A Trout in the Milk & Fishcakes and Ryebread

[moonprincessnat]

A Trout in the Milk and its sequel, Fishcakes and Ryebread,by Tray are Highlander/X-Files crossover fics. Adam (Methos)/Walter Skinner, with intimations of Methos/Duncan. The story is told from Skinner's point of view, so it's interesting to see what he makes of Adam's behavior and strange snippets of conversation between Adam and Joe or Adam and Duncan. It seems that in the recent past, Adam had been held prisoner and tortured by a psycho who was trying to influence the outcome of the Game. Skinner tries to help Adam deal with the lingering trauma of his captivity, as well as figure out exactly what happened to Adam--the evidence found on scene just doesn't jive with Adam's physical condition and Adam isn't talking. The story becomes more intense in the sequel when Adam tries to explain his immortality. Skinner, convinced that Adam is delusional, stops him before he can demonstrate and then hides all the knives. Throw in the pyscho's escape, Duncan's appearance, and a missing Methos and you've got a very enthralling and well written tale.

(I finally figured out how the linking worked in JournalAlert. Yay! And, see, I do read other things besides Smallville. :-) )