fic: You Call This Archaeology?

[schlicky]

recipient: little_missmimi
author: witchling
title: You Call This Archaeology? 
pairing: Brad Colbert/Ray Person
rating: R, for all those creative expletives. 
word count: 9779
summary/warnings: Indiana Jones!Au. It’s one thing to talk about consulting with someone, but Brad’s not going to be responsible for keeping some wet-behind-the-ears pup in one piece.
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Comments

[bergann]

Ugh yes yes yes. This is amazing and so wonderful and just -- the love I have for it, I do not know what to do with it. Seriously this AU is amazing -- you describe everything in such a beautiful and realistic way that made me feel like I was standing there alongside Brad, especially at Ray's apartment and the library.

I just -- ugh as someone who is planning to study archaeology next year and always found the tale of Dracula incredibly intriguing, this was just so incredible. I didn't want it to end. ♥

[witchling]

Thank you so much. That is all so incredibly kind. This whole thing just sort of consumed my life while I was writing it and I'm really clad that it was worth all that effort.

If you liked it that well you should read The Historian. It's a spectacular book which is essentially this whole plot line done much better.

[timeofnoreply]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaugh so much love for this! It's sort of like The Historian, with way more swearing.

[witchling]

I wanted to reply as soon as you commented and then it was all secret authorness and woe. But yes. The Historian. This is essentially my Historian/GK crossover with less Dracula and no weird books. That is like the best book I've read in a really long time and I read it while traveling around Europe and I kept meeting people who's names were just like someone in the book or staying on streets that were like something in the book and I was all there are no coincidences and nearly died a million times of a heart attack.

Please punctuate that sentence.

[dwimmer]

holy crap, this was AWESOME. I have such an attraction for the archeology/relic finding action film genre (Indiana Jones/Tomb Raider/The Mummy/etc are my CRACK) and this was such an awesome combination of everything that makes all of those movies both fun, thrilling, an sexy. The hidden passage at the end in particular, it was like I was in the best Indiana Jones ruin, just filled with dust and cobwebs and of course, the cliched deathtrap dghjdhgjdgh aha

and Ray and Brad's UST was amazingly sexy as well, I was all "BRAD IT IS OKAY IF YOU MOLEST HIM HE IS WILLING HE CALLED HIMSELF YOUR MARIAN FOR GODSAKE" the entire time but I think the wait was EVEN BETTER. like in the library? dannng boy JUST. I DEK I COULD GO ON FOREVER HOW AWESOME EVERY SINGLE SCENE WAS I just want to wrap this fic up and put in my pocket so it wouldn't ever have to end ♥______♥

[witchling]

Brad is just damaged okay? He's secretly extremely sensitive and shit. Like a delicate little girl who just happens to be inside the body of a freakish Viking giant. But it's cool, Bradley, Ray-Ray'll take care of you.

Ugh, I'm so stoked that you like it. I was concerned that it wasn't going to go over so well and blah blah blah but the response has been largely spectacular and it fills me with glee. Thank you!

[phillyfilly]

Chock full of awesome!!!

[witchling]

Thank you!

[schlicky]

I cannot even begin to describe to you the epic levels of flailing that is going on right now. Oh. My. God. This is un-fricking-believable. I love this so much. I am such a history nerd and seeing this and GK merged together just makes me the happiest person. And you did it so, SO wonderfully.

I loved Brad. He was so spot-on, and just the things he thought were dry and hilarious and, god, I could go on forever. And the sexual tension between him and Ray was awesome. And RAY. Being all mouthy, and caffeinated, and smart, and pouty. Man. So much love for this story, you don't even know.

Seeing more of this one day (please?) would make me the happiest person on the planet. ♥

[witchling]

Ah, thank you so much! It means so much that the response to this has been so largely fantastic. I put a ton of effort into it and let it completely consume my life for a little while there. I'm just really glad that it all paid off and it seems like people were really into it.

Thank you so much! I'm glad my Brad was on. I'm pretty confident in my Ray Voice but I'm less sure about Brad so I'm glad that he came across the way he was intended to.

(I decided we ought to be icon fraternal twins)