castalie | Confession Time. (Reply)

Had a lovely moment at work. There was this pacs'ed couple - the PACS [Pacte Civil de Solidarité] is a civil contract which basically binds two people in order to organise their lives together as a couple, be it a straight one or a gay one - it makes no difference. And I know I'm simplifying. Anyway, I know it's not that exceptional or anything but see, the problem they had? Was the exact same one as any other straight married couple. I mean, here were two young women who were dealing with paperwork just like any other married couple, ie they had - in this case - pretty much the same status. That just made me happy. I'm certainly not saying we should forget about same sex marriage, but I just liked the idea of this lesbian couple asking me the exact same question as the straight one just five minutes before. And I have the feeling I'm not expressing myself well here *sigh*

Changing the subject - or not, this is supposedly queer lit - I love working at reception. It gives me the opportunity to catch up with my reading - albeit at a slower pace than if I did it on my free time. But whatever. That way, I have no other choice that savouring the stories *g*

I started Kirith Kirin - again, granted, but this time I won't have to stop - and boy am I ever the Jim Grimsley fan! It's not exactly a revelation, mind. I fell in love with his work the first time I read one of his novels, namely Winter Birds, and hunted down his books right after that one because I needed more - to this day, Comfort and Joy is one of my favourite novels ever *g* Kirith Kirin is proving to be as good as the others.

It also filled me with glee because I was waiting and waiting for Jessex to realise that he was Yron, or for someone to tell him, because there was no doubt in my mind that it was what the prophecy was about and lo! I got my wish page 236 *strokes chapter* I might have squeed a little but I was so very delighted - it made my heart glad *g*

Something else that made me squee was the following passage - from Jessex' POV:

"He [Kirith Kirin] was quiet, he said nothing else, so I had no idea what he meant. He buried his head against me as Axfel [Jessex' dog] did when he wanted me to know he loved me. I cradled him like that until the worst of the moment passed [...] I looked down at the Prince in wonder. He was still lost in his own sadness, not yet realizing the gift his friends [who just left them alone] had given us. I bent to kiss his brow and he sighed, pulling me close with the arm that encircled me."

Or wait, that one which followed:

"I woke up before dawn. We had lain all night on the cushions, one of Kirith Kirin's cloaks spread over us both. At first I didn't know where I was until I felt the weight of his arm across me. His warm breath collected at the base of my neck [...] Before I rose from our warm nest I kissed him on the lips. He stirred but did not emerge from sleep [...] It was a wonder to have lain so close to him, to have touched him. I kissed him again before I left, lightly, the merest brush of lis on his black hair.

I'm having a blast - it's so very subtle and sweet. From the very first moment, actually. It's almost more intense because it's barely at the surface. Don't know if it's going to be more graphic than that, but seriously, I don't need anything more *g*

And changing the subject completely this time, I'm apparently reading het. For real, that is. And I mean, it's not as if I never shipped a het couple in canon, but I never ever read het fics - apart from In Another Life but that fic is like the grand-mother of exceptions so it doesn't count *cough*

So anyway, what is this het I'm speaking of? Daniel/Vala. Not even kidding. At first I just read one - you know, out of curiosity - and before I knew it, I'd read, what, five? In a row. Yeah. So

auster? If you're still looking for more, why don't you try Interlude by

cedara, which actually is, let me think, Vala/Daniel, Daniel/Cameron, Vala/Cameron - as well as Daniel/Vala Snippet #2 and Daniel/Vala Snippet #3 by

piratelair. I'm not exactly sure how the latter works, like she's apparently writing bits and pieces, but what the hell, there was a little bit of smut and all *g* So hey, since you're searching?

Jack/Daniel is mocking me, but they know they're still my SG OTP so they're not worried. At all. And they're right not to be *loves J/D* See, I'm forced to mention my undying love for J/D for fear that the fandom kills me or something *quivering lower lip*

And I'll stop here before I make even scarier confessions ;-)