Prison Break - Between the Mirrors

[clair_de_lune]

Title: Between the Mirrors
Author: clair-de-lune
Characters: Michael/Lincoln
Genre: Slash
Rating: NC-17
Words: ~ 3495
Warnings: Slash, incest
Disclaimer: Not mine. Just borrowing them for a while.
Summary: There were two mirrors on the walls of Michael’s perfect bedroom, on each side of Michael’s perfect bed. Large, hanged mid-wall, slightly inclined forward,

Comments

[foophile]

Firstly, top!Michael...no words. oh yeah, I have them: HOT! Damn Hotness in a hot pocket!

Alright, now aside from the initial fangirl reaction, this was SO AMAZING! I loved the introspective smut of the dressing room scene and then quiet (almost painful) intimacy once they came home.

I also very much (maybe more than anything else) LOVE how you make Lincoln so aware. We only get glimpses of that on the show (and none in at least a season or more) but in this peice I believe and hurt for the fact that Linc knows EXACTLY how the rest of the world views he and his brother. He knows their differences and similarities, he seems to know the outcome before it happens -and his passivity at that just kills me- and he acknowledges and lives it with very little argument. In my mind, the Lincoln you've shown us so beautifully here is the Linc in the first and second season. He IS Lincoln. Masterful, just spot on mastery of this complex man!

And finally, even though this is from Linc's POV, I love how you portray Michael. Beyond the hot toppy-ness, he's an adorable mix of shy and assertive. It's obvious that he's so full of love for his brother but at the same time isn't blind of all of his flaws - maybe loves him more because of them? I also love how it's Michael's reactions that decide the dynamic between the brothers. Yes, Lincoln is pushy but you did such a good job of showing that he's playing up Michael's kinks not his own. That brings a whole new level of consent to their relationship that (in my opinon) completely bypasses what Michael says. Although this:“Bastard!” - nothing new there, really - “You’re fucking insane,” and a whimpered “I’m so gonna fuck you...” was crazy hot. ;)

If you haven't figured it out from this essay of a comment I LOVED this peice. I'm so envious of your mastery of both the subjects and your craft. I wish I could write at this complex level. This is for sure one of my favorite PB fics! *hearts*

[clair_de_lune]

\o/ I'm so glad you liked it. I was a bit apprehensive because I felt like I cheated about the mirror part of the prompt. Sure, there are mirrors - lot of them ^^ - but I'm not sure I used them the way you meant. Not to mention that I already had mirrors, although more scarcely, at the begining and the end of a M/L story I posted a while ago, Kaleidoscope, and I didn't want to repeat myself here. But I've had the fitting room part in mind for quite a while and it just called for the mirror kink.

That brings a whole new level of consent to their relationship that (in my opinon) completely bypasses what Michael says.

Oh, absolutely. Although I'm not sure *I* made up my mind about that. Michael has the upper hand even though it looks like Lincoln is in control, but Lincoln lets him have said upper hand, so... Yeah, I need to stop rambling :-p Let's just they're co-dependant.

In my mind, the Lincoln you've shown us so beautifully here is the Linc in the first and second season.

*blushes* I loved so much the characters in season 1 and still in season 2, and I so can't recognize them by now. Probably one the reasons why writing PB fics has become so hard for me :-/
Anyway... Lincoln at the begining of the first season was quite passive and resigned to his fate. Same thing pre-series in those flashbacks: if I remember correctly, he doesn't protest that much when Michael talks down to him.

Beyond the hot toppy-ness

Um. I tend to write top!Michael every now and then. As a matter of fact, the aforedmentionned "Kaleidoscope"... *g*

he's an adorable mix of shy and assertive.

Pre-series/pre-prison Michael is so fun to write, because as he's been shown in Brother's Keeper, he's naïve and smug at the same time - quite pleased with himself and not realizing how much he actually owes Lincoln.
And YAY because this was precisely what I wanted to convey.

I'm so envious of your mastery of both the subjects and your craft.

*blushes even more* I'm envious of your take on the characters - most of the time, I finish reading the story thinking 'of course! how didn't I think of that?' - so you know... ;-)

Thanks so much for the wonderful feedback *hugs*

[darkwriter69]

*buds in*

Word! Everything you have written in your essay is exactly how I felt/feel about this piece. It's like you read my mind.