[tGE] In Peace (Ramsey gen)

[valmora]

OMGliekwhoah! Angstttt! ::giggle::

That bit of annoyance over and done with,

Title: In Peace
Rating: PG
Fandom: tGE
Pairing: Ramsey POV, gen
Disclaimer: The Great Escape and all associated intellectual property belongs to Paul Brickhill and MGM/UA, not to me.



Six months - a year - two years - past the German surrender, and Rupert still wakes with the memory of blazing guns and the vertigo of piloting burning in his thoughts. It is hardly pleasant, but the memory of crashing, shot down, is less frequent now than the memory of reading a list before the assembled men, von Luger at a window to hear him read the fifty names aloud, the both of them grieved. He remembers because now that the war is over, he can say that, once, he would have traded his name's place on the lists of the released to have kept the fifty from the lists of the dead, but perhaps it is best to leave the dead to rest.

Comments

[lakester.livejournal.com]

Awww. Angsting about not being dead. And surviving and trying to get on with things. The damn responsiilities of command must ache.

And 'cause I am curious - I know it's Ramsey here, but Rupert? Is that like his canon first name?

[valmora.livejournal.com]

The damn responsiilities of command must ache
YES. Thank you. =)

Is that like his canon first name?
Indeed. I don't remember where/if it's stated in the movie, but I know it's in the credits, along with the first or surnames of various other characters (e.g. Willie's surname, which is 'Dickes'. No, I'm NOT JOKING.)

[figletofvenice.livejournal.com]

Can I say I have a bizarre love for surviver's guilt? I know it's weird, but when it's writen well, I love it to death. And this is done really well.

I love your characterization of Ramsey. You're really good at writing him, methinks.

I am so not coherent. Sorry.

[valmora.livejournal.com]

And this is done really well.
I'm glad I hit that, er, literary preference of yours. =)

I am so not coherent.
It's okay. I'm not so coherent myself.