
Review:
This story accomplishes a great deal in only a few words. Not only does it tackle one of the most notoriously difficult slash possibilities of recent times, but it also subverts the tradition in slash fandom that the sex is always mind-meltingly wonderful and that the pair fall into one another's arms with a blissful sigh amid showers of rose petals. With Mac and Guy, that was never ever going to happen.
For those who aren't familiar with the characters, Mac is a surgeon and Guy is his anaesthetist, and their relationship as seen on TV never really rises above the level of playground taunting - largely because Guy is one of the world's major assholes. He does, however, have a very well-concealed sensitive side - just enough to convince one that he could be worth the effort it might take to bring it out. Lady Paperclip doesn't enlighten us about how the pair got together, but their progress from their first awkward sexual encounter to their tenth when they almost get it right seems to indicate that Mac is prepared to invest time and trouble in Guy and that sooner or later he will be rewarded for it.
They do, however, both stay reassuringly true to their characters throughout; some of Guy's lines are wonderfully spot-on!
"Guy complains, loudly and at length (though never anywhere they can be overheard), about Mac’s hair and the way it moults all over the place. His tone of voice suggests that the few stray hairs that may have somehow ended up on his pillows will somehow eat through his obnoxiously high thread count sheets, and he will get Evil Ginger Diseases."
In short, this is exactly the way this relationship would go if ever Mac was weak-minded enough to allow it; Lady Paperclip knows her characters and writes them convincingly. This is not a big fandom and good slash fiction is correspondingly thin on the ground, but if you're looking for something that doesn’t follow a predictable path this would be a jolly good place to start.
Very Possibly My Least Favourite Person Ever
Title: Very Possibly My Least Favourite Person Ever by Lady Paperclip
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Guy
Categories: Humour, Romance?
Length: 1420
Warning: None
Rating: PG-15
Author on LJ: Lady Paperclip
Website: Unknown
Summary: The first time they have sex, it is bad. Really bad.
Review:
This story accomplishes a great deal in only a few words. Not only does it tackle one of the most notoriously difficult slash possibilities of recent times, but it also subverts the tradition in slash fandom that the sex is always mind-meltingly wonderful and that the pair fall into one another's arms with a blissful sigh amid showers of rose petals. With Mac and Guy, that was never ever going to happen.
For those who aren't familiar with the characters, Mac is a surgeon and Guy is his anaesthetist, and their relationship as seen on TV never really rises above the level of playground taunting - largely because Guy is one of the world's major assholes. He does, however, have a very well-concealed sensitive side - just enough to convince one that he could be worth the effort it might take to bring it out. Lady Paperclip doesn't enlighten us about how the pair got together, but their progress from their first awkward sexual encounter to their tenth when they almost get it right seems to indicate that Mac is prepared to invest time and trouble in Guy and that sooner or later he will be rewarded for it.
They do, however, both stay reassuringly true to their characters throughout; some of Guy's lines are wonderfully spot-on!
"Guy complains, loudly and at length (though never anywhere they can be overheard), about Mac’s hair and the way it moults all over the place. His tone of voice suggests that the few stray hairs that may have somehow ended up on his pillows will somehow eat through his obnoxiously high thread count sheets, and he will get Evil Ginger Diseases."
In short, this is exactly the way this relationship would go if ever Mac was weak-minded enough to allow it; Lady Paperclip knows her characters and writes them convincingly. This is not a big fandom and good slash fiction is correspondingly thin on the ground, but if you're looking for something that doesn’t follow a predictable path this would be a jolly good place to start.
Very Possibly My Least Favourite Person Ever
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Guy
Categories: Humour, Romance?
Length: 1420
Warning: None
Rating: PG-15
Author on LJ: Lady Paperclip
Website: Unknown
Summary: The first time they have sex, it is bad. Really bad.
Review:
This story accomplishes a great deal in only a few words. Not only does it tackle one of the most notoriously difficult slash possibilities of recent times, but it also subverts the tradition in slash fandom that the sex is always mind-meltingly wonderful and that the pair fall into one another's arms with a blissful sigh amid showers of rose petals. With Mac and Guy, that was never ever going to happen.
For those who aren't familiar with the characters, Mac is a surgeon and Guy is his anaesthetist, and their relationship as seen on TV never really rises above the level of playground taunting - largely because Guy is one of the world's major assholes. He does, however, have a very well-concealed sensitive side - just enough to convince one that he could be worth the effort it might take to bring it out. Lady Paperclip doesn't enlighten us about how the pair got together, but their progress from their first awkward sexual encounter to their tenth when they almost get it right seems to indicate that Mac is prepared to invest time and trouble in Guy and that sooner or later he will be rewarded for it.
They do, however, both stay reassuringly true to their characters throughout; some of Guy's lines are wonderfully spot-on!
"Guy complains, loudly and at length (though never anywhere they can be overheard), about Mac’s hair and the way it moults all over the place. His tone of voice suggests that the few stray hairs that may have somehow ended up on his pillows will somehow eat through his obnoxiously high thread count sheets, and he will get Evil Ginger Diseases."
In short, this is exactly the way this relationship would go if ever Mac was weak-minded enough to allow it; Lady Paperclip knows her characters and writes them convincingly. This is not a big fandom and good slash fiction is correspondingly thin on the ground, but if you're looking for something that doesn’t follow a predictable path this would be a jolly good place to start.
Very Possibly My Least Favourite Person Ever
Title: Very Possibly My Least Favourite Person Ever by Lady Paperclip
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Guy
Categories: Humour, Romance?
Length: 1420
Warning: None
Rating: PG-15
Author on LJ: Lady Paperclip
Website: Unknown
Summary: The first time they have sex, it is bad. Really bad.
Review:
This story accomplishes a great deal in only a few words. Not only does it tackle one of the most notoriously difficult slash possibilities of recent times, but it also subverts the tradition in slash fandom that the sex is always mind-meltingly wonderful and that the pair fall into one another's arms with a blissful sigh amid showers of rose petals. With Mac and Guy, that was never ever going to happen.
For those who aren't familiar with the characters, Mac is a surgeon and Guy is his anaesthetist, and their relationship as seen on TV never really rises above the level of playground taunting - largely because Guy is one of the world's major assholes. He does, however, have a very well-concealed sensitive side - just enough to convince one that he could be worth the effort it might take to bring it out. Lady Paperclip doesn't enlighten us about how the pair got together, but their progress from their first awkward sexual encounter to their tenth when they almost get it right seems to indicate that Mac is prepared to invest time and trouble in Guy and that sooner or later he will be rewarded for it.
They do, however, both stay reassuringly true to their characters throughout; some of Guy's lines are wonderfully spot-on!
"Guy complains, loudly and at length (though never anywhere they can be overheard), about Mac’s hair and the way it moults all over the place. His tone of voice suggests that the few stray hairs that may have somehow ended up on his pillows will somehow eat through his obnoxiously high thread count sheets, and he will get Evil Ginger Diseases."
In short, this is exactly the way this relationship would go if ever Mac was weak-minded enough to allow it; Lady Paperclip knows her characters and writes them convincingly. This is not a big fandom and good slash fiction is correspondingly thin on the ground, but if you're looking for something that doesn’t follow a predictable path this would be a jolly good place to start.
Very Possibly My Least Favourite Person Ever
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Guy
Categories: Humour, Romance?
Length: 1420
Warning: None
Rating: PG-15
Author on LJ: Lady Paperclip
Website: Unknown
Summary: The first time they have sex, it is bad. Really bad.
Review:
This story accomplishes a great deal in only a few words. Not only does it tackle one of the most notoriously difficult slash possibilities of recent times, but it also subverts the tradition in slash fandom that the sex is always mind-meltingly wonderful and that the pair fall into one another's arms with a blissful sigh amid showers of rose petals. With Mac and Guy, that was never ever going to happen.
For those who aren't familiar with the characters, Mac is a surgeon and Guy is his anaesthetist, and their relationship as seen on TV never really rises above the level of playground taunting - largely because Guy is one of the world's major assholes. He does, however, have a very well-concealed sensitive side - just enough to convince one that he could be worth the effort it might take to bring it out. Lady Paperclip doesn't enlighten us about how the pair got together, but their progress from their first awkward sexual encounter to their tenth when they almost get it right seems to indicate that Mac is prepared to invest time and trouble in Guy and that sooner or later he will be rewarded for it.
They do, however, both stay reassuringly true to their characters throughout; some of Guy's lines are wonderfully spot-on!
"Guy complains, loudly and at length (though never anywhere they can be overheard), about Mac’s hair and the way it moults all over the place. His tone of voice suggests that the few stray hairs that may have somehow ended up on his pillows will somehow eat through his obnoxiously high thread count sheets, and he will get Evil Ginger Diseases."
In short, this is exactly the way this relationship would go if ever Mac was weak-minded enough to allow it; Lady Paperclip knows her characters and writes them convincingly. This is not a big fandom and good slash fiction is correspondingly thin on the ground, but if you're looking for something that doesn’t follow a predictable path this would be a jolly good place to start.
Very Possibly My Least Favourite Person Ever
Title: The Bet by shinypilot
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Guy
Categories: slash, humour
Length: Medium (2664 words)
Warning: Misuse of food products
Rating: NC-17
Author on LJ: Scribblings
Website: Archived in various locations; a full index of stories can be found here
Summary: Guy never backs down on a bet ...
Review: There's nothing complicated about the plot here; Guy has glibly suggested that Mac would really like to have him (Guy) massage chocolate into his (Mac's) freckly buttocks. It's pretty average stuff as far as their usual juvenile semi-sexual teasing is concerned, except of course that Guy is as stubborn as they come and can be goaded into pretty well anything if there's money or a slur against his masculinity involved. Mac calls him on it, and before either of them has a chance to give the matter any serious thought Mac is face-down on Guy's bed and chocolate sauce is being applied in the appropriate place. Then, in order to enforce his victory beyond any possible doubt, Guy leans down and begins to lick it off.
It would be totally unnecessary to detail exactly what happens after that, of course, except that it's highly satisfactory to both parties. This story manages to be tender and funny, true to the characters and also dazzlingly erotic all within a fraction over two and a half thousand words - which is a pretty neat achievement by any standard. I was particularly impressed by the way Guy's thought processes are displayed; his defensiveness and default homophobia could never be anything else but a desperate strategy to cover up an overwhelming but apparently doomed attraction to Mac, but when Mac responds to his advances he doesn't waste any time intellectualising it or making flowery speeches - he just lets it happen. Nor is there any indication that this relationship has a future, although the fact that the boys are willing to accept it for what it is - whatever that may be - and to enjoy it in the here and now is almost a more satisfying conclusion.
Characters who exchange a lot of banter and do not normally operate on an emotional level are difficult to get right when it comes to slash, but![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
shinypilot has done a wonderful job here with Mac and Guy; this is sweet and convincing and gives one hope that somehow they might just be able to make this whole thing between them work on a different level. This could, in fact, be the almost accidental start of something new and completely wonderful. Well done, shinypilot, for achieving so much in such a small space; I hope one day you will write more for this fascinating couple.
Link: The Bet
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Guy
Categories: slash, humour
Length: Medium (2664 words)
Warning: Misuse of food products
Rating: NC-17
Author on LJ: Scribblings
Website: Archived in various locations; a full index of stories can be found here
Summary: Guy never backs down on a bet ...
Review: There's nothing complicated about the plot here; Guy has glibly suggested that Mac would really like to have him (Guy) massage chocolate into his (Mac's) freckly buttocks. It's pretty average stuff as far as their usual juvenile semi-sexual teasing is concerned, except of course that Guy is as stubborn as they come and can be goaded into pretty well anything if there's money or a slur against his masculinity involved. Mac calls him on it, and before either of them has a chance to give the matter any serious thought Mac is face-down on Guy's bed and chocolate sauce is being applied in the appropriate place. Then, in order to enforce his victory beyond any possible doubt, Guy leans down and begins to lick it off.
It would be totally unnecessary to detail exactly what happens after that, of course, except that it's highly satisfactory to both parties. This story manages to be tender and funny, true to the characters and also dazzlingly erotic all within a fraction over two and a half thousand words - which is a pretty neat achievement by any standard. I was particularly impressed by the way Guy's thought processes are displayed; his defensiveness and default homophobia could never be anything else but a desperate strategy to cover up an overwhelming but apparently doomed attraction to Mac, but when Mac responds to his advances he doesn't waste any time intellectualising it or making flowery speeches - he just lets it happen. Nor is there any indication that this relationship has a future, although the fact that the boys are willing to accept it for what it is - whatever that may be - and to enjoy it in the here and now is almost a more satisfying conclusion.
Characters who exchange a lot of banter and do not normally operate on an emotional level are difficult to get right when it comes to slash, but
shinypilot has done a wonderful job here with Mac and Guy; this is sweet and convincing and gives one hope that somehow they might just be able to make this whole thing between them work on a different level. This could, in fact, be the almost accidental start of something new and completely wonderful. Well done, shinypilot, for achieving so much in such a small space; I hope one day you will write more for this fascinating couple.Link: The Bet
Title: The Bet by shinypilot
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Guy
Categories: slash, humour
Length: Medium (2664 words)
Warning: Misuse of food products
Rating: NC-17
Author on LJ: Scribblings
Website: Archived in various locations; a full index of stories can be found here
Summary: Guy never backs down on a bet ...
Review: There's nothing complicated about the plot here; Guy has glibly suggested that Mac would really like to have him (Guy) massage chocolate into his (Mac's) freckly buttocks. It's pretty average stuff as far as their usual juvenile semi-sexual teasing is concerned, except of course that Guy is as stubborn as they come and can be goaded into pretty well anything if there's money or a slur against his masculinity involved. Mac calls him on it, and before either of them has a chance to give the matter any serious thought Mac is face-down on Guy's bed and chocolate sauce is being applied in the appropriate place. Then, in order to enforce his victory beyond any possible doubt, Guy leans down and begins to lick it off.
It would be totally unnecessary to detail exactly what happens after that, of course, except that it's highly satisfactory to both parties. This story manages to be tender and funny, true to the characters and also dazzlingly erotic all within a fraction over two and a half thousand words - which is a pretty neat achievement by any standard. I was particularly impressed by the way Guy's thought processes are displayed; his defensiveness and default homophobia could never be anything else but a desperate strategy to cover up an overwhelming but apparently doomed attraction to Mac, but when Mac responds to his advances he doesn't waste any time intellectualising it or making flowery speeches - he just lets it happen. Nor is there any indication that this relationship has a future, although the fact that the boys are willing to accept it for what it is - whatever that may be - and to enjoy it in the here and now is almost a more satisfying conclusion.
Characters who exchange a lot of banter and do not normally operate on an emotional level are difficult to get right when it comes to slash, butshinypilot has done a wonderful job here with Mac and Guy; this is sweet and convincing and gives one hope that somehow they might just be able to make this whole thing between them work on a different level. This could, in fact, be the almost accidental start of something new and completely wonderful. Well done, shinypilot, for achieving so much in such a small space; I hope one day you will write more for this fascinating couple.
Link: The Bet
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Guy
Categories: slash, humour
Length: Medium (2664 words)
Warning: Misuse of food products
Rating: NC-17
Author on LJ: Scribblings
Website: Archived in various locations; a full index of stories can be found here
Summary: Guy never backs down on a bet ...
Review: There's nothing complicated about the plot here; Guy has glibly suggested that Mac would really like to have him (Guy) massage chocolate into his (Mac's) freckly buttocks. It's pretty average stuff as far as their usual juvenile semi-sexual teasing is concerned, except of course that Guy is as stubborn as they come and can be goaded into pretty well anything if there's money or a slur against his masculinity involved. Mac calls him on it, and before either of them has a chance to give the matter any serious thought Mac is face-down on Guy's bed and chocolate sauce is being applied in the appropriate place. Then, in order to enforce his victory beyond any possible doubt, Guy leans down and begins to lick it off.
It would be totally unnecessary to detail exactly what happens after that, of course, except that it's highly satisfactory to both parties. This story manages to be tender and funny, true to the characters and also dazzlingly erotic all within a fraction over two and a half thousand words - which is a pretty neat achievement by any standard. I was particularly impressed by the way Guy's thought processes are displayed; his defensiveness and default homophobia could never be anything else but a desperate strategy to cover up an overwhelming but apparently doomed attraction to Mac, but when Mac responds to his advances he doesn't waste any time intellectualising it or making flowery speeches - he just lets it happen. Nor is there any indication that this relationship has a future, although the fact that the boys are willing to accept it for what it is - whatever that may be - and to enjoy it in the here and now is almost a more satisfying conclusion.
Characters who exchange a lot of banter and do not normally operate on an emotional level are difficult to get right when it comes to slash, but
shinypilot has done a wonderful job here with Mac and Guy; this is sweet and convincing and gives one hope that somehow they might just be able to make this whole thing between them work on a different level. This could, in fact, be the almost accidental start of something new and completely wonderful. Well done, shinypilot, for achieving so much in such a small space; I hope one day you will write more for this fascinating couple.Link: The Bet
Title: The Bet by shinypilot
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Guy
Categories: slash, humour
Length: Medium (2664 words)
Warning: Misuse of food products
Rating: NC-17
Author on LJ: Scribblings
Website: Archived in various locations; a full index of stories can be found here
Summary: Guy never backs down on a bet ...
Review: There's nothing complicated about the plot here; Guy has glibly suggested that Mac would really like to have him (Guy) massage chocolate into his (Mac's) freckly buttocks. It's pretty average stuff as far as their usual juvenile semi-sexual teasing is concerned, except of course that Guy is as stubborn as they come and can be goaded into pretty well anything if there's money or a slur against his masculinity involved. Mac calls him on it, and before either of them has a chance to give the matter any serious thought Mac is face-down on Guy's bed and chocolate sauce is being applied in the appropriate place. Then, in order to enforce his victory beyond any possible doubt, Guy leans down and begins to lick it off.
It would be totally unnecessary to detail exactly what happens after that, of course, except that it's highly satisfactory to both parties. This story manages to be tender and funny, true to the characters and also dazzlingly erotic all within a fraction over two and a half thousand words - which is a pretty neat achievement by any standard. I was particularly impressed by the way Guy's thought processes are displayed; his defensiveness and default homophobia could never be anything else but a desperate strategy to cover up an overwhelming but apparently doomed attraction to Mac, but when Mac responds to his advances he doesn't waste any time intellectualising it or making flowery speeches - he just lets it happen. Nor is there any indication that this relationship has a future, although the fact that the boys are willing to accept it for what it is - whatever that may be - and to enjoy it in the here and now is almost a more satisfying conclusion.
Characters who exchange a lot of banter and do not normally operate on an emotional level are difficult to get right when it comes to slash, butshinypilot has done a wonderful job here with Mac and Guy; this is sweet and convincing and gives one hope that somehow they might just be able to make this whole thing between them work on a different level. This could, in fact, be the almost accidental start of something new and completely wonderful. Well done, shinypilot, for achieving so much in such a small space; I hope one day you will write more for this fascinating couple.
Link: The Bet
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Guy
Categories: slash, humour
Length: Medium (2664 words)
Warning: Misuse of food products
Rating: NC-17
Author on LJ: Scribblings
Website: Archived in various locations; a full index of stories can be found here
Summary: Guy never backs down on a bet ...
Review: There's nothing complicated about the plot here; Guy has glibly suggested that Mac would really like to have him (Guy) massage chocolate into his (Mac's) freckly buttocks. It's pretty average stuff as far as their usual juvenile semi-sexual teasing is concerned, except of course that Guy is as stubborn as they come and can be goaded into pretty well anything if there's money or a slur against his masculinity involved. Mac calls him on it, and before either of them has a chance to give the matter any serious thought Mac is face-down on Guy's bed and chocolate sauce is being applied in the appropriate place. Then, in order to enforce his victory beyond any possible doubt, Guy leans down and begins to lick it off.
It would be totally unnecessary to detail exactly what happens after that, of course, except that it's highly satisfactory to both parties. This story manages to be tender and funny, true to the characters and also dazzlingly erotic all within a fraction over two and a half thousand words - which is a pretty neat achievement by any standard. I was particularly impressed by the way Guy's thought processes are displayed; his defensiveness and default homophobia could never be anything else but a desperate strategy to cover up an overwhelming but apparently doomed attraction to Mac, but when Mac responds to his advances he doesn't waste any time intellectualising it or making flowery speeches - he just lets it happen. Nor is there any indication that this relationship has a future, although the fact that the boys are willing to accept it for what it is - whatever that may be - and to enjoy it in the here and now is almost a more satisfying conclusion.
Characters who exchange a lot of banter and do not normally operate on an emotional level are difficult to get right when it comes to slash, but
shinypilot has done a wonderful job here with Mac and Guy; this is sweet and convincing and gives one hope that somehow they might just be able to make this whole thing between them work on a different level. This could, in fact, be the almost accidental start of something new and completely wonderful. Well done, shinypilot, for achieving so much in such a small space; I hope one day you will write more for this fascinating couple.Link: The Bet
Title: The Bet by shinypilot
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Guy
Categories: slash, humour
Length: Medium (2664 words)
Warning: Misuse of food products
Rating: NC-17
Author on LJ: Scribblings
Website: Archived in various locations; a full index of stories can be found here
Summary: Guy never backs down on a bet ...
Review: There's nothing complicated about the plot here; Guy has glibly suggested that Mac would really like to have him (Guy) massage chocolate into his (Mac's) freckly buttocks. It's pretty average stuff as far as their usual juvenile semi-sexual teasing is concerned, except of course that Guy is as stubborn as they come and can be goaded into pretty well anything if there's money or a slur against his masculinity involved. Mac calls him on it, and before either of them has a chance to give the matter any serious thought Mac is face-down on Guy's bed and chocolate sauce is being applied in the appropriate place. Then, in order to enforce his victory beyond any possible doubt, Guy leans down and begins to lick it off.
It would be totally unnecessary to detail exactly what happens after that, of course, except that it's highly satisfactory to both parties. This story manages to be tender and funny, true to the characters and also dazzlingly erotic all within a fraction over two and a half thousand words - which is a pretty neat achievement by any standard. I was particularly impressed by the way Guy's thought processes are displayed; his defensiveness and default homophobia could never be anything else but a desperate strategy to cover up an overwhelming but apparently doomed attraction to Mac, but when Mac responds to his advances he doesn't waste any time intellectualising it or making flowery speeches - he just lets it happen. Nor is there any indication that this relationship has a future, although the fact that the boys are willing to accept it for what it is - whatever that may be - and to enjoy it in the here and now is almost a more satisfying conclusion.
Characters who exchange a lot of banter and do not normally operate on an emotional level are difficult to get right when it comes to slash, butshinypilot has done a wonderful job here with Mac and Guy; this is sweet and convincing and gives one hope that somehow they might just be able to make this whole thing between them work on a different level. This could, in fact, be the almost accidental start of something new and completely wonderful. Well done, shinypilot, for achieving so much in such a small space; I hope one day you will write more for this fascinating couple.
Link: The Bet
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Guy
Categories: slash, humour
Length: Medium (2664 words)
Warning: Misuse of food products
Rating: NC-17
Author on LJ: Scribblings
Website: Archived in various locations; a full index of stories can be found here
Summary: Guy never backs down on a bet ...
Review: There's nothing complicated about the plot here; Guy has glibly suggested that Mac would really like to have him (Guy) massage chocolate into his (Mac's) freckly buttocks. It's pretty average stuff as far as their usual juvenile semi-sexual teasing is concerned, except of course that Guy is as stubborn as they come and can be goaded into pretty well anything if there's money or a slur against his masculinity involved. Mac calls him on it, and before either of them has a chance to give the matter any serious thought Mac is face-down on Guy's bed and chocolate sauce is being applied in the appropriate place. Then, in order to enforce his victory beyond any possible doubt, Guy leans down and begins to lick it off.
It would be totally unnecessary to detail exactly what happens after that, of course, except that it's highly satisfactory to both parties. This story manages to be tender and funny, true to the characters and also dazzlingly erotic all within a fraction over two and a half thousand words - which is a pretty neat achievement by any standard. I was particularly impressed by the way Guy's thought processes are displayed; his defensiveness and default homophobia could never be anything else but a desperate strategy to cover up an overwhelming but apparently doomed attraction to Mac, but when Mac responds to his advances he doesn't waste any time intellectualising it or making flowery speeches - he just lets it happen. Nor is there any indication that this relationship has a future, although the fact that the boys are willing to accept it for what it is - whatever that may be - and to enjoy it in the here and now is almost a more satisfying conclusion.
Characters who exchange a lot of banter and do not normally operate on an emotional level are difficult to get right when it comes to slash, but
shinypilot has done a wonderful job here with Mac and Guy; this is sweet and convincing and gives one hope that somehow they might just be able to make this whole thing between them work on a different level. This could, in fact, be the almost accidental start of something new and completely wonderful. Well done, shinypilot, for achieving so much in such a small space; I hope one day you will write more for this fascinating couple.Link: The Bet
Title: The Bet by shinypilot
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Guy
Categories: slash, humour
Length: Medium (2664 words)
Warning: Misuse of food products
Rating: NC-17
Author on LJ: Scribblings
Website: Archived in various locations; a full index of stories can be found here
Summary: Guy never backs down on a bet ...
Review: There's nothing complicated about the plot here; Guy has glibly suggested that Mac would really like to have him (Guy) massage chocolate into his (Mac's) freckly buttocks. It's pretty average stuff as far as their usual juvenile semi-sexual teasing is concerned, except of course that Guy is as stubborn as they come and can be goaded into pretty well anything if there's money or a slur against his masculinity involved. Mac calls him on it, and before either of them has a chance to give the matter any serious thought Mac is face-down on Guy's bed and chocolate sauce is being applied in the appropriate place. Then, in order to enforce his victory beyond any possible doubt, Guy leans down and begins to lick it off.
It would be totally unnecessary to detail exactly what happens after that, of course, except that it's highly satisfactory to both parties. This story manages to be tender and funny, true to the characters and also dazzlingly erotic all within a fraction over two and a half thousand words - which is a pretty neat achievement by any standard. I was particularly impressed by the way Guy's thought processes are displayed; his defensiveness and default homophobia could never be anything else but a desperate strategy to cover up an overwhelming but apparently doomed attraction to Mac, but when Mac responds to his advances he doesn't waste any time intellectualising it or making flowery speeches - he just lets it happen. Nor is there any indication that this relationship has a future, although the fact that the boys are willing to accept it for what it is - whatever that may be - and to enjoy it in the here and now is almost a more satisfying conclusion.
Characters who exchange a lot of banter and do not normally operate on an emotional level are difficult to get right when it comes to slash, butshinypilot has done a wonderful job here with Mac and Guy; this is sweet and convincing and gives one hope that somehow they might just be able to make this whole thing between them work on a different level. This could, in fact, be the almost accidental start of something new and completely wonderful. Well done, shinypilot, for achieving so much in such a small space; I hope one day you will write more for this fascinating couple.
Link: The Bet
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Guy
Categories: slash, humour
Length: Medium (2664 words)
Warning: Misuse of food products
Rating: NC-17
Author on LJ: Scribblings
Website: Archived in various locations; a full index of stories can be found here
Summary: Guy never backs down on a bet ...
Review: There's nothing complicated about the plot here; Guy has glibly suggested that Mac would really like to have him (Guy) massage chocolate into his (Mac's) freckly buttocks. It's pretty average stuff as far as their usual juvenile semi-sexual teasing is concerned, except of course that Guy is as stubborn as they come and can be goaded into pretty well anything if there's money or a slur against his masculinity involved. Mac calls him on it, and before either of them has a chance to give the matter any serious thought Mac is face-down on Guy's bed and chocolate sauce is being applied in the appropriate place. Then, in order to enforce his victory beyond any possible doubt, Guy leans down and begins to lick it off.
It would be totally unnecessary to detail exactly what happens after that, of course, except that it's highly satisfactory to both parties. This story manages to be tender and funny, true to the characters and also dazzlingly erotic all within a fraction over two and a half thousand words - which is a pretty neat achievement by any standard. I was particularly impressed by the way Guy's thought processes are displayed; his defensiveness and default homophobia could never be anything else but a desperate strategy to cover up an overwhelming but apparently doomed attraction to Mac, but when Mac responds to his advances he doesn't waste any time intellectualising it or making flowery speeches - he just lets it happen. Nor is there any indication that this relationship has a future, although the fact that the boys are willing to accept it for what it is - whatever that may be - and to enjoy it in the here and now is almost a more satisfying conclusion.
Characters who exchange a lot of banter and do not normally operate on an emotional level are difficult to get right when it comes to slash, but
shinypilot has done a wonderful job here with Mac and Guy; this is sweet and convincing and gives one hope that somehow they might just be able to make this whole thing between them work on a different level. This could, in fact, be the almost accidental start of something new and completely wonderful. Well done, shinypilot, for achieving so much in such a small space; I hope one day you will write more for this fascinating couple.Link: The Bet
Title: The Bet by shinypilot
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Guy
Categories: slash, humour
Length: Medium (2664 words)
Warning: Misuse of food products
Rating: NC-17
Author on LJ: Scribblings
Website: Archived in various locations; a full index of stories can be found here
Summary: Guy never backs down on a bet ...
Review: There's nothing complicated about the plot here; Guy has glibly suggested that Mac would really like to have him (Guy) massage chocolate into his (Mac's) freckly buttocks. It's pretty average stuff as far as their usual juvenile semi-sexual teasing is concerned, except of course that Guy is as stubborn as they come and can be goaded into pretty well anything if there's money or a slur against his masculinity involved. Mac calls him on it, and before either of them has a chance to give the matter any serious thought Mac is face-down on Guy's bed and chocolate sauce is being applied in the appropriate place. Then, in order to enforce his victory beyond any possible doubt, Guy leans down and begins to lick it off.
It would be totally unnecessary to detail exactly what happens after that, of course, except that it's highly satisfactory to both parties. This story manages to be tender and funny, true to the characters and also dazzlingly erotic all within a fraction over two and a half thousand words - which is a pretty neat achievement by any standard. I was particularly impressed by the way Guy's thought processes are displayed; his defensiveness and default homophobia could never be anything else but a desperate strategy to cover up an overwhelming but apparently doomed attraction to Mac, but when Mac responds to his advances he doesn't waste any time intellectualising it or making flowery speeches - he just lets it happen. Nor is there any indication that this relationship has a future, although the fact that the boys are willing to accept it for what it is - whatever that may be - and to enjoy it in the here and now is almost a more satisfying conclusion.
Characters who exchange a lot of banter and do not normally operate on an emotional level are difficult to get right when it comes to slash, butshinypilot has done a wonderful job here with Mac and Guy; this is sweet and convincing and gives one hope that somehow they might just be able to make this whole thing between them work on a different level. This could, in fact, be the almost accidental start of something new and completely wonderful. Well done, shinypilot, for achieving so much in such a small space; I hope one day you will write more for this fascinating couple.
Link: The Bet
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Guy
Categories: slash, humour
Length: Medium (2664 words)
Warning: Misuse of food products
Rating: NC-17
Author on LJ: Scribblings
Website: Archived in various locations; a full index of stories can be found here
Summary: Guy never backs down on a bet ...
Review: There's nothing complicated about the plot here; Guy has glibly suggested that Mac would really like to have him (Guy) massage chocolate into his (Mac's) freckly buttocks. It's pretty average stuff as far as their usual juvenile semi-sexual teasing is concerned, except of course that Guy is as stubborn as they come and can be goaded into pretty well anything if there's money or a slur against his masculinity involved. Mac calls him on it, and before either of them has a chance to give the matter any serious thought Mac is face-down on Guy's bed and chocolate sauce is being applied in the appropriate place. Then, in order to enforce his victory beyond any possible doubt, Guy leans down and begins to lick it off.
It would be totally unnecessary to detail exactly what happens after that, of course, except that it's highly satisfactory to both parties. This story manages to be tender and funny, true to the characters and also dazzlingly erotic all within a fraction over two and a half thousand words - which is a pretty neat achievement by any standard. I was particularly impressed by the way Guy's thought processes are displayed; his defensiveness and default homophobia could never be anything else but a desperate strategy to cover up an overwhelming but apparently doomed attraction to Mac, but when Mac responds to his advances he doesn't waste any time intellectualising it or making flowery speeches - he just lets it happen. Nor is there any indication that this relationship has a future, although the fact that the boys are willing to accept it for what it is - whatever that may be - and to enjoy it in the here and now is almost a more satisfying conclusion.
Characters who exchange a lot of banter and do not normally operate on an emotional level are difficult to get right when it comes to slash, but
shinypilot has done a wonderful job here with Mac and Guy; this is sweet and convincing and gives one hope that somehow they might just be able to make this whole thing between them work on a different level. This could, in fact, be the almost accidental start of something new and completely wonderful. Well done, shinypilot, for achieving so much in such a small space; I hope one day you will write more for this fascinating couple.Link: The Bet
Title: Dance Like It Hurts by Sarren
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Caroline/Guy, Boyce/Statham
Categories: Humour, Romance, post-episode
Length: Medium ~10,700 words
Warning: Threesome
Rating: Rated 'Explicit' so let's call it NC17
Author on LJ: Well, clearly
Website: Author's profile on AO3 here
Summary: Because everyone deserves their happy ending
Review:
The Green Wing special left a lot of plot threads quite literally up in the air; Statham and Joanna were trying to commit suicide, and Mac had married Caroline but was probably dying. Sarren was not the only person to find this a less than satisfactory state of affairs, and here she has conclusively put matters right. Not only that, but she's done so with pitch-perfect character voices and situations that would not have been out of place in the series itself – if, that is, it could have hoped to get away with an explicit three-way sex scene.
Don't look for hearts and flowers – these are not, for the most part, nice people, although almost all of them have some redeeming features. Guy, for example, allows himself to be both honest and vulnerable; Mac admits that he might actually feel something for the man; Caroline owns up to her previous indecision and acknowledges a desire to have her cake and eat it, too …
Meanwhile, Boyce goes to the ends of the Earth to rescue Statham, and in the process is obliged to face up to feelings for the man that he had really hoped did not exist. He has no idea what to do with the knowledge, but at least he is no longer running away from it.
There is even a delightful wrapping-up of the loose ends concerning Queen of Insania Sue White and the perpetual loser Martin Deere, although whether one could honestly call it a happy ending must be open to conjecture.
This is the most satisfactory piece of Green Wing fiction I have found on the Net to date; it resolves all the unresolved storylines and leaves the characters happy – at least for a while – and looking at the future with something resembling optimism. That it does so without sacrificing canon and whilst having the characters act and talk exactly like themselves is an achievement of no small merit. In my opinion, this is the Green Wing fic against which all others will have to be measured in future. It is, as the song says, simply the best.
Link: Dance Like It Hurts
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Caroline/Guy, Boyce/Statham
Categories: Humour, Romance, post-episode
Length: Medium ~10,700 words
Warning: Threesome
Rating: Rated 'Explicit' so let's call it NC17
Author on LJ: Well, clearly
Website: Author's profile on AO3 here
Summary: Because everyone deserves their happy ending
Review:
The Green Wing special left a lot of plot threads quite literally up in the air; Statham and Joanna were trying to commit suicide, and Mac had married Caroline but was probably dying. Sarren was not the only person to find this a less than satisfactory state of affairs, and here she has conclusively put matters right. Not only that, but she's done so with pitch-perfect character voices and situations that would not have been out of place in the series itself – if, that is, it could have hoped to get away with an explicit three-way sex scene.
Don't look for hearts and flowers – these are not, for the most part, nice people, although almost all of them have some redeeming features. Guy, for example, allows himself to be both honest and vulnerable; Mac admits that he might actually feel something for the man; Caroline owns up to her previous indecision and acknowledges a desire to have her cake and eat it, too …
Meanwhile, Boyce goes to the ends of the Earth to rescue Statham, and in the process is obliged to face up to feelings for the man that he had really hoped did not exist. He has no idea what to do with the knowledge, but at least he is no longer running away from it.
There is even a delightful wrapping-up of the loose ends concerning Queen of Insania Sue White and the perpetual loser Martin Deere, although whether one could honestly call it a happy ending must be open to conjecture.
This is the most satisfactory piece of Green Wing fiction I have found on the Net to date; it resolves all the unresolved storylines and leaves the characters happy – at least for a while – and looking at the future with something resembling optimism. That it does so without sacrificing canon and whilst having the characters act and talk exactly like themselves is an achievement of no small merit. In my opinion, this is the Green Wing fic against which all others will have to be measured in future. It is, as the song says, simply the best.
Link: Dance Like It Hurts
Title: Dance Like It Hurts by Sarren
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Caroline/Guy, Boyce/Statham
Categories: Humour, Romance, post-episode
Length: Medium ~10,700 words
Warning: Threesome
Rating: Rated 'Explicit' so let's call it NC17
Author on LJ: Well, clearly
Website: Author's profile on AO3 here
Summary: Because everyone deserves their happy ending
Review:
The Green Wing special left a lot of plot threads quite literally up in the air; Statham and Joanna were trying to commit suicide, and Mac had married Caroline but was probably dying. Sarren was not the only person to find this a less than satisfactory state of affairs, and here she has conclusively put matters right. Not only that, but she's done so with pitch-perfect character voices and situations that would not have been out of place in the series itself – if, that is, it could have hoped to get away with an explicit three-way sex scene.
Don't look for hearts and flowers – these are not, for the most part, nice people, although almost all of them have some redeeming features. Guy, for example, allows himself to be both honest and vulnerable; Mac admits that he might actually feel something for the man; Caroline owns up to her previous indecision and acknowledges a desire to have her cake and eat it, too …
Meanwhile, Boyce goes to the ends of the Earth to rescue Statham, and in the process is obliged to face up to feelings for the man that he had really hoped did not exist. He has no idea what to do with the knowledge, but at least he is no longer running away from it.
There is even a delightful wrapping-up of the loose ends concerning Queen of Insania Sue White and the perpetual loser Martin Deere, although whether one could honestly call it a happy ending must be open to conjecture.
This is the most satisfactory piece of Green Wing fiction I have found on the Net to date; it resolves all the unresolved storylines and leaves the characters happy – at least for a while – and looking at the future with something resembling optimism. That it does so without sacrificing canon and whilst having the characters act and talk exactly like themselves is an achievement of no small merit. In my opinion, this is the Green Wing fic against which all others will have to be measured in future. It is, as the song says, simply the best.
Link: Dance Like It Hurts
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Caroline/Guy, Boyce/Statham
Categories: Humour, Romance, post-episode
Length: Medium ~10,700 words
Warning: Threesome
Rating: Rated 'Explicit' so let's call it NC17
Author on LJ: Well, clearly
Website: Author's profile on AO3 here
Summary: Because everyone deserves their happy ending
Review:
The Green Wing special left a lot of plot threads quite literally up in the air; Statham and Joanna were trying to commit suicide, and Mac had married Caroline but was probably dying. Sarren was not the only person to find this a less than satisfactory state of affairs, and here she has conclusively put matters right. Not only that, but she's done so with pitch-perfect character voices and situations that would not have been out of place in the series itself – if, that is, it could have hoped to get away with an explicit three-way sex scene.
Don't look for hearts and flowers – these are not, for the most part, nice people, although almost all of them have some redeeming features. Guy, for example, allows himself to be both honest and vulnerable; Mac admits that he might actually feel something for the man; Caroline owns up to her previous indecision and acknowledges a desire to have her cake and eat it, too …
Meanwhile, Boyce goes to the ends of the Earth to rescue Statham, and in the process is obliged to face up to feelings for the man that he had really hoped did not exist. He has no idea what to do with the knowledge, but at least he is no longer running away from it.
There is even a delightful wrapping-up of the loose ends concerning Queen of Insania Sue White and the perpetual loser Martin Deere, although whether one could honestly call it a happy ending must be open to conjecture.
This is the most satisfactory piece of Green Wing fiction I have found on the Net to date; it resolves all the unresolved storylines and leaves the characters happy – at least for a while – and looking at the future with something resembling optimism. That it does so without sacrificing canon and whilst having the characters act and talk exactly like themselves is an achievement of no small merit. In my opinion, this is the Green Wing fic against which all others will have to be measured in future. It is, as the song says, simply the best.
Link: Dance Like It Hurts
Title: Dance Like It Hurts by Sarren
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Caroline/Guy, Boyce/Statham
Categories: Humour, Romance, post-episode
Length: Medium ~10,700 words
Warning: Threesome
Rating: Rated 'Explicit' so let's call it NC17
Author on LJ: Well, clearly
Website: Author's profile on AO3 here
Summary: Because everyone deserves their happy ending
Review:
The Green Wing special left a lot of plot threads quite literally up in the air; Statham and Joanna were trying to commit suicide, and Mac had married Caroline but was probably dying. Sarren was not the only person to find this a less than satisfactory state of affairs, and here she has conclusively put matters right. Not only that, but she's done so with pitch-perfect character voices and situations that would not have been out of place in the series itself – if, that is, it could have hoped to get away with an explicit three-way sex scene.
Don't look for hearts and flowers – these are not, for the most part, nice people, although almost all of them have some redeeming features. Guy, for example, allows himself to be both honest and vulnerable; Mac admits that he might actually feel something for the man; Caroline owns up to her previous indecision and acknowledges a desire to have her cake and eat it, too …
Meanwhile, Boyce goes to the ends of the Earth to rescue Statham, and in the process is obliged to face up to feelings for the man that he had really hoped did not exist. He has no idea what to do with the knowledge, but at least he is no longer running away from it.
There is even a delightful wrapping-up of the loose ends concerning Queen of Insania Sue White and the perpetual loser Martin Deere, although whether one could honestly call it a happy ending must be open to conjecture.
This is the most satisfactory piece of Green Wing fiction I have found on the Net to date; it resolves all the unresolved storylines and leaves the characters happy – at least for a while – and looking at the future with something resembling optimism. That it does so without sacrificing canon and whilst having the characters act and talk exactly like themselves is an achievement of no small merit. In my opinion, this is the Green Wing fic against which all others will have to be measured in future. It is, as the song says, simply the best.
Link: Dance Like It Hurts
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Caroline/Guy, Boyce/Statham
Categories: Humour, Romance, post-episode
Length: Medium ~10,700 words
Warning: Threesome
Rating: Rated 'Explicit' so let's call it NC17
Author on LJ: Well, clearly
Website: Author's profile on AO3 here
Summary: Because everyone deserves their happy ending
Review:
The Green Wing special left a lot of plot threads quite literally up in the air; Statham and Joanna were trying to commit suicide, and Mac had married Caroline but was probably dying. Sarren was not the only person to find this a less than satisfactory state of affairs, and here she has conclusively put matters right. Not only that, but she's done so with pitch-perfect character voices and situations that would not have been out of place in the series itself – if, that is, it could have hoped to get away with an explicit three-way sex scene.
Don't look for hearts and flowers – these are not, for the most part, nice people, although almost all of them have some redeeming features. Guy, for example, allows himself to be both honest and vulnerable; Mac admits that he might actually feel something for the man; Caroline owns up to her previous indecision and acknowledges a desire to have her cake and eat it, too …
Meanwhile, Boyce goes to the ends of the Earth to rescue Statham, and in the process is obliged to face up to feelings for the man that he had really hoped did not exist. He has no idea what to do with the knowledge, but at least he is no longer running away from it.
There is even a delightful wrapping-up of the loose ends concerning Queen of Insania Sue White and the perpetual loser Martin Deere, although whether one could honestly call it a happy ending must be open to conjecture.
This is the most satisfactory piece of Green Wing fiction I have found on the Net to date; it resolves all the unresolved storylines and leaves the characters happy – at least for a while – and looking at the future with something resembling optimism. That it does so without sacrificing canon and whilst having the characters act and talk exactly like themselves is an achievement of no small merit. In my opinion, this is the Green Wing fic against which all others will have to be measured in future. It is, as the song says, simply the best.
Link: Dance Like It Hurts
Title: Dance Like It Hurts by Sarren
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Caroline/Guy, Boyce/Statham
Categories: Humour, Romance, post-episode
Length: Medium ~10,700 words
Warning: Threesome
Rating: Rated 'Explicit' so let's call it NC17
Author on LJ: Well, clearly
Website: Author's profile on AO3 here
Summary: Because everyone deserves their happy ending
Review:
The Green Wing special left a lot of plot threads quite literally up in the air; Statham and Joanna were trying to commit suicide, and Mac had married Caroline but was probably dying. Sarren was not the only person to find this a less than satisfactory state of affairs, and here she has conclusively put matters right. Not only that, but she's done so with pitch-perfect character voices and situations that would not have been out of place in the series itself – if, that is, it could have hoped to get away with an explicit three-way sex scene.
Don't look for hearts and flowers – these are not, for the most part, nice people, although almost all of them have some redeeming features. Guy, for example, allows himself to be both honest and vulnerable; Mac admits that he might actually feel something for the man; Caroline owns up to her previous indecision and acknowledges a desire to have her cake and eat it, too …
Meanwhile, Boyce goes to the ends of the Earth to rescue Statham, and in the process is obliged to face up to feelings for the man that he had really hoped did not exist. He has no idea what to do with the knowledge, but at least he is no longer running away from it.
There is even a delightful wrapping-up of the loose ends concerning Queen of Insania Sue White and the perpetual loser Martin Deere, although whether one could honestly call it a happy ending must be open to conjecture.
This is the most satisfactory piece of Green Wing fiction I have found on the Net to date; it resolves all the unresolved storylines and leaves the characters happy – at least for a while – and looking at the future with something resembling optimism. That it does so without sacrificing canon and whilst having the characters act and talk exactly like themselves is an achievement of no small merit. In my opinion, this is the Green Wing fic against which all others will have to be measured in future. It is, as the song says, simply the best.
Link: Dance Like It Hurts
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Caroline/Guy, Boyce/Statham
Categories: Humour, Romance, post-episode
Length: Medium ~10,700 words
Warning: Threesome
Rating: Rated 'Explicit' so let's call it NC17
Author on LJ: Well, clearly
Website: Author's profile on AO3 here
Summary: Because everyone deserves their happy ending
Review:
The Green Wing special left a lot of plot threads quite literally up in the air; Statham and Joanna were trying to commit suicide, and Mac had married Caroline but was probably dying. Sarren was not the only person to find this a less than satisfactory state of affairs, and here she has conclusively put matters right. Not only that, but she's done so with pitch-perfect character voices and situations that would not have been out of place in the series itself – if, that is, it could have hoped to get away with an explicit three-way sex scene.
Don't look for hearts and flowers – these are not, for the most part, nice people, although almost all of them have some redeeming features. Guy, for example, allows himself to be both honest and vulnerable; Mac admits that he might actually feel something for the man; Caroline owns up to her previous indecision and acknowledges a desire to have her cake and eat it, too …
Meanwhile, Boyce goes to the ends of the Earth to rescue Statham, and in the process is obliged to face up to feelings for the man that he had really hoped did not exist. He has no idea what to do with the knowledge, but at least he is no longer running away from it.
There is even a delightful wrapping-up of the loose ends concerning Queen of Insania Sue White and the perpetual loser Martin Deere, although whether one could honestly call it a happy ending must be open to conjecture.
This is the most satisfactory piece of Green Wing fiction I have found on the Net to date; it resolves all the unresolved storylines and leaves the characters happy – at least for a while – and looking at the future with something resembling optimism. That it does so without sacrificing canon and whilst having the characters act and talk exactly like themselves is an achievement of no small merit. In my opinion, this is the Green Wing fic against which all others will have to be measured in future. It is, as the song says, simply the best.
Link: Dance Like It Hurts
Title: Dance Like It Hurts by Sarren
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Caroline/Guy, Boyce/Statham
Categories: Humour, Romance, post-episode
Length: Medium ~10,700 words
Warning: Threesome
Rating: Rated 'Explicit' so let's call it NC17
Author on LJ: Well, clearly
Website: Author's profile on AO3 here
Summary: Because everyone deserves their happy ending
Review:
The Green Wing special left a lot of plot threads quite literally up in the air; Statham and Joanna were trying to commit suicide, and Mac had married Caroline but was probably dying. Sarren was not the only person to find this a less than satisfactory state of affairs, and here she has conclusively put matters right. Not only that, but she's done so with pitch-perfect character voices and situations that would not have been out of place in the series itself – if, that is, it could have hoped to get away with an explicit three-way sex scene.
Don't look for hearts and flowers – these are not, for the most part, nice people, although almost all of them have some redeeming features. Guy, for example, allows himself to be both honest and vulnerable; Mac admits that he might actually feel something for the man; Caroline owns up to her previous indecision and acknowledges a desire to have her cake and eat it, too …
Meanwhile, Boyce goes to the ends of the Earth to rescue Statham, and in the process is obliged to face up to feelings for the man that he had really hoped did not exist. He has no idea what to do with the knowledge, but at least he is no longer running away from it.
There is even a delightful wrapping-up of the loose ends concerning Queen of Insania Sue White and the perpetual loser Martin Deere, although whether one could honestly call it a happy ending must be open to conjecture.
This is the most satisfactory piece of Green Wing fiction I have found on the Net to date; it resolves all the unresolved storylines and leaves the characters happy – at least for a while – and looking at the future with something resembling optimism. That it does so without sacrificing canon and whilst having the characters act and talk exactly like themselves is an achievement of no small merit. In my opinion, this is the Green Wing fic against which all others will have to be measured in future. It is, as the song says, simply the best.
Link: Dance Like It Hurts
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Caroline/Guy, Boyce/Statham
Categories: Humour, Romance, post-episode
Length: Medium ~10,700 words
Warning: Threesome
Rating: Rated 'Explicit' so let's call it NC17
Author on LJ: Well, clearly
Website: Author's profile on AO3 here
Summary: Because everyone deserves their happy ending
Review:
The Green Wing special left a lot of plot threads quite literally up in the air; Statham and Joanna were trying to commit suicide, and Mac had married Caroline but was probably dying. Sarren was not the only person to find this a less than satisfactory state of affairs, and here she has conclusively put matters right. Not only that, but she's done so with pitch-perfect character voices and situations that would not have been out of place in the series itself – if, that is, it could have hoped to get away with an explicit three-way sex scene.
Don't look for hearts and flowers – these are not, for the most part, nice people, although almost all of them have some redeeming features. Guy, for example, allows himself to be both honest and vulnerable; Mac admits that he might actually feel something for the man; Caroline owns up to her previous indecision and acknowledges a desire to have her cake and eat it, too …
Meanwhile, Boyce goes to the ends of the Earth to rescue Statham, and in the process is obliged to face up to feelings for the man that he had really hoped did not exist. He has no idea what to do with the knowledge, but at least he is no longer running away from it.
There is even a delightful wrapping-up of the loose ends concerning Queen of Insania Sue White and the perpetual loser Martin Deere, although whether one could honestly call it a happy ending must be open to conjecture.
This is the most satisfactory piece of Green Wing fiction I have found on the Net to date; it resolves all the unresolved storylines and leaves the characters happy – at least for a while – and looking at the future with something resembling optimism. That it does so without sacrificing canon and whilst having the characters act and talk exactly like themselves is an achievement of no small merit. In my opinion, this is the Green Wing fic against which all others will have to be measured in future. It is, as the song says, simply the best.
Link: Dance Like It Hurts
Title: Dance Like It Hurts by Sarren
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Caroline/Guy, Boyce/Statham
Categories: Humour, Romance, post-episode
Length: Medium ~10,700 words
Warning: Threesome
Rating: Rated 'Explicit' so let's call it NC17
Author on LJ: Well, clearly
Website: Author's profile on AO3 here
Summary: Because everyone deserves their happy ending
Review:
The Green Wing special left a lot of plot threads quite literally up in the air; Statham and Joanna were trying to commit suicide, and Mac had married Caroline but was probably dying. Sarren was not the only person to find this a less than satisfactory state of affairs, and here she has conclusively put matters right. Not only that, but she's done so with pitch-perfect character voices and situations that would not have been out of place in the series itself – if, that is, it could have hoped to get away with an explicit three-way sex scene.
Don't look for hearts and flowers – these are not, for the most part, nice people, although almost all of them have some redeeming features. Guy, for example, allows himself to be both honest and vulnerable; Mac admits that he might actually feel something for the man; Caroline owns up to her previous indecision and acknowledges a desire to have her cake and eat it, too …
Meanwhile, Boyce goes to the ends of the Earth to rescue Statham, and in the process is obliged to face up to feelings for the man that he had really hoped did not exist. He has no idea what to do with the knowledge, but at least he is no longer running away from it.
There is even a delightful wrapping-up of the loose ends concerning Queen of Insania Sue White and the perpetual loser Martin Deere, although whether one could honestly call it a happy ending must be open to conjecture.
This is the most satisfactory piece of Green Wing fiction I have found on the Net to date; it resolves all the unresolved storylines and leaves the characters happy – at least for a while – and looking at the future with something resembling optimism. That it does so without sacrificing canon and whilst having the characters act and talk exactly like themselves is an achievement of no small merit. In my opinion, this is the Green Wing fic against which all others will have to be measured in future. It is, as the song says, simply the best.
Link: Dance Like It Hurts
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Mac/Caroline/Guy, Boyce/Statham
Categories: Humour, Romance, post-episode
Length: Medium ~10,700 words
Warning: Threesome
Rating: Rated 'Explicit' so let's call it NC17
Author on LJ: Well, clearly
Website: Author's profile on AO3 here
Summary: Because everyone deserves their happy ending
Review:
The Green Wing special left a lot of plot threads quite literally up in the air; Statham and Joanna were trying to commit suicide, and Mac had married Caroline but was probably dying. Sarren was not the only person to find this a less than satisfactory state of affairs, and here she has conclusively put matters right. Not only that, but she's done so with pitch-perfect character voices and situations that would not have been out of place in the series itself – if, that is, it could have hoped to get away with an explicit three-way sex scene.
Don't look for hearts and flowers – these are not, for the most part, nice people, although almost all of them have some redeeming features. Guy, for example, allows himself to be both honest and vulnerable; Mac admits that he might actually feel something for the man; Caroline owns up to her previous indecision and acknowledges a desire to have her cake and eat it, too …
Meanwhile, Boyce goes to the ends of the Earth to rescue Statham, and in the process is obliged to face up to feelings for the man that he had really hoped did not exist. He has no idea what to do with the knowledge, but at least he is no longer running away from it.
There is even a delightful wrapping-up of the loose ends concerning Queen of Insania Sue White and the perpetual loser Martin Deere, although whether one could honestly call it a happy ending must be open to conjecture.
This is the most satisfactory piece of Green Wing fiction I have found on the Net to date; it resolves all the unresolved storylines and leaves the characters happy – at least for a while – and looking at the future with something resembling optimism. That it does so without sacrificing canon and whilst having the characters act and talk exactly like themselves is an achievement of no small merit. In my opinion, this is the Green Wing fic against which all others will have to be measured in future. It is, as the song says, simply the best.
Link: Dance Like It Hurts
Title: (The Snappily Titled) Four Times Guy Didn’t Say 'Thank You' And One Time He Did by catwalksalone
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Guy/Mac
Categories: Humour
Length: Medium (2734 words)
Warning: None
Rating: Rated R by author
Author on LJ: We Will Rock You
Website: First We Show Up - Then We See What Happens
Summary:
Charting the progress of what could almost be a relationship
Review:
This is very nearly a case of the title being longer than the story. It's five very short snippets of interaction between Mac and Guy, focusing on Guy's complete inability to say those two socially useful words. Interestingly, though, by the third occasion he seems to have begun to realise that he probably should be saying something although he's never quite sure what.
The turning-point comes after some unspecified drinking binge when Guy is vomiting into a toilet bowl and Mac is looking after him. It's a spectacularly unromantic scenario, but I've always thought that if a relationship could survive a bout of upchucking then it's probably good to go. Here Mac is shown as a cool, solid, nurturing presence - frankly just the sort of person any one of us would be glad to have around in a crisis - who still manages to find himself drawn to Guy even when Guy is at his spectacular worst.
Matters come to a head (ahem) when Guy is trying to get some quality time alone with his right hand and Mac intervenes. What could be an extremely tacky sequence morphs into just the right amount of tenderness, and it seems that Guy does know how to express his gratitude after all.
There are unfortunately very few (if any) epic-length Green Wing slash stories in existence, so it's reassuring to know that some of the shorter ones are satisfyingly in character and optimistic in tone. This one definitely falls into that category.
Link: (The Snappily Titled) Four Times Guy Didn’t Say 'Thank You' And One Time He Did
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Guy/Mac
Categories: Humour
Length: Medium (2734 words)
Warning: None
Rating: Rated R by author
Author on LJ: We Will Rock You
Website: First We Show Up - Then We See What Happens
Summary:
Charting the progress of what could almost be a relationship
Review:
This is very nearly a case of the title being longer than the story. It's five very short snippets of interaction between Mac and Guy, focusing on Guy's complete inability to say those two socially useful words. Interestingly, though, by the third occasion he seems to have begun to realise that he probably should be saying something although he's never quite sure what.
The turning-point comes after some unspecified drinking binge when Guy is vomiting into a toilet bowl and Mac is looking after him. It's a spectacularly unromantic scenario, but I've always thought that if a relationship could survive a bout of upchucking then it's probably good to go. Here Mac is shown as a cool, solid, nurturing presence - frankly just the sort of person any one of us would be glad to have around in a crisis - who still manages to find himself drawn to Guy even when Guy is at his spectacular worst.
Matters come to a head (ahem) when Guy is trying to get some quality time alone with his right hand and Mac intervenes. What could be an extremely tacky sequence morphs into just the right amount of tenderness, and it seems that Guy does know how to express his gratitude after all.
There are unfortunately very few (if any) epic-length Green Wing slash stories in existence, so it's reassuring to know that some of the shorter ones are satisfyingly in character and optimistic in tone. This one definitely falls into that category.
Link: (The Snappily Titled) Four Times Guy Didn’t Say 'Thank You' And One Time He Did
Title: (The Snappily Titled) Four Times Guy Didn’t Say 'Thank You' And One Time He Did by catwalksalone
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Guy/Mac
Categories: Humour
Length: Medium (2734 words)
Warning: None
Rating: Rated R by author
Author on LJ: We Will Rock You
Website: First We Show Up - Then We See What Happens
Summary:
Charting the progress of what could almost be a relationship
Review:
This is very nearly a case of the title being longer than the story. It's five very short snippets of interaction between Mac and Guy, focusing on Guy's complete inability to say those two socially useful words. Interestingly, though, by the third occasion he seems to have begun to realise that he probably should be saying something although he's never quite sure what.
The turning-point comes after some unspecified drinking binge when Guy is vomiting into a toilet bowl and Mac is looking after him. It's a spectacularly unromantic scenario, but I've always thought that if a relationship could survive a bout of upchucking then it's probably good to go. Here Mac is shown as a cool, solid, nurturing presence - frankly just the sort of person any one of us would be glad to have around in a crisis - who still manages to find himself drawn to Guy even when Guy is at his spectacular worst.
Matters come to a head (ahem) when Guy is trying to get some quality time alone with his right hand and Mac intervenes. What could be an extremely tacky sequence morphs into just the right amount of tenderness, and it seems that Guy does know how to express his gratitude after all.
There are unfortunately very few (if any) epic-length Green Wing slash stories in existence, so it's reassuring to know that some of the shorter ones are satisfyingly in character and optimistic in tone. This one definitely falls into that category.
Link: (The Snappily Titled) Four Times Guy Didn’t Say 'Thank You' And One Time He Did
Fandom: Green Wing
Pairing: Guy/Mac
Categories: Humour
Length: Medium (2734 words)
Warning: None
Rating: Rated R by author
Author on LJ: We Will Rock You
Website: First We Show Up - Then We See What Happens
Summary:
Charting the progress of what could almost be a relationship
Review:
This is very nearly a case of the title being longer than the story. It's five very short snippets of interaction between Mac and Guy, focusing on Guy's complete inability to say those two socially useful words. Interestingly, though, by the third occasion he seems to have begun to realise that he probably should be saying something although he's never quite sure what.
The turning-point comes after some unspecified drinking binge when Guy is vomiting into a toilet bowl and Mac is looking after him. It's a spectacularly unromantic scenario, but I've always thought that if a relationship could survive a bout of upchucking then it's probably good to go. Here Mac is shown as a cool, solid, nurturing presence - frankly just the sort of person any one of us would be glad to have around in a crisis - who still manages to find himself drawn to Guy even when Guy is at his spectacular worst.
Matters come to a head (ahem) when Guy is trying to get some quality time alone with his right hand and Mac intervenes. What could be an extremely tacky sequence morphs into just the right amount of tenderness, and it seems that Guy does know how to express his gratitude after all.
There are unfortunately very few (if any) epic-length Green Wing slash stories in existence, so it's reassuring to know that some of the shorter ones are satisfyingly in character and optimistic in tone. This one definitely falls into that category.
Link: (The Snappily Titled) Four Times Guy Didn’t Say 'Thank You' And One Time He Did
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