'Spindrift' by alyse (PG)
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stargateficrecRec Category: Radek Zelenka
Pairing: Radek Zelenka/Elizabeth Weir pre-ship
Category: Character Study, Zelenka/Weir friendship, pre-ship
Warning: Spoilers for Grace Under Pressure
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alyse
Author's Website: Unconscious Mind
Link: Spindrift
Why This Must Be Read:
Post-Grace Under Pressure,alyse's Spindrift is a master of characterization as she describes the after-effects of the episode's events. With beautiful prose and brilliant dialogue, this fic is a wonderful example of quiet contemplation and an intriguing look at how one defines bravery.
"You see the way that the water changes, close to the city?" she began eventually, hesitant to break that silence, restful and close as it was, but somehow feeling the need to anyway. That hesitancy kept her voice low, and he had to lean in closer to her to hear, his arm warm where it rested against hers. "The way it lightens, I mean?"
He nodded. "Refraction, yes." His fingers gripped the railing mere inches from hers as he leant forward, staring down into the water with that same endearing frown between his eyes. If she moved her finger slightly, it would brush against his hand.
She tightened her grip, feeling the metal, cool and damp, beneath her fingertips.
"It fools me sometimes," she admitted. "It makes me think of the shore even though, intellectually, I know it's not. It's difficult to imagine that it doesn't shallow at the edges, that even though it looks like it does, below us there are thousands and thousands of feet of nothing but empty water. That you could hide Everest underneath us and we'd never know. There could be mountains down there that make Everest look like a hill but if you moved the city, the water would still be deep enough go back do being deep blue."
Pairing: Radek Zelenka/Elizabeth Weir pre-ship
Category: Character Study, Zelenka/Weir friendship, pre-ship
Warning: Spoilers for Grace Under Pressure
Author on LJ:
alyseAuthor's Website: Unconscious Mind
Link: Spindrift
Why This Must Be Read:
Post-Grace Under Pressure,
alyse's Spindrift is a master of characterization as she describes the after-effects of the episode's events. With beautiful prose and brilliant dialogue, this fic is a wonderful example of quiet contemplation and an intriguing look at how one defines bravery. "You see the way that the water changes, close to the city?" she began eventually, hesitant to break that silence, restful and close as it was, but somehow feeling the need to anyway. That hesitancy kept her voice low, and he had to lean in closer to her to hear, his arm warm where it rested against hers. "The way it lightens, I mean?"
He nodded. "Refraction, yes." His fingers gripped the railing mere inches from hers as he leant forward, staring down into the water with that same endearing frown between his eyes. If she moved her finger slightly, it would brush against his hand.
She tightened her grip, feeling the metal, cool and damp, beneath her fingertips.
"It fools me sometimes," she admitted. "It makes me think of the shore even though, intellectually, I know it's not. It's difficult to imagine that it doesn't shallow at the edges, that even though it looks like it does, below us there are thousands and thousands of feet of nothing but empty water. That you could hide Everest underneath us and we'd never know. There could be mountains down there that make Everest look like a hill but if you moved the city, the water would still be deep enough go back do being deep blue."
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