Not written for the Infidelity Challenge, but it fits anyway: An Elegant Man

[icarusancalion]

Title: An Elegant Man
Author name: Icarus
Author email: icarus_ancalion@yahoo.com
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Percy/Lucius
Summary: An unlikely friendship built on politics, gossip, and long evenings by the fire takes a turn that anyone but Percy Weasley could have seen coming. Lucius Malfoy, Slytherin Sex God?
Percy learns he's all too human.
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Comments

[magicofisis]

Oh. My. God. I hardly know what to say because your writing is always so beautiful, but it never hurts to get a compliment, so here goes.

The imagery you conjure is gorgeous - little details that paint a beautifully vivid picture for the reader. For example:
"I'm sorry," Percy whispered, his eyes wide and innocent, feeling like a cork at sea.

The characterization is spot on.
Lucius' eyes were hooded and smug. "You look fine, Percy."

"Do you think so?" Percy gratefully met his eyes.

"Yes." His voice was tinged with amusement.

"That means a lot coming from you, you know."

A slight smile touched the corners of Lucius' mouth, and he gazed up at the numbers above the lift. "Of course it does."

Thanks for sharing this-I'm decidedly an Icarus fangirl now!

[icarusancalion]

Oh thank you. This story... somehow I'm infatuated with it.

I hardly know what to say because your writing is always so beautiful.

You mean you've read other stories? Wow, that's great. I never know who actually reads, I just see the counter go up on Fiction Alley. :D

Icarus

[magicofisis]

I haven't read everything you've written, but quite a few. Primer to the Dark Arts was awesome, and I loved Guy Talk too. Well, there are so many I've loved. I'm bad about reviewing, though, but starrysummer has convinced me to be better about doing my part...

[shetiger]

Oh! This was something. I must admit it took me a while to work up to reading it (not being a Percy fan), but I'm quite glad I did.

This made me laugh: Aurora's hair was blonde but her eyes brown with dark brows -- a sure sign the colour was Maribella's Hair Glow. So perfect a match for Percy!

But this pulled me into the story: He tapped a pair of elegant riding gloves in his smooth, white palm. Oh, Luscious, how pretty you are. And such a sex god, er, well...

And loved this line: Percy nervously steered the conversation to the safer harbors of the historical feud between the Weasleys and the Malfoys.

Now that I've finished quoting your story to you, I just thought I'd repeat that I enjoyed this story a lot. Such wonderful manipulation by Lucious, only to have it derail due to that one minor flaw. But he just gets right back to it, doesn't he?

-tigerlady

[icarusancalion]

So perfect a match for Percy!

Yeah, perfectly phony. :D

And such a sex god, er, well...

Well. He thinks so anyway... at least he's sexy.

But he just gets right back to it, doesn't he?

It took him a while to decide he wanted Percy back. After all, Percy had witnessed a rather major embarrassment. But, he'd grown used to him.

Icarus

[veryshortlist]

At times I found Lucius's speech a little too...comfortable while he was talking with Percy. But it is amusing to see him seduced by the dark side. Hee.

[icarusancalion]

At times I found Lucius's speech a little too...comfortable while he was talking with Percy.

That's kind of the point though.

The story is not about the seduction so much as it is about the friendship that came about instead.

Lucius' seduction took so long that for once he actually got to know his "victim." They'd become friends. Lucius delighted in showing Percy the finer things in life, and it worked out they had a great deal in common, with their mutual interest in power and politics (and gossip, though Lucius would never admit it). Percy adored him so obviously, but still was bold enough to argue with him. Lucius didn't quite confide in Percy, but he did have a qualm about seducing him and tried to warn Percy off.

They'd become close enough that instead of just an encounter (with Percy coming away disappointed), as a friend Percy was honour-bound to tell him the truth.

That's why Lucius came back.

Icarus

[veryshortlist]

Thanks for replying to my rather off-handed comment with an insight into the story, as well as your writing methods. I reviewed in the middle of the fic, so if I seem overly critical, it is because I had not taken in the full effect of the story as a whole. It rather comes full-circle in the end, when Lucius comes back.

It's rather refreshing to see something worthwhile come out of a seduction attempt, rather than just awkwardness. Even if it is a strange friendship, and at least for awhile, strange bedfellows.

[sadams119]

hello! i just stumbled on your fic--i almost didn't read, as i am not much of a percy or lucius (accidentally typed'luscious', someone should run with that) fan, but you sold me. i loved how they got on--percy so appreciative of lucius' class, and lucius looking to debauch innocence!
hee.

An Elegant Man

[icarusancalion]

Thank you very much. I got into Percy accidentally, as a means to explore characters like Snape and Lucius. What was the name of the story that hooked me on Percy -- ah. Sweet Hypocrisy.

I'm curious, where did stumble onto this?

Re: An Elegant Man

[sadams119]

following links--magic of isis' blog, to infidelity challenge, to here. i think? (just lots of clicking, but i'm glad i found it!)