The Way We Are by Carolion (R)

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Fandom: AMERICAN IDOL SEASON 7
Pairing: David Cook/David Archuleta
Length: 1,300
Author on LJ: carolion @ thelions_den
Author Website: master fic list

Why this must be read: The summary begins with the best particularity: When he's with Cook like this - he can't imagine not being with him. Already I need to know more. This is simply gorgeous ficlet with amazing intimacy that had me shaking and crying with passages like this:

Sometimes it's rough, and sometimes it's sudden. Sometimes it's all laughter and teasing and gasps. But it's times like these, when Cook and David barely speak at all, and everything is communicated in touches and movement and body language, that David feels the weight of them pressing on his chest. It wraps around his throat as if to choke him, and he finds himself so utterly unable to express himself in the face of Cook's devotion. It's heat and it's arousal and it's sex, yes, but it goes so much deeper, down to his bones, down to the very core of him, twining around what makes him him and threading through him. When he's with Cook like this - he can't imagine not being with him. He lives every moment of this on the brink of wondering when it's going to end, and desperately hoping it never ends, trying not to cling too much but never ever wanting to let go.

This is is a quick read but it will linger with you for days because of the ferocity of the story that sneaks up and explodes with something like joy that is neither a whimper nor a bang. Carolyn has a way with words that shows the writer a flurry of images in so few words because she chooses the right words and manages the perfect order, and her talent shines in this story.

The Way We Are