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Title: I’m the Diode, You’re the Kerosene
Author: getmean
Canon: The Pacific
Pairing: Eugene Sledge/Merriell 'Snafu' Shelton
Rating: Mature [R]
Word Count: 28,354
Summary: In five years, Eugene had run over this exact scene in his mind too many times to count. Sometimes, he’d yell. He’d curse him out, hit him if he was feeling particularly pissed off that day. Try and get it through his thick, mad skull that waking up alone on that train was the final nail in a coffin that Eugene had taken too long to claw out of. Other times, Eugene imagined embracing him, breathing in the familiar smell of sweat and gun oil as he silently forgave him for it all.
Recommendation: Ugh, this was SO GOOD. I love that this story takes place in Alabama with Gene's family there. Usually post-war re-connection stories are set in New Orleans were the boys can just do want they want but having them have to maneuver around each other with dear old mom and dad disapproving in a genteel Southern way really gets to me.
Recommendation #2,237