Short fic: Age before beauty. (True Blood/Moonlight, Eric & Josef, PG-13.)

[orange_crushed]

Age before beauty. Okay, this is new for me, so please forgive any inaccuracies. It's a True Blood/Moonlight crossover. Eric and Josef, PG-13 for language, general snark at Mick and Bill's expense (bless.) This is, obviously, for the_grynne. Darling, I'd follow you into any fandom.

"He thinks sin is catching," he says, and swigs his drink empty. It leaves

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[ghostrunner7]

This is fucking genius.

For a moment, just a brief slice of a second, I thought I might have been reading something the_grynne wrote. I hope you understand and take that as the extreme compliment it was intended to be.

I love everything about this. Everyone is spot on even in their small appearances.

[the_grynne]

Oh, my dear. My goodness-gracious.

"Me neither." Josef indicates Mick with a slight nod of his head. "He does. And it's different." He shrugs. "Different is something."

You've given them such distinctive voices. I love them both, but they're really very different, and I can hear that here. And Eric is blithely threatening Josef with dismemberment, and Josef is...well, Josef is fitting in, the commentator and observer of all worlds.

You have them all down COLD. I love you for it. Thank you.

[the_grynne]

It leaves a wide red streak on the glass, like a church window. He rolls the droplets back and forth.

My thought, when I read that the first time, was: But wine doesn't do that.

And then the second time, I thought: Ooooooh!

:)

[rosa_acicularis]

Well, hello. This is awesome. I've seen about a fourth of an episode of Moonlight, and I still know this is completely, completely awesome.

[alethialia]

Here via the_grynne. I have no idea who half these people are, but you nailed Eric and Sookie (and Pam!).

"I find myself," Eric says at last, "in a similar situation."

"Your situation smells delicious," Josef observes.

"Don't think," Eric replies, calmly, "that your age would keep me from ripping your arms off and feeding them back to you."

Ahh, love the vamp possessive streak. Same goes for the others checking out Josef's favored position next to Eric. Really clean, spare piece that gets right to the guts of the situation. Very impressive. Thanks for sharing.

[fan_elune]

This was awesome. Here via the_grynne and, yeah. "Your situation smells delicious" is such a perfect Josef line and this absolutely needed to be written and you've done so admirably. I love the shift in the bar when Bill and Sookie walk in, everything is just so very perfectly spot-on and makes me want to read a lot more of you writing for True Blood. Preferably with Josef in it. Thank you for sharing!

[the_grynne]

"Your situation smells delicious"

Can't you just imagine Dohring saying that in his most suggestive voice? *G*

[fan_elune]

Precisely. You read that line and you can't help but hear and even see the way he would deliver it. Hands nonchalantly joined. (He's always doing something with his hands. Oh, Jason.)

(PS: will reply to your fragrance-related request soonish! I haven't forgotten.)