New story: Patience, A Steady Hand (YES IT IS ABOUT VIKINGS)

[helenish]

Title: Patience, a Steady Hand
Author: Helen
Fandom: Inception
Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Rating: NC-17
Size: ~43,000
Summary: 821 A.D. Arthur is in the nightmare business. Eames is a thief, a liar, and versatile with a pen.
Warnings: Rape, attempted rape, coercive sex, dubiously consensual sex, physical and emotional abuse, violence, sexual violence

Comments

[paperflower86]

Yesssss, vikings *___*

Nooooo, I can't read this now, too much work ;___;

I'm going to read this so hard once I'm done with pesky RL obligations, SO HARD, YOU HAVE NO IDEA!

[helenish]

It will still be here when you are finished!

[paperflower86]

So about those high expectations for this story you mentioned, you have surpassed them above and beyond imo.

I honestly don't even know what to say. I'm kind of like viking!Arthur, I just have soooo many feeling about this story and I'm utterly confused and can't express any of them properly. I really teared up at the end and now all I want with my greedy little heart are another billion stories of their life on their farm in England.

Thanks so much for writing this <3

[helenish]

You are WELCOME.

And I know that you made those romance novel covers as a joke - and they were HILARIOUS, but - I don't know, something about them really helped me get into the right headspace with this story as well and just let it happen even when I was like OH GOD WELL I GUESS IT'S TIME FOR THE CARTOONISHLY EVIL CHARACTER TO DO SOMETHING CARTOONISHLY EVIL.

So thank you! You helped make this what it became!

[nemesis1108]

Woah, that was an intense read. They were just so in love with each other!! *__* And I love that Eames fought (literally) to have a life together with Arthur at the end and they succeeded in doing so :D And I love the little references to Inception in the scenes where Eames planted ideas in Arthur's head :)

But I do have to say that I did feel, as I was reading, that I was reading snippets of an awesome universe. I felt that it was a little jumpy as the story shifted from scene to scene and there could be a bit more continuity between scenes? :P

All in all, it was a great read and I love the characters of Arthur and Eames even more now :)

[helenish]

Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it! (And I can see what you're saying about the jumpiness, certainly.)

[aynatonal]

YES! And on a Sunday morning when I can read it right away! Oh joy!

[aynatonal]

Finished! I loved it so much! Totally delighted! VIKINGS YAY!

[helenish]

Thank you! Yay Vikings! I am sure the real Vikings were possibly not as crude and awful about sex, but, then AGAIN, probably there weren't a lot of dudes who looked like Eames walking around and sharing their beds, EITHER.

[silverakira]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OH, MY GOD. *tries not to hyperventilate*

My happiness level for today has just gone from about a 2 to 11.

WILL BE BACK WHEN I'M DONE READING.

[laughingacademy]

Vikings, w00t!

Spotted a typo, unless there's timey-wimeyness at work: "but now he knows now that he had no chance".

[helenish]

Thank you so much! I swear, every time I look at that thing, I see a new typo/linebreak error/whatever. I just keep fixing away.