wordwitch | Rec: Brokeback Mountain

basingstoke "has written a Brokeback Mountain fic," which actually does the story and the movie justice without killing the reader and without insane hopefulness - two elements which usually seem mutually exclusive in this fandom. I highly, highly recommend it. Guy-safe; rated teen at the outside.

A selection:

The asphalt of the road shimmered in the afternoon warmth, despite the cool October breeze threading through the porch lattice and rustling the sunflowers. It would storm come nightfall.

"Times are different, it seems to me," Grandpa said. "Seems you can be queer out in the open."

Ennis winced at the word. It was awful out of Grandpa's mouth, twisted like hate.

"Seems to me you should just tell the truth," Grandpa said.