Fic: And - R/L - R (AU)

[kahvi]

Title: And
Pairing: Rimmer/Lister
Rating: R
Disclaimer: I don't own Red Dwarf, despite my feverent wishes to the contrary. Ditto for making money off this.
Spoilers: Out of Time
Notes: Because I'm weird, I've tried to make roadstergal's "Gone" better. It's what I do! Written as part of the fanfic100 challenge - my table is here.

Comments

[roadstergal]

Damn. And I didn't think there was any good to come out of Gone. I thought about holo-Lister, but I thought it would be hopelessly cliched. You managed to make it work realistically and un-cheesily. And lovely-ly.

First - *whacks Rimmer upside the head for the unkind sex* Insensitive bastard.

The figure was five centimeters short of his height, stockier, somehow more… solid; more real than should be possible for an object made entirely out of light. Five rasta plaits slithered down its back like absurd snakes.

Great stuff.

assuring him that he looked wonderful, and honestly, if it wasn’t for that rather fetching letter on his forehead, no one would even dare to think he’d been dead for two thousand years

Lovely Kryten.

Rimmer didn’t react to this. There were very few things he allowed himself to feel, on the whole.

*sigh* And another one for his hemming and hawing outside of Lister's door.

Rimmer’s head slumped back in his chair, feeling all semblance of control leaving him, his body convulsing in deep, heavy spasms. Was

[roadstergal]

I seem to remember you getting antsy a month or two ago over writing - gasp! - sex into a story. You seem to have had some bad influences on you since then! ;)

[kahvi]

Yeah well; it's addictive, what can I say. ;)
Although, I've always found it easier to write nasty, aggressive sex. It's the touchy, tender, feely explicit stuff I find hard. I don't want it to be too crude or too fluffy. I think I'm getting better though!

[kahvi]

You managed to make it work realistically and un-cheesily. And lovely-ly.
Thank you, that means a lot. :) As I told you earlier, I was worried about getting Rimmer's voice right, but I tried it from Listers POV, and that just didn't work.

*whacks Rimmer upside the head for the unkind sex* Insensitive bastard.
Awww... He's been through so much. Lister knows that. I couldn't see this happening any other way, really.

*sigh* And another one for his hemming and hawing outside of Lister's door.
Personally, I'd like to whack Lister for not understanding that Rimmer needed protecting just as much as Kryten did. Oh well, he got there in the end!

I'm very glad you liked it; you inspired this with your story. I just couldn't leave the poor guy there. And I wanted to test the hypothesis that anything get better with Lister. :)

[lady_draco]

Wahhhh! *sniffles*

That was an emotional rollercoaster and a half. Poor Rimmer. Sweet, wonderful Lister.

And he winked, and Rimmer threw himself at him, clutching the smaller body to him like a lifeline; muttering non-words, trying to absorb the other man into himself, as though that would heal him; would make him whole. And Lister laughed, in short, breathless bursts. Lister laughed.

That almost killed me. So tremendously sweet ...

Well done mate.

[kahvi]

Thank you. :)

I couldn't leave it like that; broke my heart. So I added some Lister(TM), to see what would happen. This did!

Glad you liked it!

[notalwaysweak]

Bweee! *fans self*

'S people like you who keep me interested in this fandom.

[kahvi]

*blushes*
Thank you! When people like what I write it makes me happy. :)

[eviltigerlily]

Guhhhhhhhhh...
I adore this story to bits. I've read it five times already.
Never stop!

[kahvi]

Oh, I'm having way too much fun to stop. And with reviews like this? *blushes*

I'm very glad you liked it!

[willdew]

Soft-light holograms can touch each other! Heh. Soft-light Lister: hey, at least it's not Arlene. Good detail to work in. :D

[kahvi]

Yeah, it was the only way I could think of to save poor Rimmer from his fate in roadstergal's fic... Glad you liked it. :)