crack_van | The Business of Lies by angstbunny (PG)

Fandom: STAR TREK RPF
Pairing: Chris Pine/Zachary Quinto
Length: ~3300
Author on LJ: angstbunny
Author Website: Masterpost
Why this must be read:
Here's the thing: actors act. This story feels very much like 'the truth' - probably because Chris's feelings so closely mirror my own whenever I watch his interviews with Zach. Even eighteen months later, I still go back and forth between actors act, and but that can't be just an act.

The thought sticks like a bug on the windshield.

Actors act.

And the bitter irony is that it's not like Chris hasn't been told to play it up. The friendship. Tell stories, make jokes, banter. Act like you're in a Judd Apatow movie. But Chris hasn't been acting. Maybe it was a little slow going at first, took some time for the camaraderie to fire up. They were friends, not friends, but that changed quickly.

Maybe too quickly.

Somehow it didn't occur to Chris that maybe Zach got the same instructions from his own people.

The suspicion makes something inside of Chris twinge.

The Business of Lies