Fashion is all about eventually becoming naked, by Tequilideas (R)

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Fandom: INCEPTION
Title: Fashion is all about eventually becoming naked - R
Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Length: 5300
Author on LJ: tequilideas
Author Website: masterlist of fic on author's LJ
Why this must be read: I coul dn't do a whole month without talking about the clothes. Inception fandom loves the clothes. They love doing meta essays about what the clothes say about the characters. They love ogling Arthur's suits. And they love arguing over whether Eames' nebulous sense of fashion is tacky, deliberate, clueless, or genteel. tequilideas had the brilliant idea to go with the line of thought that Eames knows exactly what he's doing--almost. So when he decides to seduce Arthur by becoming the living embodiment of suit porn, the results are, um. Accidentally impressive. Hilarious, sexy, and full of fabulous visuals, this fic had me ogling the fall fashion galleries for weeks.

The thing is, Eames has been trying to get under Arthur’s skin since the moment they met, and he means that in the most biological way possible.

Arthur is easily the most fuckable person Eames has ever worked with and Eames loves fucking people he works with. On his more sentimental days, he thinks it’s probably because people who’ve been into each other’s minds have a greater appreciation for the intimacy of it, the rush of letting someone else into your body, of showing someone all your darkest places and secret wants. Most of the time though he thinks it’s because everyone he works with is completely unhinged, and crazy people, say whatever else you like about them, are terrific in the sack. So, of course, this further glimpse of Arthur’s crazy is a huge turn-on for Eames.

It’s also extremely helpful.

Eames is a forger. His job is to figure out what makes people tick and use it to his own advantage, to get close to them. Arthur’s weakness for suits is, though obvious in retrospect, the way Eames is going to get close to Arthur. And by “close” he means “balls deep.”

First Eames gets a plan, then he gets a new credit card, registered to a new identity, and then Eames does some shopping.

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When Eames walks into the warehouse Arthur perks up and looks at him right away, with a hungry, desperate expression that he usually reserves for coffee. Eames thinks about resisting the urge to smirk, but it’s a strong urge so he decides it’s better to just give in. “Good morning,” he says.

“Is that,” Arthur says and then makes a face like he’s swallowing his own tongue. The face he makes after that is much less endearing and much more worrying. Eames quietly makes a note of the nearest exits. “Why are you wearing Simon Spurr?”

Fashion is all about eventually becoming naked