death-fics recs

[layne67]

I'm in the mood for a good cry. Over death!fics, that is. In which one of the main character dies. I'm not saying that I enjoy reading them per se but once in a while I came across truly wonderful fics in which there are character deaths that really moved me to tears. They have to be stand-alone fics though. I won't be able to bear it if, say, mews1945 decides to kill off her Family!Zeke ( No no no Julia. No ).

They have to be extremely well-written too, otherwise the grief won't come across and make you cry. I've always thought that making people cry, really, really cry, is one of the hardest thing to achieve in writing a story.

The End of the Story written by grievous_angel is one such example. It's an alternate ending to her epic Houseparty, a Viggo/Elijah love story set in the 1930s. Do go read it if you haven't already. You'll still get the story even if you haven't read Houseparty but for maximum "cryage" you need to read it from the very beginning. Lots of tissues will be needed here.

Then there is this fic written by cloudlessclimes - Deeper Than All Roses, an Orlijah pairing that I read a long time ago way when I was an anon lurker here in LJ. Now that story has always remained in my mind even though I first read it ages ago. Very beautifully written, the death in the story still haunts me till now.

For What Binds Us is another Orlijah, written by often_adamanta. She writes angst really well and this fic is an alternate ending in which one of the boys is suffering from leukemia, and dies.

So, can anyone rec me a good fic with character death in it? As I've said, I'm in the mood for a good cry.

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