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Subject: "Touch" by Nemo_r
Rating: PG
Rec Category: SGU
Characters: Colonel Young and Nicholas Rush
Pairing: Y/R if you squint
Het/Slash/Gen: gen, maybe slash if you squint
Warning: none
Author on LJ:http://nemo-r.livejournal.com/
Author's Website: unknown
Link:http://nemo-r.livejournal.com/37492.html

Why this must be read:
This is a short drabble under 1000 words. Regardless of the short length, it's one of the most powerful stream of consciousness writing that I've come across. It deal with the seven times that Colonel Young and Nicholas Rush exchanged a non-sexual touch, from when they shook hands to say goodbye when they thought they were going to die in the sun, to the various of times in between. The emotional range is described in very lyrical and hyper-aware sensitivity of touch. Whether it was in comaraderie, explosive anger, a reaching out to help. It perfectly describe their rocky relationship with each other. But the last one haunts me the most, where they meet for the very first time on Icarus Base, unaware of what's in store for their future. Well written, and spot on.