New Fic: Undisguised

[blueheronz]

Title: Undisguised
Author: blueheronz
Pairing: House and Cameron
Rating: Mature for sexual content
Category: Romance. Smut. Halloween fic. Prompt fic based on the word, "cross."
Betas: 0penhearts and athousandsmiles
Dedication: For vicodin_martini with thanks

Comments

[submieretty]

I've been lurking for a while - reading your FanFics - and I thought this was the perfect time to say something:

I really love your stories. The way you treat House’s and Cameron’s character and “play with” their sorrow (without drowning in it) is always beautiful. I’m an angst fan with a secret hope for (realistic) happy endings so when I read your FanFics I’m satisfied in more than one way.
There is elegance and a bittersweet melancholy in everything you write.

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In ‘Undisguised’ it felt like you picked ‘blood’ and built in into the story everywhere.
(“…blood-red mouth around the plastic fangs”,

“A smudge of dark red lipstick stained his fingers and white makeup came off on his hand. A bubble of blood appeared on the tip of his finger where the deceptively sharp fangs had penetrated his skin.”
Not to mention red wine and vampires.)

I understand that it’s a Halloween story and blood fits the mood, but you use it in “unusual” context too:

(“From the street outside, choruses of children singing the holiday’s refrain of “trick

[blueheronz]

Hi there lurker :)

I'm so glad you came out of hiding with such lovely and generous comments. Thank you very much.

I actually started this story as a word prompt, the word being not "blood" but "cross." However, blood seeped into the story, but hopefully not in a morbid way.

Come babble anytime.

[enots]

My heart's beating really fast.

Wow.

I really thought felt as though I wouldn't be able to...get this, all things considered, but your writing works some kind of magic spell and I just forget about House. You wiped the slate clean. You own these two.

"Thing about vampires," he said without sentiment as a note lingered and died. "They never know what they've lost until it's too late."

I LOVE that. I love the deft things he says. You never make him too smug with all the double-talk, there's an underlying sincerity there. You understand this - Cameron does too, without seeming to be too smug either (ie. Cuddy).

A word on the sex, because I feel as though this should not be overlooked from a writerly perspective and because you, the writer, who I'm sure agonised over it, should be aware of its effect: wonderful. unbearable. tasty. Its never so precious as to be unrealistic, nor weighed down by description for description's sake.

This really meant something, R. Now more than ever. Thankyou.

[blueheronz]

It was one of those stories that made me horny while writing it. But more than that, it made me feel both of them as if they were standing in front of me on a stage while I watched.

Thanks for your insights and comments, M. I especially appreciate what you mentioned about the sex, because I do agonise over it and so want it to be good, right, and to work for readers (and me).

I find that I can still find meaning in the ship as long as it doesn't have to do with the show in its current incarnation ...

Gods. Your icon. There's a story for you.

xx

[wfugrad]

Thanks so much for the great fic! Happy Halloween!

[blueheronz]

You're welcome! Thanks for stopping by and saying hi, wfu.

[niicelaady]

::fans self repeatedly::

This is absolutely gorgeous. I love how your depiction of them is always pure poetry -- even when it's smutty. *Especially* when it's smutty.

As the guy in the aftershave commercial used to say, "Thanks. I needed that!"

And ((((((((((((((((hugs))))))))))))))))))))

[blueheronz]

Hey lady. Glad you liked it. I'm more behind than usual on my FF reading but I hope to soon see what you've been up to.

Congrats on your noms!

[trapperii]

Oh my goodness! Where was I when you posted this?? Oh, wait, I remember, I was in France :)

I seriously can't believe I didn't see this though when I caught up on LJ the other day. I'm so glad you just posted it to lines_crossed or I might have missed it completely.

Loved this bit: "As if in response to her expression, a vulnerability superseded his leer, softening his face into artlessness. Cross over, she silently implored. Fold up the man-of-constant-sorrow persona and stick it deep in your wardrobe for tomorrow."

[blueheronz]

You were in France? Where? A baguette and some brie sounds heavenly.

I'm pleased that you liked the story. Thanks for the specific comment.