| Drowning | |
|---|---|
| Author | Rhiannon |
| Date | 2006 |
| Where posted | LJ |
| Rating/Warning | R |
| Genres | drama, challenge fic |
| Format | Short Story |
| Archive Location | |
Story Recap[]
LaCroix wakes underwater, and realizes that someone has tried to murder him.
Author's Notes[]
"Written for the "Blast From the Past" challenge, in which you apply a recent challenge to an older fandom; in this case, the "Worst Case Survival Scenario" challenge met Forever Knight. The scenario I hit first was, 'How to escape a sinking car.' It all rolled downhill, pun intended, from there."
Notes[]
Recommendation by Arduinna:[1]
Rhi pulls off a perfect LaCroix voice here, all purry and cool and precise, not to mention possessive and controlling and manipulative. Everything he does is note-perfect -- the whole thing is short, but fabulous. If you like LaCroix, give this one a shot.
Recommendation by Brightknightie (excerpt):[2]
This chilling interlude of villain-on-villain carnage characterizes Lacroix with thorough canonical resonance—cruel, possessive, territorial, clever—in a third-season context, out of Nick's sight, untethered by the agreement about "mindless killing" invading Nick's life. Lacroix's retaliation is elegantly repulsive.
Quotes[]
- "I awoke to the scratch of wool and the scent of someone who was mine. Water ran over my legs; it already sloshed unpleasantly along the side of my face, washing away the scent of blood and gunpowder. Replacing it with the reek of stirred-up muck was not an improvement.
My head ached abominably.
None of this was as it should be."
Awards[]
See Also[]
- "Drowning" on author's website
- "Drowning" on LJ (posted 2006)
- "Drowning" on AO3 (posted 2010)