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Nov 14, 2011 20:20

ROUND FIVE IS CLOSED TO NEW PROMPTS!
Round Six will open on Thursday, June 14th.

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Harvey/Mike anonymous March 21 2012, 21:01:08 UTC

because every fandom should have one...

Notting Hill AU

[fill] 76th & lexington 1.1/? anonymous March 26 2012, 04:49:20 UTC

notes: this doesn't hew too closely to the plot of Notting Hill, because--uh. Because. I'm sorry. But it keeps the basic rom-com format, and one character's a bookseller and one's an actor, so that's--something?

Sometimes Harvey has to remind himself that not every bookseller in Manhattan has passed the New York state bar and that may--may--account for why so many of them are sort of sorry and nebbish and terrible at making money. It may also account for the way Specter Books (established 2004) has kicked their sorry asses to Brooklyn and back. The past tense, though, is important here: the Kindle was released in 2007, and somewhere in there Amazon became a disgusting corporate entity that Harvey would prefer not to discuss, because Specter Books was supposed to become a disgusting corporate entity that other booksellers would prefer not to discuss, an upscale, finely curated used bookseller unlike anything the industry had ever seen ( ... )

[fill] 76th & lexington 1.2/? anonymous March 26 2012, 04:52:24 UTC

A hand slides across the counter, interrupting Harvey’s contemplation of the accounts. It’s the blond--he’s hooked the sunglasses over the collar of his shirt, revealing startling blue eyes ( ... )

[fill] 76th & lexington 1.3/? anonymous March 26 2012, 04:53:44 UTC

“Is there a coffee shop around here you’d recommend?” the kid asks, watching them. “I’m new in town, and--”

“These are just from the cart on the corner, kid,” Harvey says. “There’s a Starfucks, down the street.”

“Harvey doesn’t like franchises,” Donna interjects, almost apologetically, which is very apologetic, for Donna.

“So it would seem,” the kid replies, as Harvey begins to wrap the last volume. “Look, is it okay if I come back here. I--”

He sounds uncomfortable. Harvey looks up at him, slightly exasperated.

“It’s a shop,” he says. “You’re a customer. Come back whenever you want, as long as ‘whenever’ falls within the opening hours listed on the door. Which are ( ... )

[fill] 76th & lexington 1.4/? anonymous March 26 2012, 04:57:36 UTC

The kid, Mike Ross, is there. He slouches around the corner in worn jeans and a t-shirt. He doesn’t look like a movie star--the jeans look like they were cheap, once, and were worn by time more than anything else. The t-shirt isn’t even worth discussing. But his eyes are a sharp, bright blue, like black and white to technicolor, and objectively Harvey could see why someone might want that color committed to film, if film could even capture it ( ... )

[fill] 76th & lexington 1.5/? anonymous March 26 2012, 04:59:25 UTC

“You are--,” Harvey mutters into the cup. “Thank you ( ... )

[fill] 76th & lexington 1.6/? anonymous March 26 2012, 05:00:53 UTC

But Harvey is going to wait for the kid to come to him. He browses eBay, looking for gold where there almost certainly won’t be any, until Mike Ross returns to the counter. He’s running one hand through his hair, ruffling it ridiculously. Harvey had thought that was some Hollywood thing--styled so as to look like it hadn’t been--but apparently that’s just his hair. It irks Harvey for reasons he would prefer not to examine ( ... )

Re: [fill] 76th & lexington 1.6/? thatotherperv March 26 2012, 05:42:36 UTC

ok, I'm hooked, seriously. I love how in this context, Harvey's attitude, so fitting for him as a closer, makes him a total prima donna as a bookseller. I mean, it makes him a prima donna as a lawyer too, but it's slightly more socially acceptable, there. I fucking adore that he's still a total brat.

Re: [fill] 76th & lexington 1.6/? anonymous March 26 2012, 06:01:06 UTC

Love, love, love this. Really looking forward to see where you take this.

Re: [fill] 76th & lexington 1.6/? laughter_now March 26 2012, 19:06:19 UTC

Oh my goodness, this...I don't even have WORDS!
I'm a bookseller in a small, independent bookstore, and guh! You hit my life on the job so spot on with this, I felt like Harvey's musings were my own. Well, not really my own since I can only dream of ever beeing this snarky and witty and clever, but you know what I mean. I hope.
I really hope there will be more of this soon, I can't wait.

Re: [fill] 76th & lexington 1.6/? littlegirltree March 26 2012, 21:28:49 UTC

Brilliant! When I read Notting Hill AU I automatically assumed Mike would be the bookseller, but having him as the actor is just genius. Can't wait for moar!!

Re: [fill] 76th & lexington 1.6/? tanpopo03 March 28 2012, 19:44:03 UTC

Aaah! Oh God, this is so much fun! I wouldn't ever have pictured Harvey as a bookseller, but you're definitely making it work. It's like a Suits/Black Books fusion. \o/

[fill] 76th & lexington 2.1 anonymous March 26 2012, 21:26:03 UTC

Page Six: Mike Ross was spotted purchasing coffee from a cart at the corner of Park Avenue & 76th St. The ‘From Mars’ star, reportedly in the city to work on a new project, was slumming it in aviators and jeans. - The New York Post

The only thing Mike has going for him is that he shows up on time.

Harvey told Mike to wear a suit to work, if working is what he planned to do. Instead, he shows up in--something.

“That tie,” Harvey says, staring at it pointedly. “My dick is wider than that tie.”

“That’s nice,” Mike says mildly. Harvey unlocks the door, and the two of them go in--Mike hangs his messenger back on the coat rack behind the counter and then stands there so silently that Harvey has to rattle onwards.

“Also, is that suit even yours? Did you steal it off a vagrant? Because it doesn’t fit like it belongs to you.”

“I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship,” Mike says. He seems almost blissfully unaware of what Harvey is actually saying which doesn’t bode well for their working relationship, let alone anything ( ... )

Re: [fill] 76th & lexington 2.1 thatotherperv March 29 2012, 04:32:42 UTC

“My dick is wider than that tie.”
holy shit, hahaha. that line WINS. I literally did a spit take. well, I didn't spit, so much as choke. but yis.

Re: [fill] 76th & lexington 2.1 wldnst March 30 2012, 16:12:19 UTC

There's almost always at least one line in my fic where I'm like 'Is this even a thing a person would say?' or 'How ridiculous is this, on a scale from one ridiculous?' and waffle around about including it. I usually include it anyway, because I'm bad at self editing.

For this fic, that was the line. So I'm glad you enjoyed it! Or something. And didn't get spit on your computer.

Re: [fill] 76th & lexington 2.1 thatotherperv March 30 2012, 16:20:36 UTC

yeah, I can totally imagine a world where Harvey says that exact thing. mainly, it's just a world that isn't limited by tv audiences / censors. and possibly a world in which he isn't Mike's boss, because that's probably an inappropriate thing to say to an underling and I see Harvey as being conscious of that.

anyway, point: WIN.

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