Fifty Sentences on the Gecko Brothers
Fandom: From Dusk Till Dawn
Pairing: Richie Gecko/Seth Gecko
Theme set: Epsilon
Rating: R for language, violence and brother/brother incest going back before the age of consent
Fifty Sentences on the Gecko Brothers
#01 - Motion
“I had to shoot her, Seth, she made this weird gesture; it was some kind of a signal, I know it was.”
#02 - Cool
“Cool it Richie,” Seth orders when he notices his brother is watching a little girl at the next table.
#03 - Young
Richie was barely a teenager when they were together for the first time; it never should have happened but Seth was young too and he had no one else to turn to.
#04 - Last
Seth’s marriage only lasted 18 months but he’s been with Richie since he was three.
#05 - Wrong
Richie loves his older brother but (unlike robbery, rape and murder) sex with Seth has always stuck him as kind of wrong.
#06 - Gentle
Richie was always gentle, docile little boy until their parents died when he was thirteen; after that the violence and the voices in his head started.
#07 - One
Women always were crazy for Seth Gecko; he broke a lot of hearts before he realized that his baby brother was the only one for him.
#08 - Thousand
“I’ve told you a thousand times Richie, ask me if it’s okay before you shoot anyone.”
#09 - King
In El Ray they call Seth Rey Negro- the Black King because of his looks and his money and because he has no heart.
#10 - Learn
The truth is he taught Richie everything he knows; if Richie’s a monster it’s because Seth made him that way.
#11 - Blur
Without his glasses everything’s a blur for Richie but then it kind of is anyways.
#12 - Wait
Seth practically ravishes his brother the first chance he gets after the break out; he’s been in prison 8 years and he can’t wait another second.
#13 - Change
Everything’s going to be different when they get to El Ray- they’ll have money, they won’t have to worry about the cops, Seth will keep his hands off Richie and Richie will stop being such a fucking maniac.
#14 - Command
It sort of annoys Richie that whenever they rob a bank Seth seems to issue more commands to his brother then to the people they’re robbing.
#15 - Hold
The night before Seth went to jail he and Richie held each other, desperate and chaste, as they were the night their parents died.
#16 - Need
It’s always been pretty obvious that Richie needs Seth just to function; Seth’s need for Richie is harder to spot, more subtle, and deeper.
#17 - Vision
Looking through the bullet hole in his hand Richie sees everything that’s going to happen.
#18 - Attention
Half the time Richie feels like he’s still a kid clamoring for Seth’s attention and approval; the other half of the time he wishes Seth would get a girlfriend or something and leave him alone.
#19 - Soul
If vampires have no souls Seth doesn’t see why turning into one would make a difference to Richie or to him.
#20 - Picture
He carries a picture that was taken when he was seven and Richie was four; they’re holding hands and smiling and they don’t know about guns or money or dirty sex yet, just love.
#21 - Fool
The first person Seth Gecko ever drew a gun on was the idiot doctor at the boy’s detention center who sent his 15-year-old brother for electro-shock therapy.
#22 - Mad
“Please don’t be mad at me Seth,” Richie beseeches in the tone he knows his brother can’t resist.
#23 - Child
Seth knows his brother is still a child in some ways, a 13-year-old boy obsessed with sex and violence.
#24 - Now
The vampires are so fast that by the time Seth realizes they have to get out of there, immediately, it’s already too late.
#25 - Shadow
It hadn’t occurred to Richie and Seth that there might be things more dangerous than they were lurking in the shadows.
#26 - Goodbye
The first night in El Ray Seth dreams of Richie; he’s year little, four or five years old, he’s standing in the desert waving goodbye.
#27 - Hide
Somewhere in Mexico, in the RV Seth manages to kiss Richie without the preacher and his kids seeing it.
#28 - Fortune
The money doesn’t come close to making up for losing Richie, but it doesn’t hurt.
#29 - Safe
The Texas State Troopers have orders to shoot them on sight; still when Richie lays his head on his Seth’s shoulder he doesn’t believe anything will hurt him.
#30 - Ghost
He can’t help but hope he’ll see his brother again; after all he was a vampire, why not a ghost?
#31 - Book
Richie has an encyclopedic knowledge of comic books and he’s always trying to get Seth to listen to this theory he has that Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are actually a couple; Seth just dismisses him, “That’s crazy, they’re brother and sister.”
#32 - Eye
Their mother always would say, “keep an eye on your little brother, Seth.”
#33 - Never
“She really did proposition me, Seth, how come you never believe me?”
#34 - Sing
Seth misses a lot of the stuff Richie sees- hostages trying to escape or signal for help, women beckoning to him, and of course the song and dance numbers that occasionally unfold during the course of day to day life.
#35 - Sudden
With Richie around you get used to sudden explosions.
#36 - Stop
There’s something reassuringly simple about vampires; all you need to stop them is a cross.
#37 - Time
Seth was in jail for eight years and he doesn’t even want to know what Richie got up to during that time.
#38 - Wash
When Seth makes it to El Ray he washes away the blood from the night before, the last of Richie; he’s free now and alone.
#39 - Torn
When her teeth are in his neck for the briefest second Richie feels like he has to choose between them, Santanico or Seth; he loves his brother but she’s so beautiful and he’s almost relieved when darkness closes in and he realizes he never had a choice.
#40 - History
Seth is the only person who knows the history, knows that Richie died for his sins.
#41 - Power
Everyone thinks of Seth as the alpha brother; they don’t realize he’s hopelessly in love with Richie
#42 - Bother
Richie’s positive the 83-year-old woman in convenience store is coming on to him; Seth steers his brother outside hissing, “Do not bother the nice lady, Richie.”
#43 - God
Growing up Richie see Seth and God as interchangeable; both of them know everything, both tell him what to do, both punish him and both love him.
#44 - Wall
When Seth gets back the womans blood is all over the walls of their hotel room and Richie is calmly watching an old episode of the Spider Friends cartoon.
#45 - Naked
Tracing Seth’s tattoos, Richie considers that his brother is never really completely naked and feels very exposed.
#46 - Drive
He gets in the car and puts as much distance as he can between himself and the burning wreck of Titty Twister; he doesn’t want to breathe Richie’s ashes.
#47 - Harm
Sometimes Seth wonders if it’s his fault that Richie is the way he is; he never meant to cause any harm, he just loved his brother so much.
#48 - Precious
He can’t help it he will always cherish the image of the vampire queen pouring tequila down her leg into Richie’s mouth; at least she gave him a moment of ecstasy before death.
#49 - Hunger
The vampire Richie was no hungrier, no less dangerous than the human Richie; just easier to justify killing.
#50 - Believe
The only way he can go on is to make himself believe that he did the right thing- in loving Richie and in killing him.
Pairing: Richie Gecko/Seth Gecko
Theme set: Epsilon
Rating: R for language, violence and brother/brother incest going back before the age of consent
Fifty Sentences on the Gecko Brothers
#01 - Motion
“I had to shoot her, Seth, she made this weird gesture; it was some kind of a signal, I know it was.”
#02 - Cool
“Cool it Richie,” Seth orders when he notices his brother is watching a little girl at the next table.
#03 - Young
Richie was barely a teenager when they were together for the first time; it never should have happened but Seth was young too and he had no one else to turn to.
#04 - Last
Seth’s marriage only lasted 18 months but he’s been with Richie since he was three.
#05 - Wrong
Richie loves his older brother but (unlike robbery, rape and murder) sex with Seth has always stuck him as kind of wrong.
#06 - Gentle
Richie was always gentle, docile little boy until their parents died when he was thirteen; after that the violence and the voices in his head started.
#07 - One
Women always were crazy for Seth Gecko; he broke a lot of hearts before he realized that his baby brother was the only one for him.
#08 - Thousand
“I’ve told you a thousand times Richie, ask me if it’s okay before you shoot anyone.”
#09 - King
In El Ray they call Seth Rey Negro- the Black King because of his looks and his money and because he has no heart.
#10 - Learn
The truth is he taught Richie everything he knows; if Richie’s a monster it’s because Seth made him that way.
#11 - Blur
Without his glasses everything’s a blur for Richie but then it kind of is anyways.
#12 - Wait
Seth practically ravishes his brother the first chance he gets after the break out; he’s been in prison 8 years and he can’t wait another second.
#13 - Change
Everything’s going to be different when they get to El Ray- they’ll have money, they won’t have to worry about the cops, Seth will keep his hands off Richie and Richie will stop being such a fucking maniac.
#14 - Command
It sort of annoys Richie that whenever they rob a bank Seth seems to issue more commands to his brother then to the people they’re robbing.
#15 - Hold
The night before Seth went to jail he and Richie held each other, desperate and chaste, as they were the night their parents died.
#16 - Need
It’s always been pretty obvious that Richie needs Seth just to function; Seth’s need for Richie is harder to spot, more subtle, and deeper.
#17 - Vision
Looking through the bullet hole in his hand Richie sees everything that’s going to happen.
#18 - Attention
Half the time Richie feels like he’s still a kid clamoring for Seth’s attention and approval; the other half of the time he wishes Seth would get a girlfriend or something and leave him alone.
#19 - Soul
If vampires have no souls Seth doesn’t see why turning into one would make a difference to Richie or to him.
#20 - Picture
He carries a picture that was taken when he was seven and Richie was four; they’re holding hands and smiling and they don’t know about guns or money or dirty sex yet, just love.
#21 - Fool
The first person Seth Gecko ever drew a gun on was the idiot doctor at the boy’s detention center who sent his 15-year-old brother for electro-shock therapy.
#22 - Mad
“Please don’t be mad at me Seth,” Richie beseeches in the tone he knows his brother can’t resist.
#23 - Child
Seth knows his brother is still a child in some ways, a 13-year-old boy obsessed with sex and violence.
#24 - Now
The vampires are so fast that by the time Seth realizes they have to get out of there, immediately, it’s already too late.
#25 - Shadow
It hadn’t occurred to Richie and Seth that there might be things more dangerous than they were lurking in the shadows.
#26 - Goodbye
The first night in El Ray Seth dreams of Richie; he’s year little, four or five years old, he’s standing in the desert waving goodbye.
#27 - Hide
Somewhere in Mexico, in the RV Seth manages to kiss Richie without the preacher and his kids seeing it.
#28 - Fortune
The money doesn’t come close to making up for losing Richie, but it doesn’t hurt.
#29 - Safe
The Texas State Troopers have orders to shoot them on sight; still when Richie lays his head on his Seth’s shoulder he doesn’t believe anything will hurt him.
#30 - Ghost
He can’t help but hope he’ll see his brother again; after all he was a vampire, why not a ghost?
#31 - Book
Richie has an encyclopedic knowledge of comic books and he’s always trying to get Seth to listen to this theory he has that Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are actually a couple; Seth just dismisses him, “That’s crazy, they’re brother and sister.”
#32 - Eye
Their mother always would say, “keep an eye on your little brother, Seth.”
#33 - Never
“She really did proposition me, Seth, how come you never believe me?”
#34 - Sing
Seth misses a lot of the stuff Richie sees- hostages trying to escape or signal for help, women beckoning to him, and of course the song and dance numbers that occasionally unfold during the course of day to day life.
#35 - Sudden
With Richie around you get used to sudden explosions.
#36 - Stop
There’s something reassuringly simple about vampires; all you need to stop them is a cross.
#37 - Time
Seth was in jail for eight years and he doesn’t even want to know what Richie got up to during that time.
#38 - Wash
When Seth makes it to El Ray he washes away the blood from the night before, the last of Richie; he’s free now and alone.
#39 - Torn
When her teeth are in his neck for the briefest second Richie feels like he has to choose between them, Santanico or Seth; he loves his brother but she’s so beautiful and he’s almost relieved when darkness closes in and he realizes he never had a choice.
#40 - History
Seth is the only person who knows the history, knows that Richie died for his sins.
#41 - Power
Everyone thinks of Seth as the alpha brother; they don’t realize he’s hopelessly in love with Richie
#42 - Bother
Richie’s positive the 83-year-old woman in convenience store is coming on to him; Seth steers his brother outside hissing, “Do not bother the nice lady, Richie.”
#43 - God
Growing up Richie see Seth and God as interchangeable; both of them know everything, both tell him what to do, both punish him and both love him.
#44 - Wall
When Seth gets back the womans blood is all over the walls of their hotel room and Richie is calmly watching an old episode of the Spider Friends cartoon.
#45 - Naked
Tracing Seth’s tattoos, Richie considers that his brother is never really completely naked and feels very exposed.
#46 - Drive
He gets in the car and puts as much distance as he can between himself and the burning wreck of Titty Twister; he doesn’t want to breathe Richie’s ashes.
#47 - Harm
Sometimes Seth wonders if it’s his fault that Richie is the way he is; he never meant to cause any harm, he just loved his brother so much.
#48 - Precious
He can’t help it he will always cherish the image of the vampire queen pouring tequila down her leg into Richie’s mouth; at least she gave him a moment of ecstasy before death.
#49 - Hunger
The vampire Richie was no hungrier, no less dangerous than the human Richie; just easier to justify killing.
#50 - Believe
The only way he can go on is to make himself believe that he did the right thing- in loving Richie and in killing him.