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"Stay still," Arthur commands from where he's suturing the wound shut. His voice is impervious as always, and Eames would think he wasn't worried at all if not for the way his eyebrows are knitted together, the scowl on his face just a touch more pronounced.
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Arthur is dangerous.
This is the general consensus of the vast majority of people who've ever met Arthur. In fact, even people who haven't met him, strangers on the street, people on the phone, people in dreamshare, all seem to sense the undercurrent of danger underneath his immaculately tailored suits.
In reality, the truth is far less dramatic.
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Ariadne’s not good with people, but that’s the first clue, the first hint that she’s missing something. She watches them more carefully from then on, and she starts to see it, all the little things, piling up into something bigger.
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There’s a surprised moment of silence on the other end of the line, and then Cobb asks, “Eames? Why do you have Arthur’s phone?”
“Because he’s sleeping,” he says shortly. “What do you want?”
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In which Cobb calls Arthur the morning after Inception, and Eames intercedes on Arthur's behalf. It's about time someone takes care of Arthur for a change.
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Arthur and Saito start having casual sex and when they learn of this development, Cobb and Eames decide to stake their claim.
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Arthur wakes up in a time loop. It's not a dream. If he can't make his reality go back to normal, then he might as well find something to pass the time, and no one knows how to entertain like Eames.
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- Part 1 of Inception
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time loop arthur angst, initially thinking its a dream so suicide a couple times before accepting its reality
arthur trying different things, talking to people, getting away, not working - eventually tells eames and does fun stuff
then, depressed arthur, good concerned friend eames comfort, arthur feelings realization
only the wake up to find that it was a dream after all, testing new tech/somnacin
shaken arthur, protective eames
feelings confessions and getting together
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"I’ve never known you to make things up. If you say time loop, then shoot. Time loop.”
[.] Arthur stares at him. “You know, that’s still a wonder to me. You believe me every time.”
Eames meets his eyes steadily. “Like I said, you’re not the lying type”
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"didn’t want to ask at first.”
“Why not?” Eames asks, and Arthur might be lying but he swears there’s an undercurrent of actual hurt in his voice. “We know each other, don’t we?”
Arthur takes a sip of his drink to buy time to think of an answer that won’t make Eames look at him like that anymore. Down and out, like a kicked puppy. All big eyes and lips tugged low. “I thought you didn’t like me. You do have a fondness for making fun of me.”
“Bullshit,” Eames says, startling in his earnestness. “We’re not– we aren’t enemies, Arthur, we’re us. Fuck, is this why you made Cobb go get me in Mombasa for the Saito job? You thought I wouldn’t want to see you?”
“Wouldn’t you?” Arthur asks desperately. “Besides, I would have stuck out like a sore thumb in your little den of gamblers and you know it.”
Eames snorts. “That’s not far from wrong. None of my friends iron their pocket squares.” At Arthur’s sour look, he laughs for real but quiets down again. “And no, I wouldn’t have been mad to see you. I would have been happy about it.”
“Happy,” Arthur repeats on instinct. Hearing the word makes him respond like a marionette with tugged strings. So good to have a purpose without even being forced to think about it. He doesn’t believe he could think right now, not at all.
“Yeah,” Eames says, staring at the sky. “I would have been happy.”
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A soft voice. “What the fuck are you doing, Arthur?”
Arthur slots open his eyes to see Eames standing over him. Genuine bewilderment fills him. “Why the hell are you here?” Arthur asks incredulously. “You don’t even remember yesterday, what the fuck.”
Eames squints. “Obviously I remember yesterday. You were normal yesterday. Not today. What happened, you got dumped?”
Arthur rolls his eyes. “Nothing happened. I’ve come to terms with reality. Go back to work, Eames. Tell Cobb I’m fine.”
“I’m not here for Cobb,” Eames says, and sounds so sincerely stung that Arthur actually bothers to open his eyes all the way this time. “I’m your friend, you arse, and I don’t take kindly when you disappear then don’t answer my phone calls. Or when I knock.”
“You knocked a lot,” Arthur comments.
“Yeah, and you didn’t answer any of them,” Eames mutters. He looks like he wants to use far harsher words, then sighs and sits down on the corner of Arthur’s bed. “I’ve never seen you like this. What happened? If this is about the job– look, Arthur, I’ve got my qualms too, but you could talk to us first. [.] This has everything to do with the job,” Eames explodes. “It’s fucked and we all know that. But you talk to me first about it before you give up, Arthur. You talk to any one of us. You don’t disappear out of nowhere. You don’t.”
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“I don’t get it,” Arthur says. Both of them sitting on the bed, he’s close enough to study Eames’ face like a museum exhibit, searching for signs of reason in the middle of all this mess. “You’re so nice to me now, but we haven’t even done anything yet. I haven’t earned it yet.”
“You don’t have to earn anything. We’re friends, darling. I look out for you and you look out for me,” Eames says reproachfully.
Arthur nods thickly. The expression on his face must be truly tragic, because Eames clicks his tongue and reaches out, taking Arthur in his arms.
[.] "I’m not going away,” Eames says calmly. “Not even in the loop. I’ll come find you tomorrow, every day until you wake up. You aren’t losing me.”
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"I don't deserve this"
[.] “And why the hell would you believe that? [.] You aren’t the type to wallow, Arthur. You know your worth, but if you’ve spent too much time in this damn loop and you can’t remember, I’ll remind you. Over and over again, because you’ve saved my life so many times I’ve lost count, and it’s time for me to repay the favor. It’s you and me, Arthur. It’s you and me.”
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“I won’t tell him shit until I know you’re okay,” Eames says, suddenly wrathful. “We all knew this plan was a fool’s errand, and then he had to go and put you in there– He should have been the one to go under first, and I fucking told him so, but he’s a coward. It shouldn’t have been you, Arthur. It shouldn’t have been you.”
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Picks up immediately after "Impolitely". Arthur makes good on his threat of seeing if Eames can take it as well as he gives it.
"It’s late. Hell, by some people’s standards, it’s already morning. Not that Eames cares much either way seeing as how he’s naked in Arthur’s bed, in Arthur’s fancy hotel room, after the most glorious night of his debauched life."
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- Part 4 of Psycho Heroes
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"Perhaps not the textbook definition of a healthy relationship, especially considering what they’ve just been through. But it’s right. It’s fucked up and glorious. It’s them." ~Promises Whispered Like Prayers
Eames and Arthur aren't what you would call typical, and neither is their love story. Before they can enjoy their happily ever after, they must weather years of blood, pain, tears -- at times their own, but mostly that of others. Here's how it all happens. Series will hop and skip around, from the time they first meet to life after inception, including all kinds of moments between and beyond. Canon-compliant, in case that matters to you.
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25262731! stories total planned for this series. (holy shitnuggets, I addedanother onemore, someone stop me)Look for the Psycho Heroes Soundtrack on Spotify!
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Lots of sex, bad times and good times.
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And you know, there's something really liberating about putting your thoughts down and sending them out and not being able to take them back. I think you're probably reading this and thinking that I'm significantly weirder deep down inside than you'd thought, and that's all right because it's the truth. But maybe you don't care and you've already thrown this away and you'll toss any other ones I send out with the junk mail, unopened. And that'd be okay too. It's not the reading that counts; it’s the writing.
There are two boxes full of letters in Eames's desk drawer. The ones he receives from Arthur, and the ones he wishes he could send in reply.
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There was a time when Eames thought he knew what to make of Arthur, but that was a time when they were both young and stupid. Or at least younger and somewhat more stupid. Now Eames knows better than to think he knows anyone at all, but especially Arthur, and most of the time he wishes that he also knew better than to let Arthur do the things that he does.
The things that Arthur does go something like this.
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accumulating names like others make friends by slashmania
Fandom Inception (2010), The Sandman (Comics)
24 Dec 2021
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Series of fics that concern one member of the Endless and one dream criminal, finding their way through something that might be a friendship and might eventually become a decent relationship.
Because Dream of the Endless, who had been playing as Arthur (the ruthlessly competent dream criminal) to try and fix the disruptions made by the PASIV and its rogue dreamers, has never really been good with relationships. And he's never really had more than one friend...
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Eames doesn’t look at Arthur more than he has to during the briefing with Carter. This is usually the time where Eames would trade jabs with Arthur, poke holes into Arthur’s contingency plans, glance cursorily through Arthur’s notes and then be absolutely breathtakingly brilliant. Eames seems to be happy enough to follow Carter’s lead on this job.
Arthur doesn’t touch his face, but his bruised skin tingles with what Arthur is steadfastly not thinking of as shame. It’s part of the job. A black eye and a spilt lip from where Carter’s ring had caught mid-strike is more cosmetic than crippling.
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In which nobody is a damsel in distress.
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"What are you doing with that?" Arthur asked, resisting the urge to slap Eames's hands away from the briefcase like a child with a favored toy. Eames was close enough that all he'd have to do would be to reach out a hand.
"We're going to do some training exercises," Eames said in a cheerful tone that filed away at Arthur's teeth. As far as Arthur was concerned, there was a very short list of things to be cheerful about, and “training exercises” weren't on it.
Eames might be an asshole, but the fact that they can't get out of Canada is all Arthur's fault.
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A Fine Distraction
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"What are you doing with that?" Arthur asked, resisting the urge to slap Eames's hands away from the briefcase like a child with a favored toy. Eames was close enough that all he'd have to do would be to reach out a hand."We're going to do some training exercises," Eames said in a cheerful tone that filed away at Arthur's teeth. As far as Arthur was concerned, there was a very short list of things to be cheerful about, and “training exercises” weren't on it.
Eames might be an asshole, but the fact that they can't get out of Canada is all Arthur's fault.
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Eames is shirtless. Arthur is terminally distracted.
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Every single day, people rise from their sleep and go on to tell their loved ones how they've forgotten about their dreams. Robert truly wished that were the case for him. He's still branded by the things he's seen. Especially one face haunts him, burdening him with such a teriffying state of mind.
Part of a little challenge in which I asked my friend to send me songs to specific movies/shows in order for me to come up with a little one-shot based on that.
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The Cahill Project by Amerou, Caiti (Caitriona_3), GalahadsGurl
Fandom 28 Days Later (2002), 28 Weeks Later (2007), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV), Beauty and the Beast (TV 2012), Bourne (Movies), Bourne Legacy (2012), Captain America (Movies), Castle, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004), Flashpoint, Flashpoint (TV), Glee, Grimm (TV), Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013), Hardy Boys - Franklin W. Dixon, Hawkeye (Comics), Iron Man (Movies), Les Miserables (kinda), Les Misérables (2012), Les Misérables - All Media Types, M.I. 4: Ghost Protocol, M.I. 5: Rogue Nation, Marvel Avengers Movies Universe, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Mission: Impossible (Movies), Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011), Nancy Drew - Carolyn Keene, Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys Super Mysteries - Franklin W. Dixon & Carolyn Keene, NCIS: Los Angeles, Nikita (TV 2010), Penny Dreadful (TV), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), S.W.A.T. (2003), Scooby Doo - All Media Types, Star-Crossed (TV 2014), Supernatural, Supernatural (mentioned) - Fandom, The 100 (TV), The 100 Series - Kass Morgan, The Avengers (2012), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, The Bourne Legacy (2012), The Cahill Project - Fandom, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (2015), The Trixie Belden Mysteries - Julie Campbell Tatham & Kathryn Kenny, The Unusuals, The Unusuals (mentioned), The Walking Dead (TV), Thor (2011), Thor (Movies), Twelve and Holding, Twelve and Holding (2005), Walking Dead (TV)
24 Aug 2019
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This is the story of the Brothers Cahill . . . and their wonderfully, fucked up family. NOW REVAMPED & UPDATED!
Complicated: The Epic Grimm Family Saga - story goes live on Friday, Sept. 20th!
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Ariadne is convinced Arthur and Eames are a couple. Yusuf is doubtful. Cobb isn't as oblivious as people think. Arthur and Eames are completely, unsubtly domestic during the job.
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When Dreams Become Reality by Cheshyr, starsniper
Fandoms: The Sandman (TV 2022), Inception (2010)
31 Dec 2025
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It was supposed to be a simple job. All they had to do was enter Alexander Burgess’s dreams and convince him to go away with his lover Paul and leave behind Fawney Rig for good. Simpler than Inception. Safer than Extraction.
Yet when Hob Gadling and Arthur Freeman get inside the head of their mark, they realize that not everything is as it seems. Alexander Burgess is hiding a much darker secret, one that is deeply hidden within the basement not just at Fawney Rig, but also inside of Alex’s mind. And Paul refuses to tell them what it is.
Or: What happens when Dream is set free after a hundred years and he discovers that humans have created the technology to infiltrate dreams?
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Inception.
They had just fucking completed inception and Arthur…. Arthur had no plans at all for his future.
After pulling off every dream thief's white whale, having seen Dom off to his apple pie life, Arthur is listless and lost.
Until a call seeks to change that.
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“I love you, and everything that goes with that. If there’s something you want, something I can do for you that you’re too afraid to ask for…”
When Arthur gets curious about something, he gets downright obsessed…especially if that something has to do with sex, dream-share, and Eames.
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Under the Skin
sofia_gigante (sof_gigante)Holy shit this is fantastic! AMAZING!!