B5 fic: "Of Wine and Virtue" [Londo/G'Kar]
Title: Of Wine and Virtue
Summary: Years after the events of "The Fall of Centauri Prime", Londo and G'Kar meet again on Earth, thanks to Vir.
Not, in the end, a fix-it story - though some things do get mended that were long overdue.
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Owned by JMS and Babylonian Productions, not me, alas.
Author's notes:
1. Written for mithen, for ( Read more... )
Londo and G'Kar visiting Paris is so unexpected, and yet it fits so well for some reason. There is a bit of a Centauri feeling to the city, I think.
I love how Vir loves Paris and how he's the only person in the universe to thinks public restrooms are a wonderful experience, worth talking about.
The relationship between Londo and G'Kar is sweet, in their own unique way. I love G'Kar's protectiveness, the touching each other and the usual banter.
The story itself is very entertaining. I kept wondering where they would go next and what would happen to them. The way you mix the narrative with jokes and hints that something is not quite right is wonderful. (I really, really enjoyed reading this, in case you can't tell.) It's funny, witty and cute, and just a little bit heartbreaking at the same time.
And now I want to know what exactly was written on that note, although it's fitting that we don't get to read it.
Oh, and Londo would totally love Baudelaire.
(Fun fact: this comment was written over the course of almost two hours because I KEEP BEING INTERRUPTED, DAMMIT!)
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The idea of setting the story in Paris wasn't really mine (though the specific settings were) - it was one of the suggestions mithen gave when making her request, and it appealed to me immediately, because... Well, Londo and G'Kar in the Moulin Rouge, how could I pass up the chance to write that! *g*
I love G'Kar's protectiveness, the touching each other and the usual banter.
I had great fun looking for various covert ways to get them to touch, without it being a deliberate gesture. Londo, of course, touches everyone no matter when, so that wasn't hard to do; G'Kar I had to get a little drunk first. ;) And one of the things I love most about G'Kar in the show is that, despite him being such a cynic in some ways, he can also have that unconditional trust - if Londo (or anyone else) tells him to shut up and not ask questions, he'll do it, just like that...
I like your two-hour-long comments! They're, well... longer. :D
(And that icon of yours still gets to me, every time. *hugs brave-and-sad-looking Londo*)
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