Title: Achilles Heel
Fandom: Law & Order SVU/Oz
Pairings: Chris Meloni/Chris Keller
Genre: PWP, RPS, Dopplecest (heh)
Rating: Mature Audiences
Summary: Chris Meloni is haunted by Keller.
A/N: Normally, I'm totally against RPS slash. Rarely read. Never write it, and yet, I blame
this fic.
I found the idea, an actor being haunted/possessed by a character they
portray, so interesting I couldn't pass a little dabble into forbidden
waters. If I believed in Hell, I'm sure there's now a special little
place reserved for me now. The good news, I know I'll have good
company!!
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Achilles Heel
This didn't happen to him. He'd heard the rumors regarding Mariska. Had
seen the silhouettes in her trailer. Heard less than hushed
moans, the name of her character exhaling across her lips in ecstasy.
But, he'd shrugged it off. Who could blame her, really? She was under a
lot of pressure these days. Pressures that come from instant celebrity;
press, network execs, studio, and all the entanglements such instant
celebrity can bring.
He could understand the pressure from wearing the skin of another
character. He'd felt the pressure of 'being Elliot Stabler'. Had
channeled that pressure into other roles. He'd skirted the insta-fame,
along with the insta-pressure. He was, after all, Chris Meloni, for
Christ's sake.
So why was his mirror image staring at him through the bathroom mirror?
No, not just staring at him, but standing behind him. If, IF he were
one to believe it were possible to be haunted by your own character, he
figured it would always be Stabler to haunt him. But, it wasn't Stabler
standing behind him.
It was Chris Keller.
He could tell by the half-smirk, the steely glint in his eyes. The
Christ tattoo painted across his arm. He stood behind Meloni wearing
nothing more than a towel and a smile. His arms outstretched until both
hands rested on either side of the walls of the tiny trailer bathroom.
Chris closed his eyes. Shook his head vigorously before reopening his eyes. Keller was still there.
"You've let us go," Keller’s eyes raked lasciviously down then back up Chris' frame.
"I still look good."
"Says you," Keller sneered derisively. "I think you should talk to Tom Fontana."
"About what?"
"Don't be an idiot. Bring the show back. You know, a sequel."
"I don't know if you were paying attention or not, but your character
died. Kinda hard to bring someone back who's six feet under."
"It's TV, they can do anything. Turned you into
a pussy, didn’t they?“ Chris flinched at the accusation. He knew Keller
was talking about Stabler. He’d seen the season seven scripts. The turn
of the character had been slow and he didn’t complain because hey, a
paycheck’s a paycheck and he only had another year on his contract
anyway. Plus, the core of the character still remained. He could
salvage what little brought him to the role with subtext.
“Besides,” Keller continued. “You think my fans give a shit that I'm dead?"
"Your fans?"
"Yeah,” Keller took a step closer. Close enough Chris could reach out
and touch him. If he wanted. “My fans. It's me they want. Me. Not
Elliot, or Gene, or Bob, or even Mister Christopher Meloni. Keller. My
body they want to see," he pulled the towel from his waist, letting it
drop casually to the floor. "It's my cock they crave."
"Well,” Chris answered with his own patented smirk. “Your cock in Beecher's mouth."
"Those kinda details can be worked out later. I just wanted a little
chat beforehand. Wanted to make sure the goods still worked."
"The goods?" He never really got that last word out. Keller had moved
forward, until his body pressed Chris against the sink. His hand now
gripped Chris' crotch. He would have pushed him away. Except, he got
caught up in the realization that a fictional character, his character,
stood in his trailer bathroom jerking him off through his pants.
"You remember don't you?" Keller leaned in, so close Chris could feel
the warmth of his body. "Remember what it felt like to have Beecher's
mouth wrapped around us. The perfect feel of his lips, the wetness of
his tongue, that oh so perfect suction."
Chris tried valiantly not to moan. This couldn't be real. He wasn't
crazy. Not like Mariska. His thoughts raced to find a logical
conclusion to it all. He decided upon it all being a dream. It had to
be. A dream. Crazy things happen in dreams. This was nothing more than
him passed out on his couch.
"Mariska thought it was a dream too," Keller's hands began unzipping
Chris' fly. "Even when Olivia had her bent over her own couch, fucking
her like a bitch in heat, she thought it was nothing more than a dream."
Suddenly, images flashed through Chris' brain like headlights slammed
into dark adjusted eyes. Images of Mariska, bent over her trailer room
couch, flowery skirt hiked up over hips. A younger, shorter haired
version of herself, thrusting wildly into her. Just as quickly, his
head began to spin, all the blood rushing to one particular organ.
Until he was rock hard, rigid steel. Until he was every bad pun about
every erection ever told. And Chris was immediately glad Keller had
already undone his pants because the ferocity and quickness of his
erection surely would have ripped through them.
"I thought you'd like that," Keller purred before gripping Chris by the
back of his head, forcing their faces together and shoving his tongue
down Chris' throat. Wet, strong, sloppily, hungrily. Until Chris could
feel his body responding, warming, aching, wanting. And then Keller's
lips were on his neck, hands ripping open his shirt, until those lips
were trailing down his chest, taking possessive nips from his flesh.
Until he felt those lips, his lips, wrapping around his flesh and it took everything he had not to explode right then and there.
He dared to look down. Dared to stare down at intense blue eyes gazing
seductively at him. Dared to watch those perfect smirking, snarling,
smiling lips as they engulfed him. Again. And again. And again.
Chris placed a hand on the back of Keller's head. Urged him on with the
increasing pace of his hips; until he matched Keller's rhythm. A hand
reached back, gripping the edge of the sink as his legs began to go
rubbery. He grunted through clenched teeth. He was close. Achingly
close. And just as he was about to reach that moment where the backs of
his eyelids exploded with stars, Keller pulled away. His eyes snapped
open, looking down frantically.
“Jesus,” he grunted in frustration.
Keller looked up at him. With one hand, he raked his fingernails down
Chris’ chest. With the other, he gripped Chris’ cock. “You’re going to
call Fontana, right?”
“What?”
Keller squeezed the organ in his hand tightly. Chris grunted painfully. “You’re going to call Tom and talk about a sequel.”
He knew saying something, anything would be the best course of action.
But, the words choked in the back of his throat. His body clenched from
desperation, from the need for release.
“Chris?” The word came out in a taunting lilt. He smiled that brilliant
predatory smile before leaning in and circling his tongue around the
tip of Chris’ cock.
“Oh God, yes, YES, I’ll call him. Just..”
“What?”
“..just..”
“Tell me.”
“Don’t fucking stop!”
Keller growled slightly before pouncing onto Chris hungrily. Fast, wet,
hot, tight. Now both hands gripped the sink, keeping Chris on legs
close to the verge of collapsing. And then, he came. His body spasmed.
Stomach twitched and churned as his insides exploded.
And, just like that, Keller was gone.
Chris‘ eyes snapped open. He jerked awake, sitting up fully. Eyes
scanned the room getting his bearings. He was on a couch. His couch.
His trailer. He‘d fallen asleep. That much he was sure of. He collapsed
backwards, ran a hand over his face in relief. It‘d been a dream.
Nothing more, nothing less. Vivid, yes. Intense, definitely. But
nothing more than the machinations of his own subconscious. And he
couldn’t have been happier.
It was well past midnight by the time Chris made his solitary journey
across the backlot. He chuckled at himself. At the idea of being
seduced by his own doppelganger. He‘d recognized the power of the
character all those years ago. It was why he‘d jumped at the role. But,
the Keller character had also become a burden. An Achilles heel as he
hadn‘t been able to shake the ‘skin‘ of Keller as quickly as he‘d
wanted. Hadn‘t been able to keep the character from creeping into his
other roles. He wasn‘t one for psycho-analyzation, at least, nothing
too deep. Keller had been fun. Keller was dead. He could relive the
role in his studio provided DVD‘s, or the scripts he hadn‘t bothered to
throw away. But, he most certainly wasn‘t going to beg for a
resurrection. Of that, Chris was sure
He turned the corner passing Mariska‘s trailer as he walked. A light
was still on. And, as he passed, he could see two silhouettes through
the window. He slowed slightly. Noted the familiar swaying of the
trailer. And the voice of his co-star through the tin walls.
“Yes..yes..harder!!”
Chris smiled to himself. She may be going insane but at least it hadn’t affected her libido.
“Say it!” he recognized the other voice. It was Mariska, but not. “Say it, Mariska!”
There was a part in the curtain, not much, but enough. He recognized
Mariska immediately. It wasn’t hard, considering what she’d been doing
to her hair recently. And then, he saw her. Not a fan, not Mariska but
Olivia.
“Fuck me! Fuck me, Olivia!” Mariska popped up into his vision again.
Her hand snaked around Olivia’s neck, her neck craning to press her
lips against her doppelganger’s before pulling the two of them down out
of sight.
His mouth fell open. He closed it. Opened it again as if to say
something but too flabbergasted to speak. It couldn‘t have seen what he
thought he saw, could he? And if Mariska could be haunted by her
character, in the flesh no less, what could happen to him? What had
happened to him? Even now, he couldn‘t shake the dream from the
recesses of his brain.
His hand fumbled for his cell. “Hey Tom, it‘s me Chris. What are you
doing Thursday? You know, dinner, a couple drinks, catch up on old
time. Ideas? Sure, I might have a few.“.
END