Someone Like You 59/63: Thanks - Beecher/Stabler
Someone Like You
by Dr Squidlove
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Oz/Law & Order: SVU crossover
Tobias Beecher's trying to rebuild his family in the shadow of the man he was in prison. Elliot Stabler's struggling to continue in the wake of divorce while his job eats away at his soul. It makes for an odd friendship, but it works.
( Someone Like You, chapter 59: Thanks )
by Dr Squidlove
drsquidlove @@@ livejournal.com
Oz/Law & Order: SVU crossover
Tobias Beecher's trying to rebuild his family in the shadow of the man he was in prison. Elliot Stabler's struggling to continue in the wake of divorce while his job eats away at his soul. It makes for an odd friendship, but it works.
( Someone Like You, chapter 59: Thanks )
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It's Toby. What did you expect?
Thanks sahem!
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But you know what they say... if nothing changes, nothing will change.
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~patting your head~
Yes maze. Everything's going to be fine now. Four chapters of happy, happy ever after fucking, coming right up. And the bit where they ride unicorns.
Tee hee!
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But well, I probably share Toby's and Kathleen's problem of having no filter, but I think family secrets are poison and these things are better out than in. And I agree with previous comments that it's much better the revelation comes from Toby himself, and the earlier the better. Plus the context in which it came out, it means they can't ostracize Toby for it without being huge hypocrites: after all, Toby didn't do anything 'worse' than Kathleen, it just happen somebody was in the way of the car, and they haven't ostracized Kathleen. And it seemed it's sinking into Kathleen, that she could have killed someone too, which is good. I'm glad the nasty secret is out because I don't want the Beecher/Stabler gay picket fence dream to turn into some Twin Peaks nightmare further down the line...
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Wait. You want Toby to get fucked up the ass? Are you sure? I don't think you really want that.
I, too, am a 'lay it all out on the table' kind of person, though I tend not to choose the big family occasion table. At least he waited until dessert. (If you call pumpkin pie dessert.)
You're pretty safe from the Twin Peaks direction with me. I'm not so much into weird dreamy shit. I have Whedon roots, so I'm more likely to stake people with the picket fence.
Thank you iskra!
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Here you go, that's what you get for serving lousy desserts! If they'd made 85% chocolate cake with chocolate ganache on top, Toby would have been so fucking chill' from the love chemicals he'd have forgotten all about DUI and Oz...
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~laughter~
Stop reading ahead!
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Toby just had to dump everything on the table. He's such a drama queen.
Oh yeah. First-half Toby's behaviour is unconscionable. It's been my secret dream that someone might re-read and comment, because I tried to weave stuff in that will feel different on later reads, and most especially that. On first read, everyone always wants the characters to get together and will forgive anything so they can be happy. Once you know you've got that coming, it's easier to notice Toby's lies are wrong, wrong, wrong. I actually don't blame Elliot one bit for decking him. Sure, violence is wrong... but I would have decked him, too.
(Also I'm looking forward to re-reading it myself, because I don't remember stuff I've rewritten along the way: I've just dipped back to the first chapters to make sure I'm looping the circle as I finish, and there are whole scenes I'd forgotten. And Toby feels unrecognisable.)
Wheee, thank you! I'm thankful to have done your Thanksgiving proud!
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