Come In, Please (Inception, Arthur/Eames, rated R)

[hansbekhart]

Title: Come In, Please
Author: hansbekhart
Rating: R (violence, disturbing imagery)
Summary: "Never Have I Ever" is never a good idea. Arthur/Eames, Inception.
Notes: So I'm not dead, still. This is unabashedly the most romantic thing I've ever written. It still has dead bodies in it. Thank you as always to essenceofmeanin for holding my hand and pointing out my overuse

Comments

[shoppermania]

oh, this was beautiful ♥

[hansbekhart]

Thank you!

[clair3]

beautiful!

[hansbekhart]

Thank you!

[malyntine]

I love the way you write, it's fucking beautiful. Mesmerising, even. Also, the first part of this reminded me Heart of Darkness, and then the name "Marlowe" popped up and I had a mini-fit XD

[hansbekhart]

Ahaha, awesome! I just read Heart of Darkness last month and loved it, so I'll take that as a very high compliment. And Marlowe! Hi-five, dude, you're cool :D. Thank you for reading!

[burntcopper]

oh, lovely ending. Really liked the 'memories/dream feel' you managed the whole way through, everything one step away. And definitely liked the little messages trope.

[hansbekhart]

Thanks very much! I liked the message trope too, it was a fun little structure to work in.

[anotherslashfan]

You went really deep with this. I love how detailed each scene is, and how the transition between dreams often happens in a moving subwaycar. Your characterisation of Arthur is very intriguing. It's interesting to see him come across as rather unfeeling, even if it's just because we only see the memories/dreams from Eames' pov and now how Eames feels, but not how Arthur does. Utterly beautiful.

[hansbekhart]

Thank you! It's funny, I was struggling a lot towards the end, trying to work a more interpretive ending than "DOOM AND GLOOM ARTHUR DOESN'T WANT TO DATE YOU," which up to that point had been shown more or less in Arthur's actions. My sister's suggestion that he lie during the game really unlocked the whole thing for me - Arthur's hardly being honest with himself, much less Eames, so the story is even further removed from what he's actually feeling. I like slippery characters, I suppose :). Thank you very much for reading!