Inception - Fanfiction Archive
A dream within a...oh, wait
Summary: Eames keeps planning jobs that involve Adam Lambert. Arthur keeps going along with it.
a flame in two cupped hands
Summary: An origin story, a love story. How Arthur met Eames, long before the inception job, and fell for him until everything got screwed up, and then fell for him again, somewhere inside Robert Fischer’s head.
A Fool From Any Direction 01 02
Summary: Eames is a knight, and Arthur is a stable boy. Eames brings him little tokens from his quests and Arthur reverently removes his armor and lets Eames press him down sweetly into the hay.
A Gentleman Not In Your Books
Summary: Sequel to Dreams Are For Rookies
a line you don't want from me like a hole in your head
Summary: In which Eames proposes, twice, and Arthur says no, twice.
A little help from my friends
Summary: Everyone on the team has figured out what's going on between Eames and Arthur -- except for Arthur
A Piece of the Plate (Got Stuck In My Heart)
Summary: Iron Chef AU
A slap in the face of public taste
Summary: Arthur likes boys, and Arthur likes girls. But the one thing that gets him hotter than anything else is intelligence. If he has any type at all, it's confident, educated, well-read, multi-cultural, and sophisticated, and unafraid to show it.
A Slow Moon Mile
Summary: There's a small pile of condoms on the floor.
A Stranger I Know Well
Summary: Arthur doesn't know how he got roped into this. High school AU
a town at the bottom of the ocean
Summary: Arthur buys an island. It takes Eames a year to figure out which one.
Accord
Summary: Uh. You are in my heart always
Aftermath
Summary: and i know that in some ways we’re kind of evil.
Airline/Carpet/Saito
Summary: The carpet is clearly jealous of Saito giving his attentions to his new airline, so Saito has to prove his love to both of them. Perhaps even lining an airplane with said carpet and giving sweet love to both.
Always the Same When You're Next to Me
Summary: The one where they fuck at work.
Amoebae-fic
Summary: Amoeba arthurus is oozing about happily in his bit of stagnant water, when suddenly he is being accosted by other eukaryotes.
And gone
Summary: The first time they had sex Arthur cried like a child.
And I feel fine
Summary: So as it turns out, Arthur is in love. This is not a particularly welcome revelation, besides which he isn't quite sure what to do with it.
And oh, what a bargain
Summary: Arthur/Eames, junkies/street kids in love.
And the doors are open
Summary: “Yusuf,” she says, dangerously, “did you give my point man a love potion?”
And they lived happily ever after
Summary: Arthur is the prince locked in the tower and Eames is the Prince Charming trying to rescue him. Arthur is not impressed. Eames, though, is smitten.
arthur the lifeguard and eames the irresponsible surfer
Summary: Arthur is the sexy lifeguard. Eames is the reckless surfer.
Arthur's suit is LEGEN - wait for it - DARY!
Summary: Arthur/Barney Stinson [How I Met Your Mother]
Attached you will find
Summary: Eames regularly sends sexy photos to Arthur's mobile when they're on long jobs away from each other. Throwing caution to the wind, Arthur decides to send one of himself back to Eames.
Baby, You're a firework 01
Summary: Arthur's been struggling against his attraction to Eames because Eames turns him on too much; he comes too soon and it humiliates him. Eames figures it out and teaches him control.
Back In Black 02
Summary: Rock band AU
Blast Boxers
Summary: Eames is a supervillian, and Arthur is the reported he always kidnaps.
Blind Dating: A Cautionary Tale
Summary: In which the team is a group of friends who set uptight!Arthur up on a series of horrific blind dates that ends happily with Eames.
Boy in the angora sweatervest
Summary: Arthur is the fluffer on set, and the one that the crew knows to call when Eames needs a little "help."
Buongiorno, Felicita
Summary: Arthur is the son of a mafia boss. Eames is hired to protect him.
But It's A Good Refrain
Summary: Lately whenever Arthur and Eames go into the dreamscape, they get repeatedly trapped in situations that would, in normal circumstances, require them to kiss.
Can you picture that?
Summary: Arthur realizes how much of a fucking camera whore Eames is.
Can't Buy This Sort of Happiness
Summary: Eames orders a mail-order bride, but instead he gets an Arthur.
Can't get enough of you (baby)
Summary: Toddler!Fic
Catboy!Arthur Thread
Summary: Compilation of all/most fills on catboy!Arthur.
'Cause he wanted a man with a little security
Summary: Though they're pretty much the same height, Arthur can't get enough of Eames' broad shoulders and muscled arms. Likewise, Eames adores Arthur's slender build and tight little bum.
Champion Sound
Summary: Arthur is a DJ, Eames is a bartender.
Cold Climate Love
Summary: League footballer!AU. Where Eames is a fading superstar, chronically depressed and half-crippled by injury, and Arthur is a brilliant young striker for a rival team.
College AU
Summary: Eames is currently a student enrolled in Cobb's class. He's also got this embarrassingly-huge crush on this guy he met at the bookstore (twice) who wore a three-piece suit. That's all fine and dandy, until he finds out that his crush, Arthur, is Cobb's new teaching assistant.
Compos Mentis Hora Smoni 01 02
Summary: Arthur goes crazy very much in the same way he does everything else - efficiently, determinedly, and with a quiet steadfastness. Eames has always been a little crazy, and he doesn't need the wristband or straightjacket to prove it. The different faces he wears are enough.
Cuddle Slut
Summary: Arthur has to teach Eames (who isn't used to people wanting him to hang around after sex) how to cuddle. Bonus if Arthur gets all clinical about it and Eames is all, fuck it!, and smooshes his face into Arthur's belly like he's secretly always wanted to and that's that.
Cupcake
Summary: There's only one thing Eames wants for his birthday. Two if you count the cupcakes.
Das vorbewusste
Summary: All Arthur wants is someone who won't bore him.
Desperate Romantics
Summary: Arthur and Eames have been in relationship for years, but neither want to admit it first.
Dial by Fire
Summary: Arthur and Eames suck at phone sex.
Discovery
Summary: Arthur goes to a bar with his friends to celebrate getting hired at a new job. He meets Eames, who is tattooed and unshaven, sporting a leather jacket and generally rough-looking. It's lust at first sight, because he's everything Arthur's attracted to but won't let himself have, and Arthur is giddy and low on inhibitions.
Dog days are over
Summary: Something Yusuf develops causes them to de-age to sixteen years old. Teenage UST antics ensue.
Don't stop believin'
Summary: GLEE AU.
don't think twice, it's all right
Summary: Arthur, in a drunken stupor or sleepy in-the-dark escape from the bedroom the morning after accidentally puts on Eames's shirt.
Dream a Little Dream of Me
Summary: Arthur likes routine and his job as a bank teller gives him that. Falling in love with the man who comes in to rob the bank, however, is not a part of the routine.
Dreams are for rookies
Summary: Two months before the end of sophomore year, Arthur lets Ariadne talk him into “making an appearance” at a party held by the captain of the soccer team, way to hell and gone out in the suburbs. The house is over-sized, the music too loud, and no one, save a half dozen people, can remember Arthur’s name. It’s pretty much his idea of hell.
Dreams Don't Float (You'll Have to Build Yourself a Bridge)
Summary: Arthur and Eames are dealing with the awkward fallout of that one time in Kuala Lumpur when, after a great job and way too much gin, Arthur finally, finally caved and gave in, and he and Eames had the most incredible drunken sex of their lives, only for Arthur to wake up the next morning with a hangover and apologetic post-its from Eames complete with sadfaces (but no phone number).
Dream On
Summary: Arthur needs to make sure it wasn't just a dream.
Eames, Interrupted
Summary: They really should have been more careful, and by 'they' I mean Arthur, because of course Eames wouldn't care enough to lock the door.
Eames, that rat bastard
Summary: on a job of their own, Arthur wakes up from during a pre-mission/scouting type dream hard and impossibly turned on, with Eames' fingers messing with the cum in his ass from where he fucked him while he was sleeping. and then they do it again with him awake.
Early Returns
Summary: Newspaper AU
Eat Me, Drink Me 01 02
Summary: Eames makes it so he is in charge of getting food for the team, thus allowing him plenty of opportunity to find the one food that Arthur simply cannot remain clean while eating.
Embraceable You
Summary: Five times Eames DEMANDED that Arthur hug him. And one time Arthur did it on his own accord.
En haut et en bas
Summary: Mal makes them do it.
En Route to Transylvania
Summary: Arthur is Dracula; Eames is a goat herder.
Epistolary
Summary: Epistolary fic, complete with eames failtastic spelling
Everybody Needs Somewhere To Go
Summary: Arthur doesn’t see Eames for seven months after the inception job.
Fashion Is All About Eventually Becoming Naked
Summary: Eames thinks he catches Arthur looking at porn but it’s SUITS and so, of course, Eames starts wearing suits and Arthur kind of loses his mind.
Feet, don't fail me now
Summary: Messy after-hours blowjob at the warehouse after everyone is gone. Arthur's totally disheveled, come on his face, ect. Cobb or Ariadne walks in on it when they come back to get something they accidentally forgot.
Felis Catus
Summary: Yusuf’s experiment goes wrong. Arthur changes into something cute (a kitten) and Eames takes care of him.
Finders, Keepers
Summary: Eames steals something from Arthur every time they sleep together. And Arthur lets him.
Fire favoured
Summary: arthur's always burned hot. he's just never lost control so much until a shapeshifter with bad habits came along.
five times Arthur accidentally shot Eames (and one time he didn't)
Summary: “That’s not on,” Eames says. “First you shoot me and ruin my shirt, now you’re insulting my mum. You are a horrible person, really you are.”
Five Times Eames Made Arthur Smile During Sex
Summary: Eames never expected a smile to be his undoing.
General Knowledge
Summary: Eames calls Arthur at stupid o'clock to ask him questions like "Why are there wasps?" and "How do bridges float?" He does, of course, know the answers (because our Eames is delicious and clever) but he just enjoys annoying Arthur. And Arthur, of course, takes the time to answer each question. Because he's lovely.
Get me away from here, I'm dying
Summary: Arthur inadvertently destroys Eame's totem, somehow. Eames decides that Arthur's tongue is an adequate replacement for said totem.
Give Me The Number (If You Can Find It)
Summary: Arthur and Eames accidentally get their phones mixed up
Give my gun away
Summary: But the dreams are changing. Eames’ hand is finding his back, scraping over his side, and once, notably, Eames gets down on one knee to tie Arthur’s shoelace where it’s come undone. There isn’t any way to explain it. There’s nothing that Arthur can do to make it fit into something that makes sense.
Good Timing
Summary: Eames fucking Arthur while Arthur is dreaming. Cue Arthur getting turned on in the dream and not knowing why.
gotta have the game or we'll die from shame
Summary: English gambling dens used to have employees whose job it was to swallow the dice if the police arrived.
Great expectations
Summary: During a drunken game of truth or dare with the team, Arthur confesses he has never had a perfect kiss.
Grooming
Summary: Eames thinks that's the day his sense of proper dress dies, and every day he comes in more rumpled than the last.
Hallefuckinglujah
Summary: Arthur is a young priest whose faith is faltering and Eames is the sinner who makes him fall hard.
How Do You Talk to a Point Man
Summary: After all this time, Arthur has too much pride to simply ask Eames to have sex with him. A story in which the job isn't always glamourous, Cobb thinks Arthur makes poor life decisions, and Eames steals everything (including, maybe, Arthur's heart).
I Came to Help Restore Your Pluck
Summary: fever dreams: the line between reality and dream blurs.
I have not yet forgot myself to stone
Summary: Eames works for LACUNA INC and performs the procedure on Arthur except the method is slightly different from the one in the movie. He enters Arthur's subconscious and alters all his memories of his ex and/or erases them.
I'd end my days with you in a hail of bullets
Summary: Arthur goes blind.
I won't mind (if you take off all your clothes)
Summary: Arthur and Eames try to make their relationship less sexual by trying to stay off sex for a while. When they both realize that this is impossible, they try to seduce each other to make the other break before themselves.
If wishes were fishes
Summary: Five times Eames wished he was in love, and one that he actually was.
If You're Just Playing Along, I Promise We'll Be Fine
Summary: The first mistake, he thinks, is to let Eames pick the bar.
Il Faut Nous Pardonner Les Choses
Summary: "Mon cœur,” Brelan says when Arthur begins to pulls his shirt back over his shoulders, pawing at him, mouthing the endearment against Arthur’s throat and pressing trails of imploring kisses there. “Stay the night?”
Illiterate Poetry
Summary: Eames makes valiant attempts to write Arthur charming but slightly misspelled poetry.
I'm just researching
Summary: Ariadne catches Cobb playing Neopets.
i'm not ready to see you this happy
Summary: It starts when Arthur gets a boyfriend.
I'm on a boat, motherfucker
Summary: Pretend marriage (for a job maybe?) becomes real.
i'm working on drawing a straight line
Summary: They come for him in the night.
In Certain Light
Summary: Wingfic. Arthur has wings but has been hiding them from the rest of the team. Eames finds out and is turned on and fascinated by them, Arthur thinks Eames is only interested in him because of the wings.
In our dreams, we can live our misbehaviors
Summary: Arthur makes Eames a mixed tape to tell him how he feels.
in the morning it'll be ok
Summary: Your life goes a little something like this: your name is Arthur and you earn fifty grand a year working for Maurice Fischer and his company, doing a job you long ago started hating.
Inception/Mysterious Skin
Summary: Neil is Arthur's past, one he has put long behind.
Inception + Princess Bride
Summary: Crack. Inception xover with Princess Bride.
Incipit
Summary: Arthur has been his editor from the beginning. Eames says he won't work with anyone else, and what Arthur will never tell him is that he would cut anyone who tried.
Iron Man
Summary: based on the new Warrior t.hard pics that are floating around. Eames buffed up.
It Isn't Love (AKA ARTHUR IS AN ASSHAT)
Summary: He may be one badass motherfucker who's in control like no one's business, but Arthur loves being the little spoon. He absolutely loves curling up into Eames' arms. He's basically a little kitten when it comes to being in Eames' arms.
It's a bazooka
Summary: "Dream a little bigger? I'll show you dream bigger" - Arthur changes his fighting methods in the next job. Eames gets turned on by the dominance.
It's a Treacherous Thing
Summary: Arthur is a catboy. Other than that, things are pretty much par for the course: dreams, punching, drinking, sex.
It's automatic
Summary: Bang Bang. We're beautiful and dirty rich.
It's not illegal, it's just frowned upon...
Summary: Eames takes great joy in smacking Arthur’s ass at random intervals during the day. It gets to the point that Arthur tenses up any time they cross paths, so Eames switches up his game and gropes him instead.
I've been a huge mistake
Summary: Arthur realizes that the worst thing about mistakes is when you are one.
Jamais Vu
Summary: "I'm not sure what this is supposed to prove," Arthur temporizes.
Just being disarming, darling
Summary: Arthur decides to woo Eames in his own special way: pulling out his chair, protecting him in dreams, buying him all sorts of weaponry. Eames is confused, intrigued and then very receptive.
Killing Kittens for the greater good
Summary: Eames has a crush on the Arthur, the receptionist at the sperm bank.
Kiss the Sun at Night
Summary: Arthur wants convenience. Eames wants something more.
Knickpoint
Summary: Please come over so you can fuck me is about as far from a typical Arthur text message as one can be. Eames reads it, reads it again, then double-checks the sender. Still Arthur.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Summary: Eames likes to kiss. A Lot.
Labyrinth Latte
Summary: Eames works in a coffeeshop. He's also the tiniest bit interested in the sharp-dressed regular who likes to sit and read in the corner. His coworker, Ariadne, who is insufferable (Eames thinks), will stop at nothing until he's asked Arthur out.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury
Summary: Eames is accused of a serious crime. He hires the high-powered, well-dressed, never-loses-a-case Arthur as his lawyer. And, obviously, romance ensues.
Late Night Phone Call
Summary: Arthur usually finds blatant fishing for compliments extremely irritating, but in Eames’ case he is reluctantly charmed. In fact, he writes the phrase “reluctantly charmed” into the Eames notebook the moment the words occur to him because they so perfectly encapsulate his entire situation.
Life in virtual reality 02
Summary: 'Reality’s creeping into your dreams, Eames. Your security’s going to be ruined if you can’t get rid of me.' Eames finds himself haunted by projections of Arthur.
Life is Pain (Anyone Who Says Differently Is Selling Something)
Summary: “I’m here to find out why Cobb’s subconscious decided to mutilate you.” Eames smiles beatifically.
Lifestyle change
Summary: Arthur and Eames get roped into taking Philippa and James trick-or-treating around the neighborhood.
Like our youth, my darling
Summary: The first time Eames kills him, they're in Barcelona working a job with Cobb and Mal.
London Bridge
Summary: Arthur loves whiskey, and maybe strippers.
London Fields
Summary: Arthur and Eames kicking around Hackney and Bethnal Green, buying flowers on the Columbia Road and eating a full English breakfast at Hackney City Farm.
Love love me do
Summary: Arthur and Ariadne happen to be caught up in a bank robbery. Arthur gets hurt and this brings out new sides in just about everybody.
Love Song Tour
Summary: In an attempt to woo Eames the way he implies he would like to be wooed, Arthur asks for a little help from his friends throughout East Asia. Unfortunately, the cosmos conspires against him.
Man, I Feel Like Mold
Summary: Yusuf creates a potion that changes Arthur and Eames back to the way they were in High School. Arthur turns back into an Anarchist with shoulder lenght hair who wears black trench coats and doc martins, and Eames turns back into the shy nerd with glasses and bowties.
Maybe Arthur
Summary: In which Eames embarks on a campaign of seduction and Arthur mostly just wants someone to hang out with other than Cobb.
Most Likely to Succeed
Summary: Eames drags Arthur to his high school reunion.
Mr. Eames and Mr. Eames
Summary: Eames orders a mail-order bride, but instead he gets an Arthur.
my drum gonna make you come
Summary: Eames stares at him for a minute. “You refuse to have sex with me?” he asks, finally. “In order to...have sex with me?”
My Paranoid Valentine
Summary: When a car back-fires, or something mundane happens that could be misconstrued as an attack, Eames immediately shields Arthur with himself without even a second thought. Cue awkwardness.
Naked Lunch
Summary: Be careful what you wish for
Next of Kin
Summary: One of them is other's emergency contact.
Night Work
Summary: Arthur is a porn blogger, Eames is a smooth operator, and Yusuf is bordering on psychic.
not as long as anger grows
Summary: 4,187 words of merlin au.
Not Exactly
Summary: Arthur's last name is Eames.
Not Helping
Summary: everyone thinks they're together and Eames is 'not' helping.
Not just a pointman
Summary: During a job, Eames was supposed to forge himself into a man of their mark's taste and seduce him. However, Eames gets injured and Arthur has to step in as himself (I mean, as Arthur, no forgery) and do the seduction instead. Eames observes from across the room (I'm thinking they're in a crowded room, like when Eames was being the blonde) and finds that Arthur is way smoother at seduction than Eames anticipated.
Nothing we could judge 02 03
Summary: In which Eames and Holmes were roommates in university.
of coffee and crosswords
Summary: one of them is other's emergency contact. they don't know, until they do.
Of Such Deceitfulness and Suavity
Summary: In which emotions manifest themselves in unusual ways.
Oh, darling
Summary: Arthur is so used to Eames' use of petnames for him (darling, pet, love) that he doesn't even notice them anymore, not even when Eames starts using them when the rest of the team is around. Cue the team giving each other looks at this "new development", Arthur saying it's normal and "he calls everyone that", and the realization that no, Eames doesn't.
"Ok, Mr. Eames, so take us through a day in the life of The Boss..."
Summary: Eames. Like a boss!
Our Shiny City
Summary: Eames Paints. Arthur studies art history. Together they are giant fucking hipsters.
out of the blue
Summary: "Is this the part," Eames says, "where I tell you not to jump?"
Pagina Uno
Summary: Arthur is a librarian, Eames is the patron with the highest fines in the library's history.
Pasiv/Activ
Summary: The PASIV made them do it.
Pass the file
Summary: Arthur accidentally calls Eames darling.
peaceful, the world lays me down
Summary: Arthur has a son and after dating Eames for almost a year, he decides to tell the forger about his son.
People of Walmart, lend me your ears
Summary: Arthur and Eames go grocery shopping.
personal eternity
Summary: Arthur is Eames’ slave.
Plate Tectonics
Summary: Arthur is forced to move in with Eames. The world moves.
Please be here until the morning
Summary: "What if I told you I couldn't help it?"
Plus One
Summary: Eames follows Arthur one night to see where he disappears to. He ends up at a gay club and to his surprise finds out that Arthur is an absolutely dirty dancer.
Porn Shop
Summary: Arthur and Eames meet at a Porn Shop.
Porncaptor Arthur ★ In the Line of Duty
Summary: After he accidentally releases a magical set of porn DVDs, Arthur must become the Porncaptor that seals them back in order to save the world from some obscure disaster that won't even be mentioned yet. Eames, the guardian of the DVDs, is there to aid him in this quest. With his penis.
Precocious
Summary: Arthur is younger than one might assume, a fact that does not detract from his badassery in any way. Eames doesn't see it quite like that.
protect this house
Summary: Eames and Arthur do fashion week, figure out their lives, and rack up a whole hell of a lot of frequent flier miles.
put down all your weapons
Summary: They met on a joint military venture into dreamsharing, and Arthur had already hit Sergeant somehow, had rocketed up the ladder. He was twenty-two and he was perfect, and Eames was assigned right by his side.
It made watching his ass in his uniform very, very easy.
Renovations
Summary: In which Eames builds a nest and (accidentally) lures Arthur into it.
Reset and Reboot
Summary: five times Eames cock-blocked Arthur and one time Arthur cock-blocked Eames
Rushing towards the skyline
Summary: Instead of Robert being the Mark, it's Arthur instead. Eames falls in love with him.
Shades of Mediocrity
Summary: Arthur is actually attempting to have a normal life after the events of Inception... find a normal job, have normal hobbies.
Shake It, Arthur, Shake It
Summary: Soul-destroying embarrassment.
Shirt Kink
Summary: Arthur wearing nothing but one of Eames' shirts, that comes to mid thigh and hangs over his hands.
Shit Arthur Says
Summary: Eames has a secret twitter called, "Shit Arthur Says." Well, secret to Arthur, that is.
Show and tell
Summary: 3 times Arthur tried to seduce Dom and the one time he relized Dom was seducing him.
Sickness and Shame
Summary: Arthur is seventeen, and still reluctantly sees a pediatrician. A handsome, British, pediatrician.
Simply Victorian
Summary: The two try for a different style in the bedroom. Arthur is practically miserable.
Six Days Aboard the RMS Inception 01 02
Summary: Titanic AU
Skin Deep
Summary: A story that starts with a spiral, ends with a fire, and is stained with ink and blood in the middle. Tattoo AU
Slip and Slide
Summary: ARTHUR SEDUCING EAMES. Gradually, over time, skillfully, without any embarrassment or flustered reactions to Eames' taunting--just the smooth, constant lure of sex until Eames is willing to do almost anything. anything. just to finally get Arthur alone.
Slip me the tongue
Summary: That trick Arthur pulled on Ariadne to get her to kiss him? He's done that to everybody on their first job. Except Eames.
sounds of silence
Summary: Arthur is the cute boy that's always at the cafe Eames goes to. Eames tries to make conversation with him a few times, but Arthur just ignores him. Or so Eames thinks. Turns out, Arthur is deaf. Cue Eames learning random signs.
Suspension Bridge, op 4
Summary: 4 times Arthur & Eames accidentally forgot they weren't in a dream anymore and almost shot each other in the face during an argument, and 1 time one of them actually did.
That Men Must Needs Abide
Summary: sequel to Press New Game
The Color of the Wheat Fields
Summary: Eames and Arthur begin sharing the same dreams - without the assistance of the PASIV.
The day they broke Arthur
Summary: Arthur is a hardcore badass, not a princess. However one day when working on a project, Arthur faints.
The Eames and Arthur Supervisory Hour
Summary: "I can be rational," Eames says amiably. "We'll save the wedding for our second date."
The First Five Times
Summary: They end up having to platonically share a bed for ages, and get so used to sleeping together that when they don't have to anymore they can't sleep -- cue one turning up on the other's doorstep all rumpled and exhausted and secretly nervous.
The Gates of Horn and Ivory
Summary: Arthur wakes and can't find his totem.
The Greedyhearts
Summary: Eames is the world renowned worst thief. Arthur is the best detective the police force has. Arthur asks himself why he keeps letting Eames go, only to realize he's falling for him.
The Impossible Object
Summary: It would be kinder.
That knot around my throat
Summary: Cologne kink. Arthur loves the way Eames smells.
The man of my dreams
Summary: When Eames first meets Arthur, he's the man of Cobb's dreams. That doesn't last very long.
The mating dance of bright-eyed thieves
Summary: Eames draws a rise from Arthur, and Arthur draws blood from Eames. Ariadne wonders what it's all about, because she's the only one that knows how to wonder.
the pistol of a flower is its only protection against insects
Summary: Arthur is an assassin with a problem; Eames is just this guy with a riding mower.
The Red Die
Summary: Arthur loves Eames, but he knows how Eames is and knows Eames will only break his heart. So he ends it before Eames can do it for him. It is only after that he realizes that by ending it, even on his terms, he broke his heart twice as hard as he thought Eames would have.
The Sake Games
Summary: Spin the Bottle. Very drunk uninhibited Spin the Bottle.
The sun's in the sky
Summary: Eames has a tedious summer job at the local discount movie theater, and Arthur spends his days there to escape. Sometimes Eames gives him free cherry slushies. Sometimes Arthur lets Eames kiss him silly in the supply closet when he gets a break.
The Sweetest Downfall
Summary: First time Eames sees Arthur with his hair free of product.
The Way They Are
Summary: The one in which they are misunderstood boarding school students who have angry misunderstood boarding school sex.
There's no place like home
Summary: the Inception team playing Division II NCAA baseball.
Thing goes here
Summary: Eames convinces Arthur that it would be really hot if Arthur had a vibrator in him all day, and Arthur reluctantly agrees. Only to realise he's more sensitive than he thought.
this bed is on fire with passionate love
Summary: Arthur is the one obsessed.
this fumble has become biblical
Summary: It starts with a fake ID.
this is the longest kiss
Summary: It starts when Eames gets on one knee.
“We’ve only been dating for six months,” Arthur says dumbly. “Also, I don’t think I’m old enough to get married.”
“Oh for the love of god,” Eames says. “Arthur, will you go to prom with me?”
this life looks good on you
Summary: There are only four rules in Arthur's house.
This New Sort of Mating Ritual
Summary: Eames is the consummate gambler in New York who makes a bet that he can seduce anyone. Arthur is the uptight Mission-worker who, unfortunately, turns out to be that 'anyone'.
Tilt
Summary: Arthur is a journalist looking for the next big scoop.
time is the mind (the hand that makes)
Summary: in which arthur has cancer and a cat, and eames does not go to venice.
To someone unknown
Summary: they are meeting for the first time in Paris for a job, and for some reason Eames thinks Arthur speaks french, so he talks to him about being soulmates in french and Arthur is like "what the hell is he talking about?"
To take root among the stars
Summary: The year is 2212, and for the first time in their lives, R and E have just been unplugged from the system.
Toward Zero
Summary: Five levels down, and five to dig yourself back out. Arthur met Eames' projection long before he met Eames.
Trigger Discipline
Summary: AU in which Eames is an art dealer in Manhattan, and Arthur is making a living robbing people. When they meet, they find they have some things in common.
tu es la belle et moi la bête
Summary: Eames forges into an animal with lasting effects.
Two Steps Towards Make Believe
Summary: Sleep has never come easily to Arthur. That's why he's so surprised that it comes easily when he's got his head on Eames's shoulder.
Uncomplicated
Summary: The first time they slept together was completely unexpected. It was the most amazing sex Eames had had in his life.
Undone
Summary: Suit porn, straight up. Arthur takes Eames to his tailor.
Waiting On
Summary: "French toast, pancakes, steak and eggs -- I could make you anything in the world, pet, but no. Egg-white omelette, morning after morning. It shows a distinct lack of imagination."
We had a promise made, and we were in love
Summary: Neither knows how they got here, but they agree that being there is important.
We're going nowhere fast
Summary: Take it back to the days of arranged marriages.
we're the heirs to the glimmering world
Summary: “You’re an investment banker,” Eames tells him. “You’re very good. You keep me in the style I’m accustomed to, and we are charmingly co-habitating.”
Arthur pauses and tries to take that in.
“Is there a reason why I’m your imaginary boyfriend?” Arthur asks.
we live under a halo of held breath
Summary: Eames is wrong. Arthur can juggle.
we walk the same path (but got on different shoes)
Summary: in which arthur recruits eames to "inception industries", an assassination company.
We'll Meet Again, Mr. Bond
Summary: Arthur wishes that just once, he'd be let to play James Bond instead of just holding the keys for the car.
What's that smell?
Summary: "Whats that smell?"
"You should leave."
"... I live here."
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Summary: Arthur is an artist.
When Shaking Hands
Summary: Eames dislikes Arthur because the young man was such a rude prick the first time they met.
Where I Intended To Be
Summary: Fairytale AU.
Whether We Dance
Summary: “I want you to fuck off somewhere else so that I can enjoy my evening,” Arthur said, but didn’t move away from where Eames had wrapped a hand around one hip.
With open arms
Summary: Arthur breaks his armsand can't use his hands properly. Cue Eames helping him out.
Underneath This Heel of Mine
Summary: "I suppose," said Eames, "that you're going to tell me this is not what it looks like." And that was how he learned that Arthur could run almost as fast in heels as he could out of them.
Untitled
Summary: Four times Eames told Arthur he loved him, and one time he really meant it.
Untitled 02
Summary: Eames is tired of Arthur being such a goddamn cocktease and takes some action.
Untitled 03
Summary: Arthur is actually from a trailer park in like...Alabama or some really southern state. He got rid of his accent and acts all suave motherfucker to hide his humble beginnings, but when Eames fucks him, he loses control and his accent comes back full swing.
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Summary: Bridget Jones' Diary retelling with a Arthur, Eames and Cobb love-triangle.
Untitled 05
Summary: Double penetration, plain and simple.
Untitled 06
Summary: Arthur gets seriously hurt in a dream and for some reason neither of them have guns or a way to kill him and wake him up.
Untitled 07
Summary: When the sedative isn’t there to keep him stationary, Arthur sleepwalks. Whenever they wind up sleeping anywhere in the same building as each other, Arthur always somehow sleepwalks his way right into Cobb’s bed.
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Summary: pick-up lines.
Untitled 09
Summary: Eames is drunk and lonely and drunk-dials Arthur.
Untitled 10
Summary: Eames comes to realize that Arthur is really not a morning person at all after he starts staying over at Eames' flat. Not only is he super groggy until his morning coffee, but he's clumsy too. Running into the bathroom door, dropping glasses from the cupboard, tripping over Eames' clothes on the floor and then staring up at Eames in pouty confusion.
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Summary: Catboy!Arthur
Untitled 12
Summary: Eames rescues Arthur from prison.
Untitled 13
Summary: EAMES WAKES UP ONE MORNING AND FINDS OUT HE CAN ONLY SPEAK IN LOLCAT.
Untitled 14
Summary: this is morally irredeemable smut.
Untitled 15
Summary: After being stuck in limbo too long, Arthur becomes mentally challenged. Eames is very protective of Arthur and hates it when people look at him weird.
Untitled 16
Summary: underage!Arthur
Untitled 17
Summary: It's Christmas, and Eames turns into a ham.
Untitled 18
Summary: Office AU
Untitled 19
Summary: The J.Crew AU
Untitled 20
Summary: Arthur and Eames say "I love you" and other things to each other in different languages, not realizing that they both can understand what the other is saying.
Untitled 21
Summary: Eames squeezes him like money might come out and Arthur flails unhappily before smacking Eames in the head with a pillow, rolling him over and declaring that he will be the Big Spoon. Bitch.
Untitled 22
Summary: "You need to call Eames," Cobb said the moment Arthur answered his phone.
Untitled 23
Summary: Here was the thing: Eames was fantastic at sorting out other people's feelings. Emotionally stunted Eames.
Vos Cerveaux
Summary: hospital/doctor AU
You Can't Hide the Sun with Two Fingers
Summary: Eames' ears are pointy, like Spock. His hands are dry, warm. His eyes are bright and his stubble is too rugged not to be natural. His tweed jacket: a fucking travesty of tailoring.
You'll Be So Pristine
Summary: Arthur gets a tattoo on the inside of his wrist, then does his best to keep it a secret.
You're Waiting for a Stranger
Summary: College AU. Arthur's plans for his life are very detailed and predictable, just the way he likes it... until Eames comes along. Twitter AU
You're waiting for an orgasm
Summary: Arthur is inflicted by a "Have sex or Die" poison. Everyone fights to be the one to save him.
ARTS
I hate you Mr Eames
Penrose
Private Affairs
Pulp
Trigger Discipline
Totem
NEED TO READ
Babysitter!Arthur
Summary: AU where Arthur is in college, needs money, takes up babysitting, starts sitting for Eames' adorable son since Eames has a lot of work meetings and stuff.
Planned Parenthood
Summary: Eames and Arthur are paired up to take care of an egg for their child development even though they can't stand each other.
stop making sense
Summary: AU, where they're captains of their debate teams at their respective high schools, facing off at the final of the national championships.
We Can Do This Until We Pass Out
Summary: Eames is a total chav but Arthur loves it.
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Summary: Androit!Arthur