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[vitawash24]

Title: At the End of a 100-Year Path
Author: vitawash24, for horizon_greene.
Pairing/Rating: Thorpe/Hackett, NC-17
Disclaimer: So not true, not even a little bit. Pity.
Notes: It's vacation time. Prompts were a siesta and skinny-dipping at night in a local body of water, and Ian's not allowed to top. Special thanks to sodiumlight for the beta goodness. The inn where Grant and

Comments

[writan_bur]

awwww! That was wonderful and hot and sweet and just plain fantastic!

Great job!

And so glad you had Ian back to blonde! *grin*

[vitawash24]

Aw, thanks! (And yes, I'm very glad I had Ian back to blonde, too!)

[horizon_greene]

You know, I had a feeling you were writing for me, and I'm so glad it turns out I was right.

I absolutely loved this. I'm always happy to see Ian in any sort of emotional agony, and the way you characterized Grant - he was a perfect counterpoint to Ian.

This part was particularly poignant:

Ian closed his eyes and floated on his back, and mused to himself that what he really hated was being completely alone in the water, without even a coach to guide him. Maybe that was a metaphor for his life, or maybe it was just that quiet, internal awareness of what the water could do.

And the sex...I know you were having some difficulties with it, but believe me, it didn't show. Definitely one of my favorite sex scenes, ever. And of course Ian couldn't top; you were writing for horizon_greene, after all :P

Then, the way it all wrapped up in the end was perfect, the last line especially.

Thank you for writing such a thoughtful, satisfying piece.

[vitawash24]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it. It's funny, when I got the prompt I was like "Okay, this'll be easy!" and of course it kicked my ass. Because I'm sad that way. And I was wailing to Ashie about the ending last night, because it wasn't making me happy, which led to my new swimslash motto "I went looking for my point, and then I realized I didn't have one, so I just wrote some more crap about water." (Which this morning, I cleaned up and made coherent.)

*bounces off to read more fics*

[darkestvoices]

I thought this was fantastic. The inner angst Ian felt seemed so real to me. Like it was me, and not him.
I just love this pairing and wish there were more people who wrote it.

[vitawash24]

Oh, thank you. I was worried that it wasn't angsty enough, so I'm glad it felt so true. It is a great pairing to write, and I can't thank Grant enough for breaking that 800m record this week so that they had something to say.

[jamirblaze]

Blonde!Ian and top!Grant! Very nice! Hot with just the right amount of angst. :)

[32_flavorz]

Aww that was really very sweet. I like it. Great job!