The Pacific: We Dance On Our Graves With Our Bodies Below, R

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Title: We Dance on Our Graves with Our Bodies Below
Author: mytimehaspassed
Fandom: The Pacific
Rating: R
Pairings: Sledge/Snafu; Snafu/OCs
Warnings: Modern era AU; spoilers for the series
Notes: THIS IS WRITTEN BACKWARDS. So the beginning is the end and the end is the beginning. It was confusing to write, so if you're confused, I won't blame you. :)

Snafu drives to Mobile with a full tank of gas and half a pack of cigarettes and the rest of a bottle of Jack Daniels in his lap. He takes a swig for every car he passes, takes a swig for every two-story white plantation house swallowed by tall weeds, takes a swig for every song about heartbreak that comes on the radio. He smokes seven cigarettes before the sign for Mobile summons him off the highway, and smokes the other three at the top of Sledge’s long driveway, the car idling loudly and the radio off.

Comments

[tinnean.livejournal.com]

Back in the 60s (I think, it might have been the early 70s) there was a movie called Happy Ending, and it worked exactly the same way. It started with a man killing his wife, then went backwards and ended with her alive and them both still happy with each other.

This was clever then, and it's extremely clever now.

Maybe this is why I'll often watch a movie that way. (the tension in Aliens drove me up the wall, and that was the only way I could see it.)

I was fascinated to watch their relationship devolve, all the while knowing they were safe and together, and the last part, where they first met, was amazing.

Thanks so much for this!

[mytimehaspassed.livejournal.com]

It's the first time I've written something this way, so it was kind of confusing but also fun. I'm glad it worked out, though. Thank you so much! :D