i read this one first, and it stands alone as a ficly, and is not so heart-wrenching. I like it better, but maybe i’m not in a sappy mood… :) I like the perspective shift, I love to play with shifts in POV in ficly, it’s a great space to test it out.
Great job doing it from the other perspective, especially since the photographer from the other perspective seemed like such a self-serving, unfeeling, unperceptive lout.
One (hopefully constructive) criticism – “Hospitals gave me the creeps” seems to imply that they no longer give the protagonist the creeps. Sorry for mentioning it if that is the indended meaning :-)
I liked the two of these, the two viewpoints give good contrast. I’m still left wondering if Duncan got behind the wheel drunk or just forgot his seatbelt or what, but it’s not necessary to the story.