Mal fic

[mercymydarling]

Hi, I'm incredibly new to this fandom AND this community, so if I do something wrong here, please let me know. =)

I stumbled across this delightful fic, and it had me wondering: are there many stories that take off with the idea that Mal jumps... and then wakes up?

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[jenna_marianne]

In Our Line of Work by Fee / enjambament (R)
~15,500 words | Arthur/Eames, Cobb/Mal
Summary: Arthur wakes up and realizes the last ten years of his life have been a dream. He is nineteen, and he can barely remember where he is. What he can remember is the ghost of Eames’ hands pressed down on his chest trying frantically to stop the blood flooding up around his fingers as Arthur died (as he woke up).

Some Dream, Others Rise (at AO3) (at LJ) by musesfool /
victoria_p (PG)
2,013 words | Cobb/Mal
Summary: Mal wakes up. Dom doesn't.
Quote: She shakes her head. There's no way she can make him understand. "We lived a lifetime, and then we killed ourselves to wake up, but we didn't wake up in the real world. We were just in a more shallow level of the dream." She reaches for her pack of cigarettes, lights up another one. "Dom was convinced we were awake, but I knew it was still a dream. So I killed myself. On our anniversary. I tried to convince him to come with me, but he said James and Philippa needed him." She heaves another sob that rattles her bones. "They need him here, Arthur. They need him awake." Arthur puts an arm around her, squeezes her shoulder with a steady hand. He smells of cool night air and freshly pressed linen. He will make everything better.

They Tried to Blow Me Down (or at inception_kink here) by indysaur (PG)
2,268 words | Arthur/Eames, Cobb/Mal
Written for the prompt: Can I please please please have a fic where Mal tries to go on with her life in the real world, as an architect/extractor/whatever, without Dom, who's still asleep?
Quote: "He has a whole team with him. Arthur, of course, more solemn, more silent than the one she knows. Eames, of whom Dom has only seen pictures and heard stories about; but the stories Arthur had told couldn't help but leave an impression. A lasting one, it appeared. Her brother is the mark in Dom's latest scheme. Poor Fischer. All the faces most loved by her, Dom keeps at a close but safe distance. The girl, the one he whispers to, she doesn't know."

Unclaimed Luggage and Unscheduled Departures by psocoptera (R)
2,135 words | gen, Arthur/Eames, Saito/Yusuf | Warning: quasi-deathfic
Summary: If the entire movie was Cobb's dream, what would happen to the rest of the characters (projections all) after Dom leaves them in the airport?
Quote: "I have no idea what to do with the information that I don't exist," Yusuf broods. "How can my actions have any moral weight?"
"You would not be the first person to conclude that the world is illusion," Saito points out.
"You sad-sacks are looking at this the wrong way," Eames announces. "We can't be sure how long he's been dreaming, but given the time ratio, we could have maybe a week before he wakes up and - poof."
"So?" Arthur asks.
"So what would you want to do if you only had a week to live?"
"What would you want to do?"
"Well, I wouldn't spend it at the fucking airport," Eames says.

[jenna_marianne]

(Waves) Break Upon the Shore by cherryice (PG)
1,925 words | Cobb/Mal, Arthur/Eames
Summary: What if Mal was right?
Quote: "Of her husband's projections, Mal wants to say this: These are not your people. These are not your friends. Every quirk or quibble elevated to defining trait and she wants him to remember Arthur, barefoot in the sand and tie loose, or Eames with a book of Tennyson slipping from slack fingers as he drifts deep into sleep, sprawled across their overstuffed chair. He doesn't, of course, and Arthur's buttons are always done and his hair perfectly slicked; Eames makes endless bawdy jokes and sharp comments."

What Dreams May Come by
Mortissimo / mortissimo005 (PG-13)
12,367 words | crossover with Brick | Arthur!Brendan/Brain, Cobb/Mal
Summary: Arthur Brendan Frye's past is not as behind him as he'd thought it would be.

Wherein Dreaming Was The Only Escape by anonymous
1,324 words | gen, Cobb/Mal | drama
Written for the prompt: Arthur is dying in reality, and Cobb keeps begging for him to hold on a little bit longer.
Quote: "Have you ever considered the possibility that Mal may have been right?"
The question is posted to Cobb over glasses of whisky one night by Arthur, Arthur of all people.

[mercymydarling]

You are my hero! =D THANK YOU!

[jenna_marianne]

:D

Welcome!