I mentioned that I couldn't imagine Sapphire and Steel buying curtains. lost_spook proved me wrong - a delightful short vignette.

Striking A Balance (745 words) by lost_spook
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sapphire and Steel
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Steel (Sapphire and Steel), Sapphire (Sapphire and Steel), Silver (Sapphire and Steel)
Additional Tags: Curtain Fic
Summary:

In which Sapphire and Steel shop for curtains, for inscrutable reasons.

From my old journal, mostly so I can find them from the tag here.

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The genius of this story is that it isn't a fixit for the final episode of Sapphire and Steel, it's a continuation. They remain trapped in the cafe.

Time in a Bottle (1000 words) by AstroGirl
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sapphire and Steel
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sapphire/Steel
Characters: Sapphire (Sapphire and Steel), Steel (Sapphire and Steel)
Additional Tags: Post-Canon
Summary:

It's difficult to pass the time, when neither you nor time are moving. In the end, all you can do is wait.

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A beautifully written five things fic which looks at Sapphire and Steel and their relationship with each other from the point of view of external observers.

Encounters with Elements (1122 words) by AstroGirl
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sapphire and Steel
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Sapphire (Sapphire and Steel), Steel (Sapphire and Steel)
Additional Tags: 5 Things
Summary:

Five brief glimpses of Sapphire and Steel, through the eyes of others.

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Fandom: Sapphire and Steel
Rating: U
Characters/Pairings: Sapphire/Steel
Length: Flashfic





What I love about this: This is a very short piece which plays around with both the alieness of Sapphire and Steel and, frankly, their massive shipiness to explore what it might mean for Sapphire to have a thing about Steel.

Transgressive Sight

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Fandom: Sapphire and Steel
Rating: U
Characters/Pairings: Sapphire, Steel
Length: Short Story





What I love about this: This is an incredible short piece of writing. All I can really say is that the prose here captures the feel of Sapphire and Steel incredibly well. It's about small but important things, that carry emotional weight and about letting go. It's the sort of story I think it is impossible to imagine being told in any other fandom.

Days go by and still I think of you

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Fandom: Sapphire and Steel
Rating: General Audiences
Characters/Pairings: Sapphire, Steel
Length: 879 words





What is this?: The short vignette evoking an image, scene or emotion works really well with the premise of Sapphire and Steel where such things have real power. This beautifully written short piece is about fleeting memory, regret and the reactions of the eponymous Sapphire and Steel to the same.

Sandcastles by lost_spook