fic: TWAIN [dr. and mrs. princess whitelaw]

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Title: TWAIN
Fandom: ST RPF (AU!)
Pairing: Pinto!
Rating: Rish for language
Word Count: ~6700
Summary: Part of the Dr. and Mrs. Princess Whitelaw series -- AU in which Chris quits Hollywood and acting, goes back to school for his Ph.D in literature, and teaches at Berkeley. This is the story of how Mark Twain saved Zach and Chris.
Notes: Dedicated, as

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[lavender_basil]

DR. PRINCESS!!!! :) :) :) YAY!

Off to read!

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FINALLY OFF GDOCS, JFC

[lavender_basil]

So last night I got all excited about reading Dr. Princess and then (AND THEN) friends started calling and wanted to chat. I KNOW! I sat with it on the screen and, I swear, it was teasing me.

BUT THE WAIT WAS WORTH IT! Holy crap! You know that I love this AU a creepy amount. THIS CHAPTER RATCHETED UP THE LOVE!

I need to restrain myself from quoting the piece in its entirety back to you. However, some snippets can't go unmentioned.

The way you capture tenderness is phenomenal.

He's just reading in bed, so Zach rests his head on Chris's lap and doesn't compete with the computer. He had a horrible flight from New York with two fucking emergency landings (one in Wyoming, which had achieved flight capability without informing Zach) and just wants to lie here quietly with his fucking husband and stop his shoulders from screaming in pain.

And a fight with love? AMAZING!
Zach rubs a hand over his face because Chris is looking away, and both of them -- they've never fought like this. How can -- does one of them walk away now? Do they

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GOD, FRIENDS??? WHAT?!?!? That is foreign unto me.

I'm so glad you like it and hope it was worth the wait!!!

[lunasky3]

Ahhh this was angsty and wonderful! <3

Also: YES JAMES FRANCO

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Thank you so much!

HAHA James Franco, what will be done with you.

[aliassmith]

Love this, love James Franco, love you.

The opening, with the Indiana Jones walk of doom, and the talk of destiny and Chris wonders how many goddamn franchises he'll see on this fucking tour was epic. Pine can escape the industry, but that doesn't mean his real life isn't cinema-worthy.

Zach being not remotely impressed by the huge deal the Chris has become made me smile. Loved this line: "Of course it is, princess," Zach says in that way where a tree stump wouldn't believe him, and would then beat him into a smoothie for being so condescending.

And I'll stop now, before I flail-quote this whole thing back to you, but I have to say that Margot is fucking terrifying, the Mark Whalberg biopic line is classic, the boys fighting and their giant balls of obstinance made me D: and JAMES FRANCO WILL NEVER NOT BE MADE OF AWESOME.
Also, this as the intro of Abigail Breslin into this series was a stroke of freakin genius.

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N'awww, yay, thank you!

See, I kind of just love that Zach, when beaten into a pulp, becomes a fruit smoothie. Because. Hello. Duh.

aksjdf the thing I am holding leupagus at gunpoint to write featuring Abigail Breslin, god, I weep just thinking about it. THANK YOU FOR READING OMG.

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Zach rubs a hand over his face because Chris is looking away, and both of them -- they've never fought like this. How can -- does one of them walk away now? [...] How could people do this regularly?

This is fantastic. All of it. I'm very, very much in love with this entire universe, and I may or may not have been reduced to squeefaces and flappy hands when I saw this pop up. YES.

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So glad to hear that. Thank you so much for reading! Flappy hands!!

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HAHAHA if that wasn't true, I will be very sad indeed. Thank you so much for reading!