Fic: L'Orfeo

[chibi_lurrel]

Title: L'Orfeo
Pairing: Arthur/Eames, Cobb/Mal
Rating: PG
Warnings: Horror, disturbing imagery, unhealthy relationship dynamics
Summary: Arthur knows he has to bring Eames back.
Word Count: 3140
Author's Notes: So I wanted to write a ficlet based on this gorgeous artwork of Arthur and Eames done by platina, because the first thing I thought of was Orpheus

Comments

[dementedsiren]

Oh, this is lovely and haunting and twisty and certainly does the image justice. Thank you for writing this.

[chibi_lurrel]

Thank you for reading!

[recrudescence]

Arthur can’t help spilling facts like these, but he’s worked hard to trust that variation doesn’t always mean danger. Not with Eames.

I like how it's so hard to tell whether everything was just a dream or whether it's mixed in with memories or maybe the ending itself is the dream. Arthur seems so disoriented and so sure that something isn't quite right that it could really go either way.

AND OMG, Hades!Mal and Persephone!Cobb. And a much cooler version of limbo than that beach of doom.

[chibi_lurrel]

Thanks so much! I'm not sure it's limbo or just could be, but the beach is played out, yo.

[bauble]

Lovely, unsettling, dark atmosphere here. Even the ending that's sort of a relief but not quite, all at the same time.

[chibi_lurrel]

I'm glad the ending hit like that; thanks!

[anne_jumps]

Wonderful!

[chibi_lurrel]

Thanks!

[chibi_lurrel]

Thank you so much!