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A fast, short rather angsty ficlet because suddenly I felt that if I didn't post some VigBean, I'd bust. ;)


Title: Replay - Scene Stealer
Author: Archet
Pairing: Viggo/Sean
Summary: “Help me understand," he says, voice low and uncertain.
Rating: R
Disclaimer: Fiction, pure and simple, and in no way implies anything as to the real lives to the lovely men who are inspirations for these characters.
Feedback: welcomed and appreciated!


***

“Help me understand,” he says, voice low and uncertain. I want to reach out, want to soothe the turmoil from his green eyes, take apart his uncertainty and make it into something else, but I don’t.

“I can’t do this alone,” he admits, eyes going darker, greener, if you can imagine, and I can. I can and I do, I imagine everything about him all the time, but now, I can’t do what we both need me to do.

“Why don’t you fucking say something?” he demands finally, and I want to answer him. I want to tell him that yes, I will say something, I’ll say everything if only he would listen, if he could only hear it. I would, but I don’t, because despite his words he won’t hear, he won’t listen. Not now, like this.

“Fine. Fine, that’s how you want it, then that’s how it is,” he says, low and quiet and I can feel his defeat, and jesus, I’d change the world for him, to have him, if I could, if I only knew how.

He leaves, just turns and walks away, shoulders slumped, every line of his beautiful body a study in exhaustion and finally, I can breathe. One breath, two, three all in a row and my heart’s pounding. Fuck, but I’m a fool.

Pressing the button on the remote the television winks off, taking him with it, and yeah, I can see why they’re saying ‘Oscar’ and ‘Sean Bean’ in the same sentence this year. The movie’s fine but Sean . . . god, he who was my Boromir is finally getting the recognition he deserves.

On impulse I grab the remote again, stab at the buttons, working them until he’s back onscreen, those knock-me-on-my-ass breathtaking green eyes looking out at me . . . at no one. “Help me understand,” he says again on replay, voice low and uncertain.

I want to. God, but I need to and I reach for my cell phone, pulling up his number, my thumb hovering over the ‘send’ button.

“I can’t do this alone,” he says, and fuck, neither can I.

I grip the phone, stare at him onscreen as his scene, his glorious Golden Globe scene, plays out, and hell, what do I do?

“What do you want, Sean?” I ask him, but he’s already walking away, every line of his beautiful body a study in exhaustion and finally, I can breathe.

When the phone hits the far wall it doesn’t even leave a dent, doesn’t even crack. Like me, it finds a way to hold together, somehow.

Date: 2006-01-16 12:23 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] makamu
Oww, beautifully awful!

Date: 2006-01-17 04:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Oh, I'll take that as a compliment. Thanks for reading! ;)

Date: 2006-01-16 02:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lab-jazz.livejournal.com
What a sad, sad story...you write so well

Date: 2006-01-17 04:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed, despite the sadness, ;)

Date: 2006-01-16 06:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] magnifica7.livejournal.com
Oh, excellent! I really could hear the voices in my head!

Date: 2006-01-17 04:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
I'm glad to hear that! Thanks so much, ;)

Date: 2006-01-16 06:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] govi20.livejournal.com
A beautiful, tragic story!

Date: 2006-01-17 04:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it, ;)

Date: 2006-01-16 06:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] halszka.livejournal.com
Oh why it's so so sud story. Viggo's filing , his uncertainty's.. is wonderful written. Thanks for coming back with that fandom. I've miss you.

Date: 2006-01-17 04:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Thank you so much! I've not been to active here lately, but I'm still in love with these two, thanks for reading! ;)
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Date: 2006-01-17 04:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
I know, the stubborn thing, that's how he had to have it. *pokes lonely Vig with cell phone* ;)

Date: 2006-01-16 08:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] caras-galadhon.livejournal.com
Ow. My goodness. I quite like how you've used the filmed scene here -- well integrated, and a bit of a surprise after those first few paragraphs. Poor Viggo. I want him to call Sean so badly! *flails* ^_^

Date: 2006-01-17 04:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Thank you! I hoped the film scene would work and wouldn't be too obvious in the beginning. I'm glad to hear it was a surprise, and yes, stubborn Viggo! I want him to call Sean too, *flails with you* ;)

Date: 2006-01-16 10:56 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] ribby.livejournal.com
Oh, yeowch! But wonderfully yeowch. And I love how you set this up--the realization of what's actually going on comes as a surprise, and makes it even more painful! But ow, poor thing...

~Kris

Date: 2006-01-17 04:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Thank you! Glad you liked even with the yeowch. *g* Glad the little twist came as a surprise, I was hoping it would. Thanks for reading! ;)

Date: 2006-01-17 11:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brigantine.livejournal.com
Gah, looking frantically around for the "Part 1" sign. Gah! *adds to flailing*

Date: 2006-01-18 03:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
No other parts so far, but I'm glad you enjoyed this one! Thanks for reading, ;)

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