out of the frying pan (and into the fire) masterpost
Title: out of the frying pan (and into the fire)
Fandom: Inception
Disclaime: All Inception characters belong to Christopher Nolan & etc. Title taken from song of same title which belongs to Meat Loaf
Characters/Pairings: Arthur/Eames, Cobb/Mal, and very minor OFC/OMC
Rating: Mature/R
Warnings: Some sexual content (semi-graphic, no outright smut). Some violent content (semi-graphic). Non-graphic references to murder, torture and suicide. Warnings are just to be on the safe side, but it's really pretty mild.
Word Count: 40,150
Summary: All Arthur ever wanted to be was normal. As a child, he was a prodigy. As a teenager, he agnized that he was gay. As a young adult, he discovered a world where time stopped and peoples' most deeply buried secrets were his for the picking. Somewhere along the way, he recognized that his dream was a hard one to execute, even with a PASIV at his disposition.
Notes: This piece is a collection of firsts: my first time participating in any sort of LJ community event, my first time writing for Inception, and my first time writing (and completing) a story of this length!!
This was written for i_reversebang, for ptoridactyl's piece the photo album (or a lifetime together)
Thanks to my two awesome betas citrinesunset and luvsanime02 (ff.net) for their support and hard work, and especially for tolerating my text-dump in their inbox and expecting them to get it done within a tight deadline. You guys saved me (and this fic)!
part one
part two
part three
part four
part five
part six
part seven
part eight
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