We take lovers into our souls like we take water into our throats, Jack thought, we drink in their kisses and breathe their breath. We fall in love and we’re unmade. “Have a little faith,” David said.
This takes canon (why oh why did they make them antagonists?!?) and fixes it in the most stunning way. I adore this Jack and the way he finds himself again.
Huh, I was 100% convinced I’d added this here years ago, because although it shouldn’t work, it very, very much does!
Strangers to the Fire, by gwyneth rhys (gwyneth)
This is what his hands have tried to grasp since he knew what desire was, the prayer his burning mouth has longed to say.
Adult, canon-divergence. This fixes my biggest gripe with Kings, namely that they didn’t keep the David/Jonathan relationship from the Bible (one of my very favourites).
They were different men now, no longer Prince and loyal subject, no longer Major and Captain, bound together in service. For the first time, they would meet as equals. Or, as equal as they would ever be, considering God’s Grace flowed through David’s veins, and Jack’s blood held only the poison infected in him by his parents.
Teen, post-series. I have such a soft spot for this pairing, and this is fic fixes everything they got wrong in the show.
A Kings!Stucky AU, I think I’m in love. Even if it breaks my heart… 😉 Music by Placebo.
ETA: Sadly, the link has disappeared and I can’t find the vid again.
Aww, Jack… While I wish they’d stuck closer to the Bible’s Jonathan (and didn’t like the “gay villain” trope), I couldn’t help but feel heartbroken for him. Music: Everybody Wants to Rule the World, by Lorde.
Jack looks startled when David appears in his room that night. I didn’t think I was going to dream you tonight.
Teen, post-series. David fights, and dreams, of people he’s lost – of Jack, trapped in a tower… Poetic and haunting, this fic uses the Song of Solomon and the biblical David & Jonathan to great effect.
