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Gift for: heavenlyblack

Jan 06, 2014 22:25

Title: Four Times CGB Spender Thought He Was In Love and One Time He Knew It
Author: memories_child
Rating: NC-17(ish)
Warnings: None
Word count: 1,843
Kinks: Very mild BDSM
Disclaimer: There would be very little point in suing me.

Summary: Love is a curious word. Heavy. Unweildy. It speaks of promise and hurt, relies on faith not logic. Things he has ( Read more... )

* memories_child, 2013

Comments 15

maybe_amanda January 10 2014, 21:41:08 UTC

A very interesting look at the lives and loves of Cancerman. Very nicely written.

memories_child January 12 2014, 15:25:12 UTC

Thank you!

idella January 10 2014, 22:46:31 UTC

Oh, wow. This is beautiful. I never thought I'd say that about CGB Spender fic, but why not, really? Your writing style is gorgeous and it all feels very in-character. I really like your use of repetition in the second section. And the way you've used the 'five things' format too. I really, really like this.

memories_child January 12 2014, 15:25:53 UTC

Thanks lovely <3 CSM is one of my favourite characters to write and I'm really pleased you liked this.

anonymous January 11 2014, 06:24:14 UTC

I always thought CSM had a thing for Scully. Great story. Gorgeous prose, as always.

memories_child January 12 2014, 15:26:15 UTC

Me too - that's definitely my headcanon. And thank you very much :)

szgrey January 12 2014, 17:15:24 UTC

Wow, this gives me a lot of feelings. I find the first and third bits particularly poignant- the first is such a small moment, more powerful I think because the profound loss in that moment is too big for the child he is to really grasp. And the emotional depth there- Charles longing to be touched by the friend he is losing- seems to me to have a sort of dark echo in his lack of feeling when holding his son for the first time. It's even sadder when I think about how Jeffrey's future will come to resemble his father's past- isolation, loneliness, the impossibility of escaping the shadow of an absent father. Just. Wow.

memories_child January 28 2014, 18:58:54 UTC

Thank you for such a lovely comment! I really love writing CSM - there's so much there that we can get our teeth into as a character study. I hadn't even thought about section 1 being like section 3, but I'm glad you picked it up :)

wendelah1 January 12 2014, 22:45:48 UTC

Is the guy in section two someone we're meant to recognize?

The section with Jeffrey was devastating. The section with Scully was chilling, too. Just the thought of that man's hands on her.

Strong writing.

memories_child January 28 2014, 18:56:56 UTC

Thanks Wen :)

I hadn't written him as such - in my head that took place during CSM's FBI training, but there's no reason why he couldn't be someone we'd recognise. Who would you think it is?