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Fic: Ritual (54): Overlap

Mar 18, 2009 22:25

Title: Ritual (54): Overlap
Pairing: Nathan/Peter
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: see pairing and rating, freaky dubcon roleplay, angst
Word Count: ~4600
Summary: Following Ritual 53: Nathan's got a dark side. It doesn't scare Peter, even if Nathan wishes if it did.
• Ritual Reader's Guide •
( Shame as aphrodisiac... )

nathan, petrellicest, fic, peter, ritual, nc-17

Comments 31

even_dusk_fades March 19 2009, 07:52:19 UTC

OMG... I'm home from school with bronchitis and can't sleep. This was a very pleasant surprise! I'm glad I decided to check my flist. :D

mystery_sock March 19 2009, 18:11:13 UTC

I'm glad you did too! Perhaps all my delays were for a good reason. Get better soon! Hot soup! Hot tea and little snacks! And SLEEP.

even_dusk_fades March 20 2009, 04:18:05 UTC

LOL, what a neat thought. You were delayed so I could have a present. :D Ugh, I'm so sick of tea and soup!

brandinsbabe March 19 2009, 08:00:02 UTC

once again, fucking perfection. i don't know how you do it every single time.

this chapter really got to me cause i can see nathan being like that and needing something like that from peter. and then walking away in the end, just like that.

i feel like so much of their relationship was shown through their sex. their beautiful, complicated, and completely fucked up relationship. love it <3

mystery_sock March 19 2009, 18:14:28 UTC

i don't know how you do it every single time.
I don't either. Having time to go over and over and over this story didn't hurt, I'm sure, even if I didn't want it to be that way.

i can see nathan being like that and needing something like that from peter. and then walking away in the end, just like that.
Yeah, me too - and demanding that Peter go to some really weird, fucked up, scary places, and then just dropping him when he's got his kicks, not giving a damn that Peter can't compartmentalize the way he can. THAT'S the dark side that Peter should be afraid of, not Nathan's kinks - and that's the dark side that Nathan doesn't even know he has.

so much of their relationship was shown through their sex.
That's Ritual in a nutshell, pretty much. :)

Thanks for reading and leaving a lovely comment!

blithesea March 19 2009, 10:19:07 UTC

Loved it! You made me feel the highs and lows right along there with Peter. <3

mystery_sock March 19 2009, 18:18:44 UTC

Thank you! This is a story that I could never have approached from Nathan's POV - not so much because I disapprove of his fantasies (because, of course I don't - I don't disapprove of anybody's fantasies!) but because I have a really hard time getting into the mindset of someone who is so casually cruel. I just can't do it. Nathan's love and desire, and the helplessness he feels in the face of that love and desire, I can do, but I can't comprehend the other (I am still traumatized by the fact that Nathan hit Peter with a metal pipe, just because Peter was in his way) - I can describe it, but I can't justify it.

clubinthesky March 19 2009, 13:52:30 UTC

Gah, amazing! This is erotic BLISS, you've nailed them again, perfectly.

mystery_sock March 19 2009, 18:19:26 UTC

Wish I could NAIL them, hur hur hur. No, really, thank you. I thought this turned out well and I'm glad I finally finished it!

sarahphym March 19 2009, 14:12:26 UTC

fuckin' A, man. I love this universe! I love them so freaking much. I love their interplay, especially in the beginning up to this: "Play with me," Nathan begged, breathless and desperate, his eyes squinting shut. "Please." His fingers circled Peter's nipples through the T-shirt, grasping the tiny nubs between his fingers and rolling them. When Peter tried to reach down and touch himself, Nathan sharply grabbed Peter's wrists, forcing them back behind him, to the bed. When Peter struggled slightly, instinctively trying to resist, Nathan leaned into him, his weight threatening to crush out Peter's breath, murmuring, "Yes."

And then Peter understood. He nodded a little. "Don't hurt me," he whispered, knowing that, in those words, he gave Nathan the permission to do just that.

LOVED it!

mystery_sock March 19 2009, 18:24:44 UTC

It's twisted, ain't it? And yet, so beautiful and so ideal. It's the kind of relationship that I have a hard time believing could ever happen between two people who met as strangers; it's only the fact that they're related that provides the necessary level of trust to not just be themselves, but to let out even their darkest, unhealthiest urges. Unfortunately, at this point in the relationship, it's still so new; Peter is both paranoid and too cocky, and Nathan is still a bit freaked about how far they've gone, and he hates the feelings of weakness and of not being in control, and that brings out his aggression and hostility.

They DO eventually figure it out. Sorta. For a while. :) (Man, I really do want to write some Season 3-timeline Ritual fics, but they will require a LOT of thought on the matter; there's a reason why I've been writing only about stuff that happens way pre-series!)

sarahphym March 19 2009, 23:00:08 UTC

haha, I know! I can't wait for them, though. :)

I've been wanting to write some myself, but I'm too lazy/busy. Like you said, it's so complicated right now it'll require a lot of planning. But right now, they're so freaking canon its amazing! XD

I love pre-series stuff. It's the beginnings that are always best.