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Pavlov's Bell verse by whiskyrunner (NC-17)
Fandom: INCEPTION
Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Length: ~ 40,000+ words (series total)
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whiskyrunner
Author Website: Inception Fic Masterlist
Why this must be read: When I started reading in fandom, I had no idea what was out there. Who knew that turning characters into cats or giving them feline characteristics was a thing? At least the number of werewolf stories wasn't a huge surprise, but I think this is the first story I've read that successfully combines the two individually cracktastic tropes into one.
In this series of stories, Eames is a werewolf and Arthur is "slightly feline." They both have backgrounds they don't like to talk about--Arthur abandoned by his mother, Eames at odds with his pack--but they find in each other the kind of belonging they're looking for. Of course, nothing can be terribly easy for characters who are at the mercy of lunar cycles and heat cycles and instinctive mating urges, but somehow they manage to make it work.
This series may have a cracktastic premise, but the stories themselves have heart. Yes, there's a ridiculous amount of filthy, explicit sex (and I mean that in the best possible way); but there is also protectiveness and trust, love and playful affection, jealousy and possessiveness. And in the end, there are possibly mutant baby werewolf kittens! (If you can resist that, you're a stronger person than I am.)
He rolls Arthur over onto his stomach, and starts stroking a hand down his tail, smoothing out the rumpled fur over and over, and Arthur closes his eyes and has to swallow a purr.
“There's something you should know about me, Eames,” he says, opening his eyes again. “Before we get any more serious.”
Eames goes on stroking and looks up at him. Arthur has to swallow hard.
“When I was—a newborn, a couple of hours old, I was found wrapped up in a towel outside a hospital with my ears cut off.”
Eames' hand stills. “Your ears—?”
“My—other ones.” Arthur gestures to the top of his head, where he can never feel the scars but knows they're there. “You asked me about my parents. I'm guessing my father was like me and my mother didn't know him well enough. Or maybe he was normal, too, and he helped her do it. I don't know. But she saw the kind of freak she'd given birth to and when she couldn't fix it, when she realized my tail wasn't a weird backwards umbilical cord or something, she wanted nothing to do with me.”
Eames' hand grips his tail very tightly, almost hard enough to make Arthur's eyes water.
“I don't like to feel rejected or—unwanted,” Arthur says. “Especially because of what I am.” And he turns so that he can look Eames in the eye. “If you ever make me feel like that again, I'll leave you.”
For once, Eames' expression is gravely serious. He lets go of Arthur's tail and climbs up the bed, dropping down next to him and pulling Arthur up against him with an arm cradled possessively around him.
“Arthur,” he murmurs. “I love everything about you. Especially that you're slightly feline.” He presses a kiss to Arthur's hair, where Arthur imagines one of the scars might be. His voice dips to a growl. “And I will gladly spend the rest of my life making sure you always feel wanted.”
Arthur twines his fingers with Eames', then cranes his neck back so they can kiss properly.
Series on LJ:
Pavlov's Bell I
Pavlov's Bell II
All's Fair in Love and Werewolves (3 parts)
What Happens in Reno
The Werekitten Chronicles (currently 3 parts) with bonus fan art!
It doesn't matter how old or new or (how popular) a story is, authors love feedback!
Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Length: ~ 40,000+ words (series total)
Author on LJ:
whiskyrunnerAuthor Website: Inception Fic Masterlist
Why this must be read: When I started reading in fandom, I had no idea what was out there. Who knew that turning characters into cats or giving them feline characteristics was a thing? At least the number of werewolf stories wasn't a huge surprise, but I think this is the first story I've read that successfully combines the two individually cracktastic tropes into one.
In this series of stories, Eames is a werewolf and Arthur is "slightly feline." They both have backgrounds they don't like to talk about--Arthur abandoned by his mother, Eames at odds with his pack--but they find in each other the kind of belonging they're looking for. Of course, nothing can be terribly easy for characters who are at the mercy of lunar cycles and heat cycles and instinctive mating urges, but somehow they manage to make it work.
This series may have a cracktastic premise, but the stories themselves have heart. Yes, there's a ridiculous amount of filthy, explicit sex (and I mean that in the best possible way); but there is also protectiveness and trust, love and playful affection, jealousy and possessiveness. And in the end, there are possibly mutant baby werewolf kittens! (If you can resist that, you're a stronger person than I am.)
He rolls Arthur over onto his stomach, and starts stroking a hand down his tail, smoothing out the rumpled fur over and over, and Arthur closes his eyes and has to swallow a purr.
“There's something you should know about me, Eames,” he says, opening his eyes again. “Before we get any more serious.”
Eames goes on stroking and looks up at him. Arthur has to swallow hard.
“When I was—a newborn, a couple of hours old, I was found wrapped up in a towel outside a hospital with my ears cut off.”
Eames' hand stills. “Your ears—?”
“My—other ones.” Arthur gestures to the top of his head, where he can never feel the scars but knows they're there. “You asked me about my parents. I'm guessing my father was like me and my mother didn't know him well enough. Or maybe he was normal, too, and he helped her do it. I don't know. But she saw the kind of freak she'd given birth to and when she couldn't fix it, when she realized my tail wasn't a weird backwards umbilical cord or something, she wanted nothing to do with me.”
Eames' hand grips his tail very tightly, almost hard enough to make Arthur's eyes water.
“I don't like to feel rejected or—unwanted,” Arthur says. “Especially because of what I am.” And he turns so that he can look Eames in the eye. “If you ever make me feel like that again, I'll leave you.”
For once, Eames' expression is gravely serious. He lets go of Arthur's tail and climbs up the bed, dropping down next to him and pulling Arthur up against him with an arm cradled possessively around him.
“Arthur,” he murmurs. “I love everything about you. Especially that you're slightly feline.” He presses a kiss to Arthur's hair, where Arthur imagines one of the scars might be. His voice dips to a growl. “And I will gladly spend the rest of my life making sure you always feel wanted.”
Arthur twines his fingers with Eames', then cranes his neck back so they can kiss properly.
Series on LJ:
Pavlov's Bell I
Pavlov's Bell II
All's Fair in Love and Werewolves (3 parts)
What Happens in Reno
The Werekitten Chronicles (currently 3 parts) with bonus fan art!
It doesn't matter how old or new or (how popular) a story is, authors love feedback!
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Are werewolf fics common in this fandom? Because I'd love to read more.
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Happy Holidays!
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It's a Perfect Fairytale (http://their-darkness.livejournal.com/45247.html) - Arthur's a vampire, Eames is a werewolf.
On AO3, Inception fics with "werewolf" tag: werewolf tagged fics (http://archiveofourown.org/works/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query[text]=werewolf&query[tag]=inception&query[title]=&query[author]=&query[words]=&query[hits]=&query[kudos]=&query[date]=&query[language]=)
vampire and werewolf: http://kellifer-fic.livejournal.com/316907.html
http://aestheticized.livejournal.com/183986.html
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