this is what we talk about [ivan side] - 1/3
anonymous
May 15 2009, 19:32:07 UTC
This is What We Talk About [Ivan side] - part oneAmerica thinks Ivan sleeps with his eyes open. Ivan does not know how America came to such a conclusion or how he came to know what is in America's mind, since of course America has not said a word of this-but Ivan is certain of it. It amuses him to no end, though part of their little game means not allowing his amusement to show, or acknowledging the game in any way other than the play itself
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this is what we talk about [ivan side] - 2/3
anonymous
May 15 2009, 19:33:29 UTC
This is What We Talk About [Ivan side] - part twoTheir gazes lock. Ivan feels a swell of nostalgia for their old staring contests. He feels a swell of something else, too: hilarity. He recalls that there is a variation of the staring game, where blinking is allowed-but one must not laugh. Could that be the game America wishes to play now? The air is heavy; Ivan thinks that others besides America and himself are playing this new game, and that he is not the only one in danger of losing. They all want to laugh, do they not
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this is what we talk about [ivan side] - 3/3
anonymous
May 15 2009, 19:38:25 UTC
This is What We Talk About [Ivan side] - part three
It is almost blinding, Alfred's smile, and Ivan finds he must look away from it. His eyes slide to the picture opposite, but find no relief for Alfred smiles at him out of that picture as well, this time standing beside Japan.
A strange feeling comes over Ivan as he straightens and hands the wallet back to Alfred, who thanks him. Ivan watches Alfred look at the pictures. There is no escaping the fact that everyone in the picture is someone Alfred fought with bitterly at one point, and defeated (if Alfred counts the Cold War his victory, which Ivan knows he does). Ivan keeps such pictures himself. But there is nothing in Alfred's photographs that speaks of conquest. Alfred's photographs speak of something else, something essentially Alfred-or at least the Alfred that comes back to Ivan when he saw that picture from Potsdam
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Re: this is what we talk about [ivan side] - 3/3
anonymous
May 17 2009, 05:33:57 UTC
Author!anon is very happy you liked it so well, and thanks you for your praise! I share your paranoia, btw; I have lost too much by not being paranoid enough...
Thank you so much for this Anon. You captured the dynamic between these two in such an interesting way that I hardly ever see for this pairing. God, I'm not coherent enough to properly express how much I love this XD
I do hope you write more for these two in the future! I'm definitely keeping this bookmark'd!
Author!anon is really happy you enjoyed it, OP! Even though Ivan and Alfred are one of my favorite pairings, I wasn't sure I would ever write them--but I couldn't resist your prompt, which seemed open to other kinds of intimacy besides sexual and therefore intrigued me. So thank you very much for the prompt!
B: They do it without realizing it.
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It is almost blinding, Alfred's smile, and Ivan finds he must look away from it. His eyes slide to the picture opposite, but find no relief for Alfred smiles at him out of that picture as well, this time standing beside Japan.
A strange feeling comes over Ivan as he straightens and hands the wallet back to Alfred, who thanks him. Ivan watches Alfred look at the pictures. There is no escaping the fact that everyone in the picture is someone Alfred fought with bitterly at one point, and defeated (if Alfred counts the Cold War his victory, which Ivan knows he does). Ivan keeps such pictures himself. But there is nothing in Alfred's photographs that speaks of conquest. Alfred's photographs speak of something else, something essentially Alfred-or at least the Alfred that comes back to Ivan when he saw that picture from Potsdam ( ... )
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*bookmarks
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Bookmark'd.
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I don't bookmark, I save. Yes I'm paranoid that the internet monster might eat my goodies up.
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Thank you so much for this Anon. You captured the dynamic between these two in such an interesting way that I hardly ever see for this pairing. God, I'm not coherent enough to properly express how much I love this XD
I do hope you write more for these two in the future! I'm definitely keeping this bookmark'd!
Again, thank you so much!
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