58 - "Act Naturally"

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Title: "Act Naturally"
Characters: England/America
Rating: R for sex, and recreational drug use.
Summary: 1964 - The British Invasion is in full swing, and America drops by England's place to pick up a few new albums. He...gets distracted.

TCE is co-written by wizzard890 and pyrrhiccomedy.

Comments

[zalia]

Rarely in world history has one actual historical nation wanted to bone another nation so badly.

I think this is the best and most perfect description of the British Invasion ever XD And I have to agree, England while high is very hot XD

I really loved the atmosphere here; slightly um, out of focus, I guess (probably thanks to the weed XD), a little dreamy, which fits the mythical idea of the 60s and the British Invasion so so well.

It's nice to see USUK where they're comfortable with each other and just enjoying being together and touching each other and having sex without it devolving into epic historical angst, but them still having the history there. And of course, Russia and America's relationship still being a slight elephant in the room. I did like that America was able to set boundaries about not touching the burn scar, and England respecting that and knowing enough to not push the issue. It felt really natural for them and not exactly sweet, but really nice to see that they do accept that there are parts of them which belong to other people.

And on a more shallow but no less enthusiastic note, really really hot sex :D

[pyrrhiccomedy]

While we were writing this, we were both talking about how much we'd love to smoke a joint with England. He'd be so chill. XD

It's nice to see USUK where they're comfortable with each other and just enjoying being together and touching each other and having sex without it devolving into epic historical angst, but them still having the history there.

Yes, definitely! =D This is something they want and they feel good about it, and their friendship is strong enough now that it can weather some choppy waters. But at the same time...it's not easy, for either of them. They're uncovering a lot of baggage they both thought they'd buried.

It felt really natural for them and not exactly sweet, but really nice to see that they do accept that there are parts of them which belong to other people.

I really like that part, too. ♥ It's something good friends can do, you know?

And on a more shallow but no less enthusiastic note, really really hot sex :D

Eyyy. XD

[zalia]

But at the same time...it's not easy, for either of them. They're uncovering a lot of baggage they both thought they'd buried.

Yeah, I can definitely see that. I've seen so many times in USUK fic, the history between them is sledgehammered in; overt references to the Revolutionary War and the bad blood between them, whereas its so refreshing here where they know it's there, and it kind of stings, but they're in a place where they're good enough friends that they can uncover that without it causing huge emotional breakdown. The way its understated here, the little pauses and hitches, seems much more realistic.

And yeah, their friendship here is honestly more appealing than their 'relationship', hot though it is XD

[pyrrhiccomedy]

Thank you, that's really nice to hear. =D

their friendship here is honestly more appealing than their 'relationship', hot though it is XD

I think they would agree. There's this little feeling between them now of...well, they're not sorry it happened, it's nice that it happened! It was something they'd been wanting for a while. And no doubt they'll continue intermittently hooking up over the next couple of years, but...they would probably both appreciate an opportunity to say "you know what, let's just...back up a tick" when it wouldn't cause any hurt feelings.