Story 84: "Half A World Away" by Jane St. Clair

[wendelah1]

"Half A World Away," Jane St.Clair's first posted fic for The X-Files, has been nominated by estella_c. I've been trying to figure out a way to post this without giving away that while Mulder/Scully/Krycek is a major kink of mine, Scully/Krycek is a major squick.

I gave up. Here is the authors' header for the fic. Have fun. This is probably the best Scully/Krycek story in the fandom. Given the heated discussion in Live Journal Fandom lately about warnings, I feel I should warn that it is fairly easy to see the sex in this as dub-con. I disagree, but I'm getting ahead of myself here.

Fandom: X-Files
Rating: NC-17
Spoilers: Sleepless, Ascension, Piper Maru/Apocrypha, Terma
Keywords: Krycek/Scully, Mulder/Scully UST
Summary: After Scully is kidnapped and rescued, she finds herself under Krycek's dubious protection.

This story is rated NC-17 for nasty words and not-entirely-vanilla sex. If you're under whatever age you're supposed to be in whatever place you are, you don't know about sex, so go away. Oh, and the people in this story don't use condoms. In the real world, this is very stupid. Practice safe sex, especially when making it with one-armed Russian thugs. You don't know where they've been.

I think I like this woman.

"Half a World Away"

As always, let the author know what you think and then come back for discussion. I am more than interested in what people will think of this fic. Suggestions for next time can be made here.

Comments

[merrycaepa (from livejournal.com)]

I loved this fic for a long time. Jane's amazingly evocative, and I love her Scully - vulnerable yet tough, and above all imperfect. And oh, her Mulder... I don't have the words. I really don't. All I can do is flail and point.

This passage gets me every, every time:

Krycek kissed her at the same moment that she saw lighting on the next hill (count one Mississippi, two Mississippi) and she kissed him back (three Mississippi, four Mississippi, five Mississippi) and broke away with the shock of the thunder. The storm was five miles off and blowing in. The momentarily shattered radio signal reconstructed itself and she danced with Krycek again and steadily until the rain came.

[wendelah1]

Hello. Welcome to the book_club. Jane St. Clair is a great writer. After I read this story, I found her website and starting reading through some of her other fic. Wow. She is quite prolific and in so many fandoms, too. I do love her Scully in this. All of the characters feel very three-dimensional.

I love this passage:

His eyes imitated her motions of eating. Peeling her and tasting the juice that leaked out of the skin. Her hands were sticky and his eyes were clinging to her. Nearly colourless liquid ran in droplets towards her elbows. She sat cross-legged on the bedspread and segmented the fruit, pulling it apart and sucking at it gently a moment before ripping out the centre with her tongue. Krycek's expression was mild, but she was soaking wet all over and his eyes were blazing and the whole room smelled like oranges.