The little AU: New Year's Day, June 7, 2010
slashfairyIt somehow came and went January before any of them, Orlando included, recognized it. October may come and go without marking- it has before. Here, there, gone, together, apart, ever in each others' hearts even if not on each others' minds: sometimes the actual celebrating of a birthday slides a bit east ( Read more... )

The little AU: New Year's Day, October 20, 2009
slashfairyIt's not nearly so far from London to Paris as it is from The Road to "real life". He's grateful the flight wasn't long, the hotel is pleasant, the company good, the fans polite. He thinks there's some odd poetic justice to being alone in Paris for the last night of his fiftieth year; that he should ( Read more... )

The little AU: Vignettes: Traveling companions: seven
slashfairySomeone at one of the press conferences asks Kodi if it scared him, being in The Road ( Read more... )

For those of you following the Vignette series Traveling Companions in The little AU here in my LJ, there is a new chapter up over in the comm which won't be posted here, because it's not from my pen. Sliding Doors. AutumnPlease, go read. It's brilliant. [Will's come to The little AU from time to time before. I'll be going back and tagging those ( Read more... )

The little AU: Vignettes: Traveling companions: six
slashfairySometimes Viggo takes a day for himself ( Read more... )

The little AU: Vignettes: Traveling companions: five
slashfairyThere are weekends Kodi's family takes him off for a couple of days. He feels funny getting all cleaned up when Viggo's staying pretty much in character, but Viggo sends him off with "Take notes. Enjoy all of it. Come back full," and Kodi does just about that each time ( Read more... )

The little AU: Vignettes: Traveling companions: four
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They talk about a lot of things, Viggo and Kodi.

About the wrecked cars on the abandoned freeway. About the fires in Australia, about the fire under CentraliaWould it all be ash? Kodi asks ( Read more... )

The little AU: Vignettes: Traveling companions: three
slashfairySnow is everywhere ( Read more... )

The little AU: Vignettes: Traveling companions: two
slashfairyThe first time they read together what strikes Viggo is Kodi's professionalism. He doesn't give himself airs. Neither does he shrink from asking questions. He's here to work: to find The Boy, to bring him to life if he can. If that means asking questions of Viggo, of John Hillicoat, then he'll ask ( Read more... )

The little AU: Vignettes: Traveling companions: one
slashfairyVenice is warm and welcoming, shirt-sleeve weather, and they make it in through the airport without being photo-stalked at all as far as Viggo could tell. It's not until they come off the water-taxi, one of the many pressed into service to carry participants from Venice proper to Lido, to the ( Read more... )