Mad Men, AU where SCDP is a film studio in LA in the 60s. Betty's a former movie star on the tail end of stardom, Megan is an up-and-comer, Peggy's worked under unscrupulous film titan Don Draper for too long, Stan's a screenwriter with Ginzo, Pete and Ken are agents (BUT ALL KEN WANTS IS TO MAKE SCI-FI FILMS).
Keri Russell/Joel Edgerton/Billy Crudup, idk how I want to play this. Postman Always Rings Twice!au with Crudup as the offed husband or Badlands w/like an extra dude? as long as there is a road trip, I'm down.
So I hear Badlands with an extra dude and I think of Kalifornia so this is sort of that and sort of everything else while also being nothing like I planned it to be?
whys choking on whys (1/3) rpf. I'm starting to think your wedding ring is more ornamental than anything else. kalifornia!AU. russell/crudup/edgerton.
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At the wedding reception, everyone thinks Keri is a saint for giving up a honeymoon in Hawaii for a two week road trip to infamous murder sites in a Camaro with dodgy air conditioning and a propensity to give out at busy intersections during rush hour. No one knows that her loving gesture is mostly to appease her guilt over forcing Billy to spend the last of his advance on her dress; in her defense a girl gets married only once so splurging on Vera Wang is completely understandable.
"If we manage to make it to the west coast without getting divorced, I'll know I've made the right choice," she jokes. Keri makes sure not to catch Scott's eye when she says it.
"Better make this book a New York Times bestseller,
( ... )
"We said we'd cut bait if anything felt off," Billy hisses while Joel is in the restroom. He ushers that they need another minute to the diner waitress before leaning in closer across the linoleum table to continue, "Who the hell jokes about killing a dude?"
"You do," Keri says. "Like all the time."
"That's different. It's...purposeful!" he whispers defensively.
Keri rolls her eyes and gives Billy's hand a comforting squeeze. "He was probably nervous and trying to find common ground. Look at it this way, babe - now you have someone to talk to about malfunctioning frontal lobes who won't just be pretending to care
( ... )
Rachel Weisz/Eric Bana (+ Billy Crudup bc I accidentally typed his name before remembering I wanted to type Bana, + Naomi Watts bc why not?), bandits/thieves vs. cops. I don't care. I just have this idea of Eric Bana dragging Rachel Weisz back into a life of crime for "one last job" that goes horribly.
I was unprepared for anyone to write this, so thank you! You had me with the opening. It did so much to show what their relationship was and I'm really into Naomi as an unseen force of control over everything. And just gonna assume Pine Industries means Chris Pine is like Naomi Watts arch-nemesis or something.
"Watts doesn't like loose ends," he says, eyes fixed to the television. The image of the smiling man on screen resembles nothing of the wild-eyed, grizzly lumberjack of a security guard they encountered two nights ago.
I liked this moment because it suggested both a coldness and the incompetence displayed earlier from him. Like if he only knew how to count there would be no loose ends for him to be dismissive of.
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whys choking on whys (1/3)
rpf. I'm starting to think your wedding ring is more ornamental than anything else. kalifornia!AU. russell/crudup/edgerton.
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At the wedding reception, everyone thinks Keri is a saint for giving up a honeymoon in Hawaii for a two week road trip to infamous murder sites in a Camaro with dodgy air conditioning and a propensity to give out at busy intersections during rush hour. No one knows that her loving gesture is mostly to appease her guilt over forcing Billy to spend the last of his advance on her dress; in her defense a girl gets married only once so splurging on Vera Wang is completely understandable.
"If we manage to make it to the west coast without getting divorced, I'll know I've made the right choice," she jokes. Keri makes sure not to catch Scott's eye when she says it.
"Better make this book a New York Times bestseller, ( ... )
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"We said we'd cut bait if anything felt off," Billy hisses while Joel is in the restroom. He ushers that they need another minute to the diner waitress before leaning in closer across the linoleum table to continue, "Who the hell jokes about killing a dude?"
"You do," Keri says. "Like all the time."
"That's different. It's...purposeful!" he whispers defensively.
Keri rolls her eyes and gives Billy's hand a comforting squeeze. "He was probably nervous and trying to find common ground. Look at it this way, babe - now you have someone to talk to about malfunctioning frontal lobes who won't just be pretending to care ( ... )
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rpf. I'd say you're better than this, but we both know that's not true. bana/weisz(/crudup/watts ( ... )
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"Watts doesn't like loose ends," he says, eyes fixed to the television. The image of the smiling man on screen resembles nothing of the wild-eyed, grizzly lumberjack of a security guard they encountered two nights ago.
I liked this moment because it suggested both a coldness and the incompetence displayed earlier from him. Like if he only knew how to count there would be no loose ends for him to be dismissive of.
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