Porcelina of the Vast Oceans by Jamie (NC-17)

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Fandom: FAKE NEWS RPF
Pairing: Jon/Anderson
Author on LJ: jamie_dakin
Why this must be read:

Anderson returns home from Hurricane Katrina. Jon and Andy are having an affair and Jon makes it quite clear that they're just that. But after Katrina, Anderson can't help but think and desire to be more. The anger and frustration Andy experienced makes him yearn for something real. The language is incredibly beautiful and the emotions and tension can be felt through the screen.


Excerpt

"Hi." Jon's voice is low and gravelly, like maybe he's just woken up. But how the fuck would Anderson know that, when Jon's never spent the night.

"There's, um, beer in the… well, it should be cold by now…" says Anderson as he slips from between the couch and Jon and makes his way to the kitchen, his heart pulsing somewhere in the vicinity of his collarbones, gripping the refrigerator handle so hard his unbitten nails dig into the skin of his palm.

And Jon follows.

Anderson is suddenly horribly wondrously aware of how inside his personal space Jon is and how he's finally close enough to smell and how Anderson can feel the heat from Jon's body even through that goddamned suit.

Jon hates his suits; they make him feel old and responsible and any number of other things that he's fucking Anderson precisely to avoid feeling.

But he won't wear his real clothes to Anderson's house; he never has.

When Anderson closes his eyes and thinks about those clothes that he never sees, he wonders if Jon doesn't wear them because his sleeves are too heavy with their names.

Hers on the outside and his on the inside and Stephen's somewhere near the cuff and Anderson imagines the stitching scratching at Jon's skin.

Porcelina of the Vast Oceans

Comments

[jamie-dakin.livejournal.com]

Just had this pointed out to me - thanks so much for your kind words, I'm thrilled (and surprised) you remembered it.