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[wildcolumbine]

THE OUTLAND

Genre: AU
Rating: NC-17 if you wait long enough
Feedback: Any and all is welcome
Disclaimer: These are Annie Proulx's brilliant original characters and her story, and I have treated it and them (and her) with as much respect as I can muster.
This story is for Canstandit.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: In this chapter, the fact that Jack is short and stocky

Comments

[wildcolumbine]

Poor Ennis still has some distance to travel, just like OS Ennis. Thanks so much for your comments.

[wildcolumbine]

Thank you! This chapter was a pleasure to write.

The outlan

[argentine65]

I had seen some fics where Jack's father is nicer but they are really AU. Thank you for sharing. Martha

Re: The outland

[wildcolumbine]

I can't imagine him being much nicer. I think he's just self-centred.

[tizi17]

such a warm and gentle moment.. just notthink of that old SOAB twist..
thank you so much!

[wildcolumbine]

It was a lovely moment to write - very satisfying.

[mariez65]

You are not only an amazingly gifted writer, but an amazingly insightful one as well, evidenced not only by the realism of your gorgeous prose, but by the structure of this chapter as well.

Jack couldn't see his face but knew from his hands that this wasn't about sex.............

"Beautiful." The word was no more than a faint rearrangement of air.

Yeah, that's the word. As one who read (and loved) the short story years before the movie came out, I have no problem conjuring visions that were first in my mind - and Jack and Ennis have always been beautiful to me.

Thanks also for not flinching in the face of Ennis's need to know. I love Jack's gentleness, his honesty, and his understanding of Ennis's struggle here. It takes a deft hand to convey all of that so well. Thanks so much.

Marie

[wildcolumbine]

hank you, Marie. I'm glad that I don't seem to have got too far away from the OS characters for you. I'm trying very hard not to.