insta!rec - Isolation by kharessa, sga, adult

Isolation by kharessa - Lost Boys fic. Wow. If there was ever, *ever* a story that straddled the nebulous line in my mind of what is non-con and what's rape, this one is *it*. It's *fantastic*, unsettling as hell, disturbing and dark and twisty and it's completely John and completely, utterly Rodney.

This time, however, Rodney hadn’t waited to break, and it seemed he’d taken John at his word. Hands that wore calluses in places where a scientist’s hands shouldn’t be callused ran over John’s torso, thumbs and forefingers pinching nipples a little too tightly for comfort, and John’s stomach knotted. Rodney couldn’t make him feel good – not from within the distorting haze of the enzyme that granted physical superiority while stripping away the mental safeguards that stopped sane people from simply taking what they wanted and acting on every urge. Rodney could drag it out, though; he could make it lasting and memorable.

That just--that last bit hurts me *every time*. Because John *knows* that lasting and memorable? Are not what he wants here.

Comments

[neery.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for the rec. That's an amazing story, and yeah, what hit me most was exactly what you said - there is nothing pleasurable in this for John, but he knows he has to at least pretend to be willing for Rodney. He's trying to protect Rodney from the memories that he himself will forever have to live with.

Some part of me really wants to see a sequel to this, but I don't know if it's possible to write a sequel without taking away some of the emotional intensity.

This story reminded me of Koi's Mercy in a way. Some of the motives are similar, despite the completely different plot: the theme of a close friend going crazy and hurting you, not quite grasping the severity of what he's doing, and having to play along to protect him as much as yourself.

[amalthia]

i've never read Koi's story Mercy before, what fandom is it in? is Koi a LJ username? I'd really love to read this story. thanks

[neery.livejournal.com]

It's Smallville fandom, story can be found here (http://smallville.slashdom.com/archive/21/mercy.html), author is koimistress. (The story will make sense if you know nothing about the SV universe other than that Lex and Clark are friends, too. I thought it was an extremely interesting story, especially in the way the structure worked - but I don't want to spoil it for you.

[amalthia]

thanks so much for writing back so quickly. :) I look forward to reading the story. :)