Fic (AO3): Set Fire to This Card House - Chapter 2/6: Nouakchott, Mauritania
This was a tricky chapter to write, so I might have needed slightly more hand-holding than usual. Thanks to snarkaddict, ninamalfoy and hermette for never turning me away. ♥
Set Fire to This Card House
H50 - Danny/Steve (vaguely implied pre-Chin/Kono in the background)
NC-17
Summary: AU. In which you’ll find agents, hotel beds of ( Read more... )
Set Fire to This Card House
H50 - Danny/Steve (vaguely implied pre-Chin/Kono in the background)
NC-17
Summary: AU. In which you’ll find agents, hotel beds of ( Read more... )
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(Sometimes I wonder whether I'm the only one who picks music that fits the vague plotline, and then the music ends up influencing the actual writing. I feel ridiculous and easily influenced, but hey.)
&hearts &hearts &hearts &hearts!!!
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There is a comm for mixtapes, by the way! Not for fanfic as such, but people can post their own mixtapes to movies, or mixtapes for a specific mood and some such. It's pretty cool, um. Here: http://community.livejournal.com/fanmix/profile
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You're like my best friend, all about the lyrics of songs. I tend to pick them up but not consciously grasp them until I've sung along with the song a million times, because I'm focused on the tempo and harmonies and whether there's a slow build or jarring switch to the bridge and peak - the emotional response I have to the music, basically.
Hope it's okay if I snag the zip file for chapter 3 too! Now back to reading the delicious new chapter, then I'll be back to spam your LJ some more.
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I like that pulse is something noted in this fandom (probably others too, but I don't remember it from LotR), so imbued with both competence and intimacy to be able to find and interpret someone's pulse. I also liked this line: his brain must be a recently opened construction site because he can barely hear past the hammering in his ears. And Steve gasps. The knowledge that it’s because of Danny, that Danny was the one to make Steve lose focus long enough for an uncontrolled rush of breath and an instant of stillness… Fuck, it’s heady. Basically I'm a fan of heartbeats and breath as expressions of excitement, and you write them well ( ... )
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Pulse and breathing, yes, those are two things that I like a lot, a lot, a lot. In my opinion, one of the sexiest images is two people standing so close that the other feels an intake of breath in the expansion of the other person's stomach. Yesplease.
Of course Steve breaks that one rule. He knows a challenge when he hears one, and Danny, well. Danny doesn't mind as much as he thinks he should ( ... )
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I love how this chapter was so action packed but also beautifully emotional.
I really liked how casually flirty Steve and Danny's banter was and then they would snap right back into mission-mode. And good for them for being so determined to save the hostages.
I can understand Danny's worry that sleeping with Steve has complicated their partnership and that his deepening feelings will cause him to lose his perspective but he is still a professional--he needs to stop beating himself up for falling for Steve.
Keep up the great work on this fic :)
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Their quick switch between private banter and efficient mission-mode is really one of the things I LOVE about them on the show; they switch back and forth so easily, naturally, that for them, it works whereas it probably wouldn't for most others.
And Danny, well. Danny has issues. Steve has a few of them as well, though.
Again, thank you! &hearts
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Just thought I'd let you know, to further expand our general knowledge and all that. Going to read this later, when/if I can get some more privacy.
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Probably won't be until I get back then, I'm rooming with English native speakers from all over.
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