Release

Title: Release
Rating: Red Cortina (for upsetting scenario)
Word Count/Length: about 2,500
Characters: Sam and Gene
Warning: Canon character death/disappearance
Summary: Gene just can't let Sam go.


I'm not going to lie to you, Marge: this one is pretty bleak. I noticed that Gene Hunt really doesn't like letting people go - as he told Alex, "no one leaves here until I say so" - and just took that to its logical, horrible extreme. Was also thinking about my favorite theory of What Really Happened to Sam, ie, he's handcuffed naked to the bed in Gene's basement for disobeying orders...and thought that if the writers ever actually did go in that direction, it would probably end up looking something like this.

If nothing else, I reckon this story will make whatever actually does happen in the finale seem a lot better by comparison. :)

Right. Everyone duly warned? Then let's go.


( It’s funny how the last words you hear from someone can be almost comforting. )

Whew! Let's all have a nice watch of the Life on Mars 1x02 hospital dust-up scene to wash that one out of our brains, shall we?

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Armageddon

Title: Armageddon
Rating: Brown Cortina (for torture/abduction)
Word Count/Length: about 2,500
Characters: Jim Keats, Gene Hunt, and Sam Tyler
Summary: All the pieces are falling into place. Soon it will be checkmate.


Fairly dark this one, though not as much as my last offering. Inspired by the mysterious Shorty the smackhead in 3x04, and wondering about the odd connections he seemed to have to Sam Tyler.


( The King was in his counting house. )

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