Fanfic Recommendations Go Hawaiian

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From the in medias res beginning of ch12 (on AO3, 15 on SB) of Smarkand's 2012 fic Coming to America, a GG/IRL crossover:

Bedloe's Island, 2 AM, June 3, 1894

"LET LADY LIBERTY RAISE HER TORCH BEFORE THE GOLDEN DOOR!"

Nikola Tesla hung upside-down from a slim rope above a drop of almost three hundred feet. Through the safety line came the vibrations from the improved electrical plant far below whirling away at demonic speeds. At the secured end of the line, the once-dim torch of the Statue of Liberty was a blue-white orb of searing light. A rainbow danced in the air above it. Lightning crackled between the seven points of the statue's diadem.

The curvaceous form of Agatha Heterodyne pressed against him as they swung above the deathly drop.

"I KNEW WE COULD DO IT! ISN'T THIS INCREDIBLE?"

Fine clothes still smoking, hands covered in grease, smelling of burnt rubber...

...Nikola could only agree.

It was the best night of his life.

The safety line chose at that moment to snap with a twang.

If that's not all you need to know to drop everything and start reading right now, I don't know how to help you.
SpaceBattles
Archive of Our Own

It's not likely to ever see more development at this point, but what is there is oh so good.

edit: There do seem to be at least a few scenes difference between the two versions, so you might have to read it twice. The horror! Though so far I've only noticed things opn SB that aren't there on AO3, so there's that.

edit 2: Perhaps Samarkand just missed adding SB ch3 to AO3. That's the only noticeable change so far aside from having some shorter ones combined, anyway.