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motorcyclesfly Title: Remember (Be Here Now)
Rating: PG-13
Pairing/Character(s): Richard/Ben; Richard Alpert, Benjamin Linus, Alexandra Linus Rousseau, Charles Widmore.
Word Count: 7,810
Summary: Richard needs reminding, sometimes. For the
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lostfichallenge #92: Free For All and the
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15pairings Prompt #10 - "Don't forget!" AU-ish.
Spoilers through 5.12 - Dead Is Dead. Prompt Table: HereDisclaimer: I own nothing but the plot. Baba Ram Dass (aka Dr. Richard Alpert) and his fascinating self and style are solely his own.
Author’s Notes: While revisiting the real life Dr. Richard Alpert for research, I was struck with the idea of trying a Richard-centric analysis of character relationships in the style of the actual-factual man himself, particularly in his masterpiece,
Remember, Be Here Now – which is probably one of the trippiest and yet stunningly honest pieces of writing I’ve encountered. As such, I ended up with a weird, stream-of-consciousness, ramble-y feel that is really more of a vaguely connected series of vignettes than anything, and surprise, surprise, Ben is there too. Which was strange to write, the progression from father figure to friend and then to something more intimate, which led to a bit of OOC-ness, admittedly, but hey – in this fandom, anything goes. Besides; I’ve only ever come across this pairing once before, and it dealt more with the power-element of the two of them, so I wanted to try to portray something a bit different. Hopefully it’s not too frighteningly absurd.
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lost_fic_awards: Best Fic Featuring An Unusual Pairing, May 2009( Read more...Collapse ) 
