The Wager

Fanfiction
Title:	The Wager
Author(s):	Erin
Date(s):	1990s
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Fandom(s):	Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
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External Links:	online here
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The Wager is a Hercules: The Legendary Journeys story by Erin.

It features Ares/Joxer and is NC-17.

Reactions and Reviews

This is an oldie, but a goodie. Erin did a lot (just about everything!) to pave the way for Strife-fic, and this story's one of the reasons why. It features two trademarks of her mischief-god fiction: the perfect dialogue, as colloquial and maniacal as the character himself, and the humor, which had me chortling throughout. It's sexy, too (and this is from a reader who doesn't like Strife or Joxer, two of the main characters). What holds me there, though, is the ending. I won't spoil it here, but Strife's attitude, which prompts the final gesture, is delicious and perfect. I wanted to cheer for him, and for the story itself.