UPDATE: A Tale of Two Fathers (or The Parent Inception)
Title: A Tale of Two Fathers (or The Parent Inception)
Pairings: Arthur/Eames, Arthur/Robert, Arthur/Cobb (past relationship)
Rating: PG13 to start, Hard R to finish
Word Count: 40,121 (Complete)
Summary: It's The Parent Trap, Inception-style. Arthur and Eames are divorced with twin sons (biologically Arthur's born to a surrogate mother). The boys, separated from infanthood, accidentally meet at camp. You know the rest.
The two boys are almost immediately whispering and giggling with each other, carrying the suitcases from the driveway into the house and leaving Arthur and Eames alone.
It's awkward.
There's no other way to describe it.
He tries to hug Eames and Eames tries to shake his hand. Then they switch intentions and are off from each others' movements again with Eames going for a hug and Arthur offering his hand.
Luckily Eames smirks instead of frowning when Arthur barks out a laugh and the tension is broken.
"I suppose this will get easier with time," he says
Arthur doesn't know if that means he feels the same dull ache in his chest at wondering how things might have been between them now if they'd stayed together. But he's certainly not going to ask.
Link to Chapter Five on AO3
Pairings: Arthur/Eames, Arthur/Robert, Arthur/Cobb (past relationship)
Rating: PG13 to start, Hard R to finish
Word Count: 40,121 (Complete)
Summary: It's The Parent Trap, Inception-style. Arthur and Eames are divorced with twin sons (biologically Arthur's born to a surrogate mother). The boys, separated from infanthood, accidentally meet at camp. You know the rest.
The two boys are almost immediately whispering and giggling with each other, carrying the suitcases from the driveway into the house and leaving Arthur and Eames alone.
It's awkward.
There's no other way to describe it.
He tries to hug Eames and Eames tries to shake his hand. Then they switch intentions and are off from each others' movements again with Eames going for a hug and Arthur offering his hand.
Luckily Eames smirks instead of frowning when Arthur barks out a laugh and the tension is broken.
"I suppose this will get easier with time," he says
Arthur doesn't know if that means he feels the same dull ache in his chest at wondering how things might have been between them now if they'd stayed together. But he's certainly not going to ask.
Link to Chapter Five on AO3