10. OMG THAT IS HARD because I am such a dialogue maven. Well, I still love this exchange from Nocturnal:
"You're drunk, Richard," he said, finally. It was, after all, not his first glass this evening. Or his second.
"It's John Donne," Richard said, not looking at Edward.
"You're still drunk."
"This is my ancient..." He waved his hand vaguely in Edward's direction, still focused intently on the ceiling. "This my right hand, and this my left. Well, God's above all, and there be souls must be saved, and there be souls must not be saved." He leaned forward, looking at Edward now as if he'd never seen him before.
"God, I hate my life," he said. "I hate my life."
And this one from The Ghosts of Departed Quantities:
"We are not going to have sex in your kitchen, Richard," Henry says, as much to head off the anecdote at the pass as anything, as they pause in front of the bedroom door.
"Oh, you're no fun anymore," Richard pouts. "If you were ever fun to begin with, and quite frankly, in twenty years I've never seen any evidence of that."
"I'm quite personable to people who don't introduce themselves by shoving their tongue down my throat."
"I can't imagine you have that problem very often."
"No, just with you."
11. AUGH YOU PICKED ALL THE HARD ONES. So many of my favorite of my own fics need context! I think Not With the Empty Hollowness is probably the best one that doesn't have a complicated AU setting and stands alone well (although it's also godawfully depressing). If they don't mind AUs then Privilege is probably one of my best.
"You're drunk, Richard," he said, finally. It was, after all, not his first glass this evening. Or his second.
"It's John Donne," Richard said, not looking at Edward.
"You're still drunk."
"This is my ancient..." He waved his hand vaguely in Edward's direction, still focused intently on the ceiling. "This my right hand, and this my left. Well, God's above all, and there be souls must be saved, and there be souls must not be saved." He leaned forward, looking at Edward now as if he'd never seen him before.
"God, I hate my life," he said. "I hate my life."
And this one from The Ghosts of Departed Quantities:
"We are not going to have sex in your kitchen, Richard," Henry says, as much to head off the anecdote at the pass as anything, as they pause in front of the bedroom door.
"Oh, you're no fun anymore," Richard pouts. "If you were ever fun to begin with, and quite frankly, in twenty years I've never seen any evidence of that."
"I'm quite personable to people who don't introduce themselves by shoving their tongue down my throat."
"I can't imagine you have that problem very often."
"No, just with you."
11. AUGH YOU PICKED ALL THE HARD ONES. So many of my favorite of my own fics need context! I think Not With the Empty Hollowness is probably the best one that doesn't have a complicated AU setting and stands alone well (although it's also godawfully depressing). If they don't mind AUs then Privilege is probably one of my best.
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