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WW: J/S recs
Jun. 17th, 2003 12:47 pmI'm considering tracking down a goat to sacrifice to the Gods of Workplace Efficiency. Not only am I busy, and waiting for the next two weeks to be over so we'll have the new girl, I also got informed by one of the partners that there's a meeting on Friday, and that we need the office cleaned up by then. In reality, it means I need to clean up the towering mess of papers on my desk. (Seriously, I have a deskspace of 2 square meters that is just covered with piles of paper and files... *sighs*)
Anyway, I'm quickly rec'ing a few Sam/Josh fics. feel free to rec me your faves, because heavens above know that even when I'm full-stream ahead in WW, my reading tends to be fairly random.
The first rec is Things To Do In Cleveland When You're Overcoming Denial by Candle Beck because she offers a Sam POV that feels like Sam, sweet and smart with passing mentions of writing, and sports. It's certainly atmospheric, and just a little poetic, and has some lines that I love, like:
Sam was flabbergasted, his jaw hanging open like its hinge was busted.
...and...
Josh was staring miserably down at his shoes and Sam wanted to hit him, wanted to shake him out of his staunch and determined denial, wanted to force him to admit the existence of this thing between them, wanted to bruise and warp Josh's face until Sam wouldn't want him anymore, wouldn't be driven crazy by the twitch of Josh's mouth, the flash of his eyes, the smooth perfect lines of his jaw.
...and...
Sam wondered, but anything else he might have said ended in a gasp as Josh swept down and took Sam's nipple in his mouth, nosing his way through the jagged rip in Sam's T-shirt, his hands closing like parentheses around Sam's hips, and Sam knew that the impression of Josh's fingers on his skin would be there for the rest of his life.
The second rec is Ensorcelled by Jackie Thomas because this is post-breakup Sam and Josh, who know each other too well and too comfortably. It's a relationship that's complicated and confusing, but so very enjoyable to read.
Josh looks at his arm. He can still feel Sam's touch through his coat, through his skin and he knows from experience weeks will pass before the invisible burn marks are gone. He doesn't want to leave but he shouldn't be here, not on a night like this when a new world is created each time he turns his back.
and
They work side-by-side, just as they always used to and while they work the world fades into background. Just as it always did. The anxieties of the hearings, the pain of the break-up. It seems natural to have Sam close by like this. A rustle of denim, muttering the names of legal philosophers and the faintest scent of aftershave beneath the new emulsion smell.
*looks at quotes* I'm in a bit of a poetic mood today, aren't I?
Anyway, I'm quickly rec'ing a few Sam/Josh fics. feel free to rec me your faves, because heavens above know that even when I'm full-stream ahead in WW, my reading tends to be fairly random.
The first rec is Things To Do In Cleveland When You're Overcoming Denial by Candle Beck because she offers a Sam POV that feels like Sam, sweet and smart with passing mentions of writing, and sports. It's certainly atmospheric, and just a little poetic, and has some lines that I love, like:
Sam was flabbergasted, his jaw hanging open like its hinge was busted.
...and...
Josh was staring miserably down at his shoes and Sam wanted to hit him, wanted to shake him out of his staunch and determined denial, wanted to force him to admit the existence of this thing between them, wanted to bruise and warp Josh's face until Sam wouldn't want him anymore, wouldn't be driven crazy by the twitch of Josh's mouth, the flash of his eyes, the smooth perfect lines of his jaw.
...and...
Sam wondered, but anything else he might have said ended in a gasp as Josh swept down and took Sam's nipple in his mouth, nosing his way through the jagged rip in Sam's T-shirt, his hands closing like parentheses around Sam's hips, and Sam knew that the impression of Josh's fingers on his skin would be there for the rest of his life.
The second rec is Ensorcelled by Jackie Thomas because this is post-breakup Sam and Josh, who know each other too well and too comfortably. It's a relationship that's complicated and confusing, but so very enjoyable to read.
Josh looks at his arm. He can still feel Sam's touch through his coat, through his skin and he knows from experience weeks will pass before the invisible burn marks are gone. He doesn't want to leave but he shouldn't be here, not on a night like this when a new world is created each time he turns his back.
and
They work side-by-side, just as they always used to and while they work the world fades into background. Just as it always did. The anxieties of the hearings, the pain of the break-up. It seems natural to have Sam close by like this. A rustle of denim, muttering the names of legal philosophers and the faintest scent of aftershave beneath the new emulsion smell.
*looks at quotes* I'm in a bit of a poetic mood today, aren't I?
