Prompt Post No. 15

Mar 26, 2011 12:00

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Arthur/Eames anonymous April 11 2011, 06:03:38 UTC
Eames loves Arthur. Arthur is terminally ill. Eames stays with him through all the treatments, supports him and cares for him through the nausea and the weight loss and the muscle atrophy, and, eventually, the doctors telling them it's no use. Eames takes care of Arthur at home until he has to take him to the hospital to die.

Arthur goes in the spring. Eames buries him on a cool, crisp day. (On the first of March on the holiday, I thought I saw you breathing.)

Then Eames wakes up.

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Re: Arthur/Eames hungerpunch April 11 2011, 06:09:46 UTC
oh, oh, oh.

+1 so much. please please. this would make me cry and i would love ittt. ; ~ ; absolutely beautiful prompt.

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Re: Arthur/Eames anonymous April 11 2011, 17:42:32 UTC
+1+1+1+1+1

As long as there's some sort of emotional resolution after Eames wakes up, yes?

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Re: Arthur/Eames anonymous April 11 2011, 17:45:28 UTC
Up to anonthor what happens. I don't really have a clear idea of where I imagine A and E to be IRL, emotionally. Are they together, on the brink of a break-up, happily together...? I would prefer a happy ending, but if the author feels a melancholy tone carries better, that's fine, too.

-OP

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Re: Arthur/Eames anonymous April 11 2011, 19:45:23 UTC
WHOA!! Amazing prompt!! Omg, I want this so bad!! Arthur is still alive when Eames wakes up right???

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Re: Arthur/Eames anonymous April 11 2011, 19:50:28 UTC
That's what I was going for,yeah. I've had dreams like that lately, myself, so. I don't know. They felt so real. They tend to linger, and it's awful.

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Re: Arthur/Eames anonymous April 11 2011, 21:04:49 UTC
This prompt almost made me cry ~ ;_;
Hope somebody will write something for it!!

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Re: Arthur/Eames fae_boleyn April 13 2011, 23:26:54 UTC
I... I...

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Re: Arthur/Eames: lights will guide you home, and ignite your bones (1a/6) anonymous April 22 2011, 19:03:34 UTC
Um. So, I saw that this was still unfilled on the kink meme roundup and decided to give it a shot? Title from the Coldplay song ‘Fix You’, as I heard it on the radio after a LONG while and felt randomly inspired/melancholic.

It is just past six when Eames returns home from his morning run, iPod blaring hard rock and sneakers filthy with mud and grass. Argus, their three-year old German Shepherd, trails behind him into the dimly illuminated kitchen, tongue lolling and tail wagging furiously, exhausted but euphoric.

The kitchen is empty; no boiling kettle, no evidence of breakfast, no rustling newspapers, certainly no grumpy Arthur.

He bounds up the stairs two at a time, muscles protesting at the sudden exertion, calling out, “Still asleep, you lazy sod?” Unexpectedly, the rumpled bed is empty; blankets kicked into disarray, but he does find Arthur slumped against the bathroom wall, knees drawn to his chest and head tilted back to the tiles. The stale odour of sour vomit is unmistakable.

“Fuck, Arthur, how long have you been ( ... )

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Re: Arthur/Eames: lights will guide you home, and ignite your bones (1b/6) anonymous April 22 2011, 19:12:57 UTC
Eames just sits there, stolid and uncomfortable in the hard-backed-and-too-small chair, an observer rendered helpless and hapless in the face of nature and genetics and sheer ill-fortune. Because no matter how good, how unbelievably kick arse, you may be; sooner or later your Health is always going to knife you in the gut and gently remind you that you’re its sorry bitch, fucker. Whilst kicking you in the balls for good measure, most likely ( ... )

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Re: Arthur/Eames: lights will guide you home, and ignite your bones (1c/6) anonymous April 22 2011, 19:15:00 UTC
In any case, there is no arguing with him when he is like this so Eames acquiesces genially enough, also still clothed.

They talk through the night, about everything and nothing, flicking soapsuds at one another and sharing the dismal residues of the bottle between them. There is more water on the tiled floor than in the tub and Arthur-the-neat-freak will be so fucking pissed in the morning but Eames can’t quite care, caught up in the unspoiled brilliance of the moment.

He peels the dense sodden scarf from around Arthur’s icy neck, pressing delicate ethanol-flavoured kisses to the salty and soapy hollow of his throat. The skin around there is already bruised and discoloured by bite marks and Eames attempts to hide a smile because that explains the latest penchant for scarves and mufflers. Arthur squirms away, bright-eyed, but pulls him up, hand fisted in the front of his vest. They smash together in a muddle of teeth and tongue, spit and friction ( ... )

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Re: Arthur/Eames: lights will guide you home, and ignite your bones (1c/6) anonymous April 22 2011, 19:21:39 UTC
Because Eames had thought this (they) would be forever.

Oh, Eames ;_;

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Re: Arthur/Eames: lights will guide you home, and ignite your bones (1a/6) anonymous April 22 2011, 19:12:58 UTC
Oh my god I'm loving this already. I'm so happy you're filling this! I can't wait to read more <3

-OP

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Re: Arthur/Eames: lights will guide you home, and ignite your bones (1a/6) anonymous April 22 2011, 19:19:25 UTC
omg, OP, YOU NINJA *dazed*
I'm so pleased you like it. I saw this prompt back when you first posted but was hoping someone else would fill it, ahah (lazy + too much real life crap to do + lazy). BUT, yeah, it was sad to think something so wonderful would be left unfilled so I decided to get my act together.
Can't promise anything, but I do hope it comes close to what you wanted :)

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Re: Arthur/Eames: lights will guide you home, and ignite your bones (2a/6) anonymous June 18 2011, 22:08:10 UTC
Crap. I am so sorry. I completely forgot about this story in the rush of exams/stress/cramming. Bloody hell, I'm such a twat.
I apologise to anyone who was waiting. Concrit very welcome.

WARNINGS: eventual character death. descriptions of chronic illness (pancreatic cancer), treatment and side effects ( ... )

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Re: Arthur/Eames: lights will guide you home, and ignite your bones (2b/6) anonymous June 18 2011, 22:16:18 UTC
“Look, you didn’t have to,” Arthur tells him unhappily later that night; arms folded over his chest, chewing agitatedly on his lower lip. He has worried away the chapped skin; a new layer shines under the bright lights of the kitchen, glossy and raw.

“But I wanted to,” Eames replies gravely, spectacles fogging up as he unloads the steaming dishwasher.

Arthur wrinkles his nose, accepting a stack of mismatched mugs, “Ew.”

“Hey, I was being romantic just then, you insensitive bastard.” He aims a half-hearted swipe at Arthur’s arse, somewhat relieved that they are able to effortlessly fall back on the tried and tested route of easy-going banter and camaraderie.

“But Eames,” Arthur stage-whispers as he sidesteps the blow easily; dimples particularly prominent and eyes comically wide, alight with purported innocence, “We’re manly men ( ... )

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