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Herein, there be sap. ;)


Title: Taste of Happiness
Author: Archet
Pairing: Viggo/Sean
Rating: R
Summary: Sean wants something, Viggo doesn’t get it.
Disclaimer: this is fiction 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!




~*~



Green eyes regarded him warmly, and Viggo felt his resolve dissolving away faster than sand castles against the tide.

“Come on, Vig.”

“No.”

“Right, you know you want to. See it on your face, I can.”

Viggo exhaled loudly, exasperated, and dropping his head back on his pillow, glared . . . or at least tried to. Sean lay tucked against his side, lean body bare except for the glisten of cooling sweat that Viggo had worked on him a few minutes before, and who the fuck could glare at that?

“What you see on my face, is the tremendous satisfaction of having come long, and I might add, very fucking hard, in your ass.”

Sean snorted, eyes narrowing, and he moved away, but only far enough to snag his pillow. Rolling onto his belly he used the plush pillow as a support, wrapping his arms around it, chin propped on top of his folded hands. Again the warm regard, and Viggo sensed the plotting and maneuvering was truly about to begin.

“Don’t see why you’re so bloody well set against the idea.”

Viggo sighed, turned onto his side, ran his foot along the curve of Sean’s naked calf. “It’s crazy, that’s why.”

“Should be right perfect fit for you, then.”

Viggo hid the grin that threatened, skimmed his big toe across that sweet, incredibly sensitive spot behind Sean’s knee. A soft murmur and a tiny roll of the hips was his reward, and Viggo circled the spot with his toe, mercilessly gentle. Another roll of the hips a low noise from Sean, and Viggo’s grin surfaced and widened, smugly.

Sean shifted his leg impatiently under the teasing stroke. “Stop avoiding the issue at hand, Vig.”

Withdrawing his foot, Viggo offered, “I’m not avoiding anything.” He was interrupted by an indelicate snort. “I’ve already told you, I don’t want to.”

Sean licked his lips, grinning as Vig’s eyes automatically tracked the move. “If I recall correctly, you said as much about the caramel flavored body paint. Look how well that turned out.”

Heat thrilled across Viggo’s skin as he recalled Sean, his body trembling, glistening with sweat and golden tinted edible body paint as Viggo slowly, so very slowly, licked him clean. It should’ve been a sticky, ridiculous mess . . . but had turned out to be a gorgeous, delicious experience.

When Viggo came back to himself, Sean was watching him, practically smirking, green eyes gleaming. “That was different,” he objected.

“Hm, right.” Sean offered, relaxing down on his side of the bed on his pillow.

Viggo wondered suddenly just when the pillow and the left side of his king-sized mattress left his ownership and entered Sean’s. Like so much between them, it’d just happened, and only afterwards did it occur to Vig to wonder when and how. Quite a few things in his home belonged to Sean now, the pillow, the left side of the bed, three drawers of his dresser and a good third of his closet, the hammock out by the patio under the big oak . . . and several other things that had never belonged to anyone, except Viggo.

“How can you even--those are two diametrically different things, Sean. Jesus, what does the caramel body paint and flying all the fuck the way to London to see some soccer--”

Viggo stalled in the face of Sean’s supremely offended look.

Football. I meant to say football.”

Sean pinned him with another look, apparently having entered the realms of the deeply insulted. “Christ. Right. Fine. You don’t want to go with me, then bloody well don’t.”

The short, clipped response triggered something in Viggo, something that warned him they were in danger of passing out of Sean’s taking the piss-slash-cajoling Viggo into doing something he doesn’t really want to do territory, and into something more meaningful, serious territory. Then he realized Sean didn’t sound quite as careless as Viggo would've liked when he said he’d go to the match alone. The hell?

“Wait. You’re going alone?”

Sean shrugged, sinking down onto his pillow, eyes sliding away from Viggo’s. “Possibly. Sure. Why not?”

Viggo suddenly wanted to touch. To touch and work out where the playful piss taking had gone. To figure out why it was suddenly so important for Sean to get out of bed, climb on a plane, fly across a whole ocean in order to see something he could take in via satellite feed. Unable to keep his hands to himself, Viggo reached out, carded his fingers through Sean’s mussed, dark blond hair. The strands, still slightly sweat-damp, slipped and slid around his fingers like silk.

“That you want do to this, that you want to this when it involves unnecessary air travel leads me to wonder why you’re so damned hot to go. Not to mention getting out a perfectly good bed.”

Viggo knew he was on the right track when Sean’s gaze strayed just around his edges, avoiding looking him in the eye.

“Spill.”

“You’re daft. Who says there’s anything to spill?”

“I do. Now, out with it.” Viggo finger combed blond hair back from Sean’s face.

“Pushy bastard.” Sean grumbled, his startling green eyes slowly coming up to meet Viggo’s. “Was homesick, like. And I . . . rather thought, well, we’ve been all over your bloody mountains, hiking, camping, goddamned horseback riding, the whole lot. Just thought it’d been nice if we did something, fuck, I dunno. Would like to show you some of my home, I suppose.”

Viggo smiled at those last, quiet words, and something flared deep inside, warmly, like a match taking a spark. “Well, why didn’t you just say so?”

Sean’s expression blanked, then his grin started, slow and steady. Viggo grinned too, and he speculated if the look in Sean’s eyes was happiness. Their time together was so good, he tried not to speculate too much, too often, but just go with the flow. He tried not to, but does now, because he’s pretty sure Sean’s fairly pleased, if not something even stronger.

Sean’s open, infectious grin turned sly, and he licked his lips, an unconscious habit of his that never failed to garner every piece of Viggo’s attention. Viggo’s fingers slipped down to Sean’s nape, massaging gently before cradling the back of his head, urging him up from his pillow, to come closer. Their lips met, brushing together almost delicately, soft and warm before Sean opened and took Viggo in, and the kiss melted into something more, something deep and searching.

Sean reached up, pulling Viggo close, and somewhere in the rising current of heat and desire and that nebulous ‘something more’ that Viggo didn't like to speculate about, he thought fuck it, because yeah, this is something more. It was in his mouth and on his tongue, and Viggo smiled against Sean’s lips and thought that this was what happiness tasted like. This was what Sean’s happiness tasted like, and in the finding of it, Viggo tasted his own.



Date: 2006-08-23 04:27 am (UTC)
afra_schatz: (Vigbean Hug)
From: [personal profile] afra_schatz
The perfect thing to wake up to this story was because it put such a happy grin on my face. I love Viggo's stubborn almost-but-not-really whining and adored Sean and the subtle change of behaviour that made Viggo change his mind. Wonderful last paragraph.

Date: 2006-08-24 12:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
You were waking up to this, and I was going to bed on it! *g* Seriously, though, thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed this, Viggo's almost whine and Sean's subtle shift. They are such fun to write, thanks for reading! ;)
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Date: 2006-08-24 12:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Thank you so much! Footie may very well be the one, great constant in Sean's life....well, maybe there's a couple others in there too. *g* It's so cool that you found this tender and loving. That's really what I wanted, how I was seeing them and how I love imagining them. That that came through makes me happy!

*big squishy hugs for you* ;)

Date: 2006-08-23 04:51 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lab-jazz.livejournal.com
Love this line..

Viggo smiled against Sean’s lips and thought that this was what happiness tasted like.

Very loving story...I enjoyed it

Date: 2006-08-24 12:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
I'm so glad you enjoyed, thank you! This was a lot of fun to write, and I'm glad to hear you found it loving. That's really how I see my VigBean. Thanks for reading, ;)

Date: 2006-08-23 05:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] msdavidwenham.livejournal.com
Oh that was just so touching and amazingly beautiful. Viggo finally understanding why going to london is so important to Sean. They have such a touching and loving relationship.

Date: 2006-08-24 12:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Thank you! I'm really happy that you found this touching and loving, that's really what I wanted to show between these two, along with the teasing. Thanks for reading! ;)

Date: 2006-08-23 06:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fawsley.livejournal.com
. . . and several other things that had never belonged to anyone, except Viggo.
including his heart and sould, I think.

This was such a beautiful piece of writing to wake up to. Thank you for making my morning and for continuing to write such brilliant VigBeaniness. I've friended you - hope that is ok. I've been reading and loving your stuff for ages!

Date: 2006-08-24 12:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Oh, I'm glad this brightened your morning! Thanks so much, I do love the VigBean, and hope to continue to be inspried by them for a long, long time! Friending is great! I'm so glad to know some fo the things I've written has been fun and entertaining. Thanks for reading! ;)

Date: 2006-08-23 06:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hurinhouse.livejournal.com
I'm a lurker, have read all the tales here for a year or so, but have never posted. I had to come out of the woodwork to say that this... "This was what Sean’s happiness tasted like, and in the finding of it, Viggo tasted his own." ... is one of the most profound phrases I've ever read here. Excellent.

Thanks for sharing. Thanks to ALL of you for sharing.

Date: 2006-08-24 12:31 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
What a lovely compliment! That you so very much, I'm so pleased that this was able to touch you in some way. I'm really, mostly all about the sap, I'm glad it didn't seem overdone here. Thank you for taking a moment and letting me know you enjoyed this, and yes, thank you to ALL our lovely, talented VigBean authors! ;)

Date: 2006-08-24 02:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hurinhouse.livejournal.com
I might also add, in case anyone would care to know, that there've been times in the past I've wanted to review something I've loved here, but the author had the tool turned on that will show my url to them. I'm a bit paranoid about disclosing personal info, so I declined to go further. No offense given to those authors - totally their choice.

Date: 2006-08-23 06:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] elintirn.livejournal.com
I loved how this slipped from the playful banter mask to the real issue at hand so effortlessly. You showed Sean's insecurity and worry really well, with all the little twitches and the way he speaks.

A really lovely mixture of tenderness and humour and hotness(er, heat)!

Date: 2006-08-24 12:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Many thanks! This actually was meant to be a bit more playful and silly, but veered a bit toward more serious things eventually. I'm so pleased that you saw Sean's worry through the way I portrayed him, and that the tenderness and humor I was trying for seemed to come through. Thanks for reading! ;)

Date: 2006-08-23 07:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] liars-dance.livejournal.com
Another wonderful piece! Their characters so real and teasing, bickering and loving. This is just so how I see them - thanks so much for this! *hugs*

Date: 2006-08-24 12:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Thank you! It makes me very happy to hear you say they felt natural and genuine. I tend to see them very much as a teasing couple, always at each other (in more ways than one *g*) and bickering, but only because they care so much. I love that they seemed very real for you, *hugs!*

Date: 2006-08-23 09:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alex-quine.livejournal.com
Very strong sense of two characters in a mature and loving, but evolving, relationship. Many thanks for posting.

Date: 2006-08-24 12:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Thank you! I terrifically enjoy hearing that, that they felt mature and loving, but are still growing with lots ahead of them. Thanks for reading, and letting me know you enjoyed, ;)

Date: 2006-08-23 10:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stains-of-blue.livejournal.com
aww. loved it. utterly and completely. They are so cute. Hehe and Viggo being the girl when it comes to football. Brilliant. loved it. And now I gotta go on youtube and watch Sean's footie thing again.

Date: 2006-08-24 12:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
*g* Thanks! I'm happy you liked this, even with Viggo being so clueless about football. Thanks for reading! ;) Mmm...Sean at the footie match, he was gorgeous wasn't he?! *licks him*

Date: 2006-08-23 12:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cocoajava.livejournal.com
Men and football! I swear..... okay, not. This isn't the stereotypical men and football, and I'm very glad for that! A lovely piece to read with my morning coffee.

Date: 2006-08-24 12:19 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Hee! Thank you! Football and men, or at least, these two men, do seem to mix well together. *g* So glad you found these two un-sterotypical, entertaining and fun, I know I certainly do! Thanks for reading! *hugs*

Date: 2006-08-23 12:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mooms.livejournal.com
Arrived at LJ late today and was delighted to discover this ! Everything I would have said has already been said, so I'll just say I loved it, loved the way you wrote them and they came over as completely believable. This is my favourite kind of VigBean relationship and as many have already said, your last two sentences are beautiful !

Date: 2006-08-24 12:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Thanks so much! It's great to know that they felt and sounded genuine and real here. The last two sentences were actually the hardest! I kept at it until I landed on these two, and really liked them, I'm glad you did as well. ;)

Date: 2006-08-23 01:30 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] ribby.livejournal.com
What a lovely thing to wake up to! So very perfectly Sean and Viggo, and the little realizations (of Viggo realizing how much of his life he's sharing with Sean, of Sean realizing he can ask this of Viggo) make it ring so true and real! And *giggle* the football wasn't quite what I'd expected, so that's great!

Thank you--quite the perfect thing with my tea this morning!

~Kris

Date: 2006-08-24 12:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Thank you, Kris! I love that you thought this felt like them, and liked Viggo's slow realization of just how much of his life has become entwined with Sean. Hee! I wondered if anyone noticed the lead-up to the football, I did try to make it a little vague as to just what they were talking about. Thanks for reading, and letting me know you enjoyed! ;)

Date: 2006-08-23 04:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] brigantine.livejournal.com
This is adorable! I mean, not in that annoying making your pancreas cringe way, I mean in that manly friendship way.

“Spill.”

“You’re daft. Who says there’s anything to spill?”

“I do. Now, out with it.”


That says an awful lot about how they work things out together. I quite enjoyed this!

Date: 2006-08-24 12:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Oh, I think I know what you mean! Adorable is good, adorable's *great*, *g*. Glad you enjoyed this picture of them, I was all about the sap this time, ;) Thanks for reading!

Date: 2006-08-23 04:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sveta-111.livejournal.com
Wonderful, perfect story!
Thank you.

Date: 2006-08-24 12:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed, ;)

Date: 2006-08-23 05:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] helena-s-renn.livejournal.com
gorgeous imagery of sean here. i think we need the caramel body paint backstory! thanks...

Date: 2006-08-24 12:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Many thanks! If someone wants to jump in with a caramel body paint backstory, I'm all for it! *g* So glad you liked this, and the imagery of Sean, that was one thing I saw very clearly, I'm pleased it seemed to come across clearly too. Thanks for reading! ;)

Date: 2006-08-23 07:19 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] makamu
I really liked this: the slow gentle banter that seemed to fit both of them, these lines:

Like so much between them, it’d just happened, and only afterwards did it occur to Vig to wonder when and how. Quite a few things in his home belonged to Sean now, the pillow, the left side of the bed, three drawers of his dresser and a good third of his closet, the hammock out by the patio under the big oak . . . and several other things that had never belonged to anyone, except Viggo.

to illustrate how far the relationship has progressed already without their noticing and the current of unconscious commitment underneath it all. And stylistically speaking, you nailed both their voices :)

Date: 2006-08-24 12:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Oh, thank you! That the voices 'sounded' in character is great to hear, and I'm glad you liked how their relationship is deepening without either of them dwelling too much on that. They're just letting it happen, *g* Thanks for reading! ;)

Date: 2006-08-24 01:09 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] shalom
Great dialogue, nice capture of an intimate moment, and an amazing last line.

Date: 2006-08-24 01:50 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Thanks so much! I'm especiall happy you felt the dialogue was natural. That last line was actually the hardest to sort out until Viggo started thinking of 'tasting' Sean, then it was easy. ;) Thanks for reading!

Date: 2006-08-24 07:28 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rifleman-s.livejournal.com
"This was what Sean's happiness tasted like, and in the finding of it, Viggo tasted his own".

That was so beautifully expressed. Viggo's almost-surprise that "his" things had now become "Sean's" things and in the process "our" things was a lovely sentiment.

And their being able to almost read each other's minds and know how the other will eventually react and even knowing just how far to 'push' speaks volumes for their close relationship.

That was a wonderful episode . . . football and home to be shared with Viggo . . .

Date: 2006-08-24 05:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Thank you! Yeah, it's all kind slipped up on Viggo, though I don't think he'd change it for the world, how Sean and his lives have become and are becoming so interwoven. So glad you felt their interaction and responses to one another worked well. Thanks for letting me know what you liked, and for reading! ;)

Date: 2006-08-24 10:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] angiepen.livejournal.com
Nice. :) Silly men -- just saying what they mean never occurs to them, does it? [wry smile] Must be something in the Y-chromosome....

Angie

Date: 2006-08-24 05:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Thanks! Yes, terribly silly men, though they're getting better as they go along. *g* Thanks for reading! ;)

Date: 2006-08-24 07:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rotpunkt.livejournal.com
Absolutely beautiful.

Date: 2006-08-24 07:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Thanks so much! I really had fun writing them here, and of course, I do love my sap! *g* Thanks for reading, ;)

Date: 2006-08-26 06:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] halszka.livejournal.com
Wonderfull story. Wonderfull characters (specially Sean is, as always, my favorite). Thank you very much for this amazing work.

Date: 2006-08-27 01:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Thank you! (Sean is my favorite, too *g*) So glad you enjoyed this, I had a lot of fun writing it, thanks for reading! ;)

Date: 2006-09-22 10:20 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] farothiel.livejournal.com
Love the gentle teasing, and then the almost misunderstanding that sorts itself out so well, and I particularly love your descriptions - you manage to make even the smallest gestures come so easily to the imagination. Thank you.

Date: 2006-12-31 04:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] archet.livejournal.com
Yet, another terrifically late reply. ;P Thanks so much for letting me know what you thought of this. I'm really glad you felt it worked well, and came across vividly. Thanks for reading! ;)

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