house of cards
house of cards
(569 words) // (tom/mike, tom/william)
for jun 09 07 at
we_are_cities.
quiet, assuming fic for
theworshipper, who asked for tom/mike, and i wrote this.
( Tom doesn’t take his camera everywhere. He doesn’t. He just always has it when he needs it, somehow. )
(569 words) // (tom/mike, tom/william)
for jun 09 07 at
we_are_cities.
quiet, assuming fic for
theworshipper, who asked for tom/mike, and i wrote this.
( Tom doesn’t take his camera everywhere. He doesn’t. He just always has it when he needs it, somehow. )
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Tom isn’t taking pictures of Empires like he did before. If it all happens again, he doesn’t want to be able to watch the fall in still images, clutching desperately at something far-gone and rational. That line struck me so hard. Just, wow.
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do you realize this is probably one of my favorite things in the world, now? (let me be cliché for a moment and tell you how i really want to quote this entire thing back, now.)
...but Mike tangled his trembles in Tom’s hair instead, pulling him down. Tom forgot about everything he’d developed, remembering the dry taste on Mike’s tongue instead - i think that is one of the most beautiful descriptions i've ever read. ever. tangled his trembles in Tom's hair. just, god. that's going to stick with me for a long, long time.
He breathes on them lightly, and Bill’s breath hitches when his fingertips touch Tom’s mouth. - i can't get over this. the gesture is so entirely intimate, yet probably never used in anything i've read before. i think it was starking how much the contrast between this scene and the ( ... )
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