Lipstick Traces, Pt. 2 (RPF)

[iwrotestuff]

Author: Odd
Title: Lipstick Traces, Pt. 2 (RPF)
Rating: R for now. Will likely increase.
Word Count: 11,500
Summary: Out of work actor and struggling musician Darren Criss believes in a lot of things, but in love more than anything else. How can he not, in a world where everyone's got the name of their one true love emblazoned on their skin?

Comments

[likeasouffle]

Cecelia?! WTF I thought her name was going to be Chris! *has minor freak out* *continues reading*

OMG OMG Darren has skin tingles! Is he developing another name? Is this a poly story? Very intrigued. :D

[iwrotestuff]

Anything I can say to this would be a spoiler, but I wanted to poke in anyway. ;>

[diamond_sky18]

Darren felt a strange flutter in his chest and something even stranger in his arm. It wasn't like anything he'd ever felt before; a kind of warmth that seemed to pool in the area and crackle beneath the skin. He frowned as he looked in the proper direction, but everything appeared normal when he lifted his sleeve to get a better look.

Hmm. How very interrreeeesting.

[blue_peridot]

okay so i've read one chapter in the middle of this story and it is fantastic. as you are. must go put this on my nook! oh wait, this is a WIP isn't it? damn...

anyway, i LOVE your AU. chris as a drag queen! and i like the idea of the original prompt, too- things like those seem to be done pretty well, so far.

[iwrotestuff]

Thank you! :D

Yep. Still a WIP, but I've been averaging over 1,000 words per day since it began, and I think we have a good chance of seeing it end before the next month hits. Not bad for something I started on a whim because my beta for the multi-chapter fic I've been working on has been too busy to get to the chapters I handed her. :)

[pushplaytobegin]

"Did that have bleach on it? It smells like it had bleach on it."

I forgot to say how much I loved that little aside in Ch1.

I've never read any of the soulmate/soulmark fic, but I love the idea of a generation looking back at art from "before," and I especially love the idea of how differently romance might be portrayed.

Darren raised an eyebrow. "You've been having casual conversation sitting bare-ass naked for the last five minutes, and now you're getting shy?"

Christopher stared into the mirror, a sponge covered with cold cream poised inches from his mouth. "Yes," he said. "I am."

That's a kick-ass exchange.

"Yeah," Darren said, lying for the first time he could remember in months. "Was probably just a mosquito." BWAHAHAHA!!!! Oh, DC. Don't you just wish.

[iwrotestuff]

I'm so confused. I think LJ may be eating my replies, because I know I typed one out for this but it isn't here. :(

Not that anyone's asked, but the reason there haven't been pictures of Anthony or Curtis is because they're based on people I know in real life. Anthony is my new "insta-bff" as he has dubbed us, and he has such a delightfully big personality with just the right edge that it's REALLY hard to not throw him into this at every damn opportunity. :)

Thinking about how differently things would be perceived has been one of my favorite things about this story. I have ridiculous amounts of headcanon on how things have adapted and what's taken over in terms of populsr tropes. For instance, the most popular tv series among women is a "How I Met Your Mother" style comedy called "My Many Marks" about a woman named Jessica (because it was the most popular name for baby girls born in 1987) and her trials as she dates Mark after Mark in the hopes of finding the one her marking represents

[whisperyvoices]

I'm so, SO intrigued by this intense and beautiful story (WORDS I WAS GOING TO USE TO DESCRIBE THE STORY IN THE PREVIOUS CHAP TOO! HMPH). The Christopher performance scenes are Incredible. Oh what I'd give to see that in real life.

And CECELIA!? Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!!