New Fic
This is a little Emmett fic.
Title: Emmett Knows
Usual disclaimers
Many many many thanks to lenajill, burnitbackwards and o0_magz for the great betas. This would be a far worse fic if not for their efforts.
Emmett Knows
7:00AM - Home
Emmett passes Debbie on the stairs. She’s heading for bed after working the graveyard shift. He has a breakfast meeting with a client but knows he won’t actually get to eat anything there. Emmett has a Southern man’s appreciation for starting the day off with a good breakfast, so he’s on his way to the diner.
8:30AM - Vanderhoof Home
Emmett meets with Buffy Vanderhoof to discuss her daughter’s wedding. He can’t quite figure Buffy out. Either she’s the biggest faghag since Debbie Novotny or her gaydar is so faulty that she hasn’t figured out that Emmett is, in fact, gay, and is flirting with him. It’s his nature to flirt back and he leaves Buffy’s chintz-stuffed, steel-provided mansion with signed contract in hand. He hasn’t met the bride, but Buffy doesn’t seem to think her opinion counts for much in any case.
10:00AM - Liberty Ave.
Emmett spends a pleasant hour shopping on Liberty Avenue. He still finds it difficult to comprehend that he has the money to purchase most of the things that appeal to him. The accountant that Teddy insisted he hire talks to him about tax shields and business write offs. Emmett doesn’t feel entirely comfortable writing off a retro lunch box featuring Bugs Bunny (second only to Rage in the lexicon of gay animated characters) on his taxes. But the accountant assures him that as long as he has used it at a catered event it counts. Emmett plans a Looney Tunes themed Birthday party for a client’s child and fills it with Bugs shaped cookies.
1:00PM - Liberty Diner
Emmett has lunch by himself. The place is packed and the waiters are kept busy. He notices some unfamiliar faces. Young faces belonging to bodies dressed in arty, funky clothes. Faces that don’t set his gaydar pinging. Justin tells him some of the staff of Kinnetik have taken to eating there.
3:00PM - Vista Pines Motel
Emmett meets Drew at the out of the way motel they’ve been using for the past few weeks. Emmett isn’t stupid. As a matter of fact, Emmett is pretty smart. Emmett knows. Emmett knows the way he knows that you don’t wear white after Labor Day. The way he knows that you don’t cut biscuits with a juice glass if you really want them to rise high. The way he knows that the only thing tackier than black at a wedding is black in a wedding. He knows that he shouldn’t let this thing with Drew drag on. He knows that this isn’t going to end well.
7:00PM - 11Maple Street
Emmett has a working dinner with Cynthia. They go over plans for various client meetings and functions Kinnetik has planned for the next few weeks. Emmett adores Cynthia and wonders how Brian managed to keep this lovely creature all to himself for five years. In addition to being smart and chic, she has exquisite taste and she takes no shit from Brian Kinney.
9:00PM - Woody's
Emmett meets up with some of his friends for drinks. He can’t help but notice that they spend more time here than they do at Babylon lately. He knows it’s inevitable as they get older and more wrapped up in their work commitments. Still, he misses it. He and Justin are younger than the others. Sometimes they take off for Babylon by themselves and dance and drink until Brian shows up and collects Justin (occasionally after a visit to the backroom.) Emmett sees the way Brian's lips curve into a smile when he kisses Justin. They way Justin grasps Brian’s hand, and Brian lets him. They kiss anywhere, everywhere, without a care as to who might be watching. Emmett's watching.
11:00PM - Home
Emmett doesn’t go to Babylon tonight. He curls up at one end of the couch with Deb on the other and they watch a Joan Crawford film festival. Emmett feels Debbie’s eyes on him as she passes him the popcorn. He concentrates elaborately on the film. Emmett thinks that this must be how Michael and Brian and Justin have often felt in the past. As though she is just biding her time before she insists on knowing what’s going on with him.
1:30AM - Bed
Emmett has secretly taped a few Ironmen games. He wonders if he is the only fag on the face of the earth staying up way too late watching football. He wonders how the hell he is going to stop this. Because Emmett knows. Emmett knows that Drew, out of fear and self loathing, will hurt him. And Emmett knows, because Emmett is a smart boy, that it is too late to stop it.
Title: Emmett Knows
Usual disclaimers
Many many many thanks to lenajill, burnitbackwards and o0_magz for the great betas. This would be a far worse fic if not for their efforts.
Emmett Knows
7:00AM - Home
Emmett passes Debbie on the stairs. She’s heading for bed after working the graveyard shift. He has a breakfast meeting with a client but knows he won’t actually get to eat anything there. Emmett has a Southern man’s appreciation for starting the day off with a good breakfast, so he’s on his way to the diner.
8:30AM - Vanderhoof Home
Emmett meets with Buffy Vanderhoof to discuss her daughter’s wedding. He can’t quite figure Buffy out. Either she’s the biggest faghag since Debbie Novotny or her gaydar is so faulty that she hasn’t figured out that Emmett is, in fact, gay, and is flirting with him. It’s his nature to flirt back and he leaves Buffy’s chintz-stuffed, steel-provided mansion with signed contract in hand. He hasn’t met the bride, but Buffy doesn’t seem to think her opinion counts for much in any case.
10:00AM - Liberty Ave.
Emmett spends a pleasant hour shopping on Liberty Avenue. He still finds it difficult to comprehend that he has the money to purchase most of the things that appeal to him. The accountant that Teddy insisted he hire talks to him about tax shields and business write offs. Emmett doesn’t feel entirely comfortable writing off a retro lunch box featuring Bugs Bunny (second only to Rage in the lexicon of gay animated characters) on his taxes. But the accountant assures him that as long as he has used it at a catered event it counts. Emmett plans a Looney Tunes themed Birthday party for a client’s child and fills it with Bugs shaped cookies.
1:00PM - Liberty Diner
Emmett has lunch by himself. The place is packed and the waiters are kept busy. He notices some unfamiliar faces. Young faces belonging to bodies dressed in arty, funky clothes. Faces that don’t set his gaydar pinging. Justin tells him some of the staff of Kinnetik have taken to eating there.
3:00PM - Vista Pines Motel
Emmett meets Drew at the out of the way motel they’ve been using for the past few weeks. Emmett isn’t stupid. As a matter of fact, Emmett is pretty smart. Emmett knows. Emmett knows the way he knows that you don’t wear white after Labor Day. The way he knows that you don’t cut biscuits with a juice glass if you really want them to rise high. The way he knows that the only thing tackier than black at a wedding is black in a wedding. He knows that he shouldn’t let this thing with Drew drag on. He knows that this isn’t going to end well.
7:00PM - 11Maple Street
Emmett has a working dinner with Cynthia. They go over plans for various client meetings and functions Kinnetik has planned for the next few weeks. Emmett adores Cynthia and wonders how Brian managed to keep this lovely creature all to himself for five years. In addition to being smart and chic, she has exquisite taste and she takes no shit from Brian Kinney.
9:00PM - Woody's
Emmett meets up with some of his friends for drinks. He can’t help but notice that they spend more time here than they do at Babylon lately. He knows it’s inevitable as they get older and more wrapped up in their work commitments. Still, he misses it. He and Justin are younger than the others. Sometimes they take off for Babylon by themselves and dance and drink until Brian shows up and collects Justin (occasionally after a visit to the backroom.) Emmett sees the way Brian's lips curve into a smile when he kisses Justin. They way Justin grasps Brian’s hand, and Brian lets him. They kiss anywhere, everywhere, without a care as to who might be watching. Emmett's watching.
11:00PM - Home
Emmett doesn’t go to Babylon tonight. He curls up at one end of the couch with Deb on the other and they watch a Joan Crawford film festival. Emmett feels Debbie’s eyes on him as she passes him the popcorn. He concentrates elaborately on the film. Emmett thinks that this must be how Michael and Brian and Justin have often felt in the past. As though she is just biding her time before she insists on knowing what’s going on with him.
1:30AM - Bed
Emmett has secretly taped a few Ironmen games. He wonders if he is the only fag on the face of the earth staying up way too late watching football. He wonders how the hell he is going to stop this. Because Emmett knows. Emmett knows that Drew, out of fear and self loathing, will hurt him. And Emmett knows, because Emmett is a smart boy, that it is too late to stop it.