#eames just wanna see arthur smile okay

[thenwhatthefukcisthis]

so,

I love the kick scene. The cheeky smirk, the exasperated look, the dangling legs and steady foot hovering near the unstable chair and how mr. zimmers music gives the perfect drop to create one of the most visually satisfying scenes ever.

but.. I also like the immediate line which precedes it.

from the beginning of the movie, we get to see snippets of how arthur is well and truly done with Cobbs shit and the unpleasantness it brings. he knows cobb can potentially sabotage the entire mission, and being the pointman, he needs to ask the important questions, he needs to know how they all wake up. But here, he brings up the previous mishap. while arthur really doesn’t need to add the part he got shot by cobb, he says it anyway..

Is it anger? Is it frustration? Or is it both? Is it both of those and also cause he’s hurt?

that wasn’t the first time arthur was killed by either of his best friends, and even though it comes as some sort of twisted mercy from cobb, it still stings. He hides it as much as he can but he’s only human. it’s not easy to gloss over the fact that despite not being able to kill his own projection, cobb is always ready to kill his only friend who dropped everything and ran away with him. he doesn’t show remorse over it and even here, when arthur does mention it, the most cobb manages is an exasperated eye roll. it’s all arthur will ever get from dominic “one apology” cobb.

eames sees this. he sees thru the brittle anger and fragile frustration and sees how hurt arthur really is. eames also knows that he can’t interrupt and may be try giving a cobb piece of mind or acknowledge arthurs pain, both eames knows that Arthur wouldn’t appreciate. So he goes with one thing he has always been good at in getting Arthur to relax a little.

Distraction. tried and tested and confirmed over the years to get an exhausted arthur to smile, a scared arthur to chuckle, a stressed arthur to smirk, a worried arthur to snort or a sad arthur to give a fond eye roll.

and it works. the moment is stolen from cobb and eames can’t help by smile at arthur levelling him with a lovable bitch face. It’s not perfect, and may be a poor substitute for a hug that eames really wants to give, but he knows he has made arthur tear himself from a bad memory and look at eames with a promise of some laughter.

#each scene of this goddamn movie is so well made #and made to ship arthur and eames #my darlings #eames just wanna see arthur smile okay #inception #arthur x eames #dreamhusbands #arthur and eames #headcanon..ish?

[dreaminghigher]

are you still taking prompts for a/e-fanfics? if yes i'd like to ask for number 14 :) i really enjoyed reading your fanfics!! You're great!!!

Yep. Thanks dear

I actually had two prompts lists going around, so I assumed you sent about this one lol

Prompts list. Send me a prompt :)

*

Eames hates her. No, really. He does.  

Her name is Ariadne. She's a junior, 17, one year younger than him. Class president and on the math club, and the drama club. And, most importantly, she's Arthur's best friend. They do all school projects together, always sit at the same table in lunch. Damn, half the times they as much as walk through the halls they're glued to each other's hips, chatting like the gossiping maidens that they envision themselves as.

And, perhaps the worst part of it, she's in love with Arthur. Eames knows this because he sees the way she smiles at Arthur, the way she blushes when she talks to him, the look in her eyes when she's with him, which is the exact same look on Eames' own face everytime Arthur so much as fucking breathes.

Eames very much hates her.

Except she actually has a chance with Arthur. It's so fucking unfair, but she does, of course she does. She's everything. She's pretty, she's smart, she's funny, talks to the right people, is kind to everyone, and she knows Arthur. She actually knows him. She's his friend, and she's on the same drama club and sits at his table and makes him laugh and Arthur knows she exists, not like Eames, the bloody football jock that Arthur never seems to give a second thought about.

From the table in front of him in class she leans close to Arthur and whispers something that makes Arthur laugh, easy and carefree, dimples in full display as he leans and whispers something back. Eames really fucking hates her.

She feels the weight of his stare and looks back at him. And when she notices it's him she flashes him a sweet smile, like the perfect human being that she is.

Eames glares for all he's worth.

She frowns at the ice in his stare and turns back around. Eames feels shitty for being rude, feels shitty for feeling shitty, and represses the urge to scream.

*

From the moment Eames transferred, back in sophomore year, Eames has been in love with Arthur. And, from the moment Eames transferred, back in sophomore year, Arthur has proceeded to not give a single fuck about him.

Wel, not from the moment precisely. Perhaps about fifteen minutes later.

The very moment Eames transferred he was the new kid moving here from the UK, who was lost and could use a little help getting around. And Arthur was the brilliant, gorgeous kid who took a look at his schedule and smiled and said, hey, I think we're on the same class, and proceed to offer to show him around the school. Eames said yes right away, perhaps a little over enthusiastically, and he's embarrassed but Arthur just smiles and leads the way. The whole time Arthur has a faint blush on his cheeks, and is holding a backpack stripe pretty hard, and whenever Eames catches his gaze Arthur smiles a little, like something small that belongs just to Eames and Eames has the ludicrous, exhilarating thought that this is actually the start of something brilliant.

And then Arthur mentions the clubs Eames could choose to join and Eames has to, of course he has to stick his foot in his mouth and say that "anything but the drama club should be fine," even though the drama club sounds awesome, because he doesn't want to look like a fucking geek, because he wants Arthur to think he's cool, and Arthur has to ask, carefully, "why?"

"Because, it's stupid, innit? Bunch of condescending geeks trying to out ego each other and blow their own dicks."

And Arthur obviously answers "of course you'd think the drama club is stupid. You can go for the football try-outs over there, try not to bully anyone on the way, or trip and lose whatever brain cells you have left," because Arthur is the fucking producer of the plays for the drama club, because he cares a lot about this, because he's had a lot of problems with sports jocks before and Eames sounded like his next nightmare, not that Eames knew at the time. And Eames would never, ever be the kind of asshole to be cruel to Arthur because of his hobby, or to call him a fag or mess with his things or be a general bully, but Eames is new, so he doesn't get that that's what Arthur is thinking and doesn't defend himself.  

So Eames doesn't know and he just sees Arthur completely shut down and he shuts down too, is cold right back at him, all through the next weeks, and by the time he finally understands and apologizing crosses his mind he sees Arthur laughing with this girl at lunch, stealing food from her plate and smiling and being happy, and Eames feels so completely out of place that he doesn't have the guts to say anything.

*

So, yeah. Eames hates her. And he doesn't think she's best friends with anyone else at the football team to be honest, so he really has no clue why she's sitting in the bleachers during practice later that day. But then again, she lives in an aura of sunshine and rainbows. Maybe she's just genuinely confused why Eames, or anyone, really, would glare in her general direction and wants to clear things up. And, now that Eames thinks about it, she is exactly the kind of person who would seek him after class to know if she has done anything or if everything is okay. Eames resigns himself for a conversation he really doesn't want to have.

But he's not a coward. Much. So when they have a break he grabs his bottle of water and after only a mild panic he makes his way over to her. She immediately puts her backpack on her other side to make room for him, so he sits down and starts drinking his water. They're both looking at the field. Eames chugs down most of the bottle before she actually says anything.

"I know you don't like me. I do. But I just, I don't think I ever did anything to you? So, I mean, if it's-"

"Ariadne, it's fine-"

"No, listen, if it's anything I'm doing you could tell me. I just wanna know what your problem is-"

He thinks about saying it. 'I'm in love with Arthur.' Simple and quick. 'That's my problem.' Thinks about what her face would look like, about fucking getting this off his chest, about telling someone who knows the feeling, thinks about not having to lie so much about it.

He sighs.

"Ariadne."

"Sorry, that come out harsher than I meant. It's just, you're not like this, you don't do this to anyone else so it has to be me but I haven't done anything to you so why."

'I'm in love with Arthur,' he thinks.

Quick and painless, and she'll leave you alone.

"You haven't done anything. It's not like that."

"But it has to be something, right? Damn. I'm not your enemy here. I just want to solve this before it could escalate because I seriously have no fucking clue-"

Quick and painless, right?

"I'm in love with Arthur." He says, before he can talk himself out of it. "I don't like you because you get to be close to him, which is something that I can't have."

Fuck.

What the fuck was he thinking?

His heart is trying to beat right out of his chest. He's ready for anything, he tries to tell himself, he is, for a screaming match, for condensation. For disgust. He can take it, he can. But he still doesn't expect the complete silence, or the moment it gets broken by Ariadne letting out a giggle.

"God. Seriously?"

Eames feels his cheeks heat.

"Listen, I don't need you fucking laughing at me-"

"No, wait, Eames, it's just. Jesus. Arthur thinks you hate him."

Eames feels his blush deepen, out of anger, embarrassment, a suffocating combination of both.

"Arthur doesn't know I exist, it's not the same thing."

Ariadne looks at him with a small, sad smile. "Of course he knows you exist. But he really thinks you hate him, it embarrasses the shit out of him."

Eames doesn't know how he's supposed to process this.

"But." He starts "Why would he think that?"

Ari shrugs. "He was rude to you on your first day. He said he thought you were one of those brainless jocks, and by the time he realized you weren't a bully and get straight A's he had been super rude and was too embarrassed to apologize."

Eames looks down, plays with the cap on the water bottle for a moment.

"I was the one rude to him actually." He says. "About the drama club. Which I actually would have loved to join. I didn't have the guts to apologize."

Ariadne looks away, shakes her head a little.

"That was over a year ago. Did neither of you ever hear of talking to each other?"

There's something sad about her. Like she's talking to him but her mind is a little elsewhere. Eames knows the feeling.

"You're in love with him." He points out, doesn't quite make it into a question.

"Yeah," she answers anyway.

He takes a deep breath.

"If you still want to join the dra-" she starts, at the same time that he says,

"If you're gonna give me some-"

They both stop. She gestures for him to go on.

"Listen," he tries again, slower this time, "if you're gonna give me some kind of cautionary tale about how I should stay away, trust me, I get it, so you should just spare us both the trouble-"

"Why the fuck would I do that?"

Eames pauses.

"...you're in love with him." Eames finds himself pointing out again.

"Yeah."

Eames makes a gesture that is supposed to encompass that. She gives him a bare hint of a smile.

"I don't own him. I can't make his decisions for him." She looks away, pushing down a hurt that seems to be old for her. "I can't make him choose me," she says, and tries to shake out of it. "If you still want to join the drama club, you can. I don't think Arthur will mind. And everyone else too, they'll all be happy to have you there."

Eames just looks at her, feels a beat pass by in silence, and then another.

"Why would you help me?" He asks finally, small.

"Exclusively for my drama club interests." He narrows his eyes at her. She flashes him a grin "Because you seem like a cool guy, and we could actually use another member for the club. Even if you don't get a main part, we always need extras for the play, and people to build the sceneries."

He doesn't know how to answer that.

"Hey," she pokes him. "We’re in love with the same person. Friendships have been built on less common ground."

That actually gets a startled laugh out of him. He looks at her, and she smiles, and in that moment there's a quiet sort of understanding between them.

Sure.

It's gonna hurt.

They can't both get what they want. But they don't have to be enemies.

She stands up and grabs her backpack. "Practices are Tuesdays at three. Show up for the next one, okay? Arthur will like it. You'll have a space there, if you want."

"Alright."

"See you around, Eames."

"You too."

Just before she leaves, he calls her back. "Hey, Ariadne?"

She looks back.

"Thank you," he says, and finds that he means it.

She salutes him. It's melancholic. He doesn't think he looks much different.

"Don't be late on Tuesday," she says finally. "Good luck."

#arthur x eames #arthur/eames #inception #if you want me to continue this and actually get to the a/e let me know lol #even send another prompt maybe #prompt fills #Anonymous

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What are your top ten fave fics (or fic authors, since maybe all your fave fics are already on that poker pair list 😂)

oooooooo thats hard lmfao yeah ur right all my fav dgm fics are on that list lololol damn ten is a big number let’s see if i can do this esdrfg i’m gonna kinda chop and mix between the authors of my favourite fics and the best fics from my favourite authors, but i cant keep it to one fandom sorry lololol anD also i cant really ???? put them in a specific order???? lmao i love all the authors for their various styles and stories, but let’s see how i go ahahaha

1. Methoxyethane!! my bias!!!! she’s written the best porn i’ve ever read, ever and i can’t even say specifically which fic it was because, like. It’s tied between at least three lmfao. But!! if you’d like to read something from her id def recommend A Fish and A Bird as a place to start (or if you wanna go straight to the hard stuff, Hot like Magenta is… really fucking good. Like. really fucking good). (Voltron, Keith/Lance)

2. Hurryup because im STILL CRYING BECAUSE OF SHUTDOWN IT’S NEVER GONNA END OKAY I !!! LOVE !!!! THIS !!! FIC !!!!! (D Gray Man, Tyki/Allen)

3. surveycorpsjean im not going to lie and say ive read much, or even more than one thing, but Fresh Air (Mystic Messenger, 707/MC) changed my life okay it really did lmfao

4. gyzym from back in my Inception days - honestly it’s still a fact that Inception has the most consistently incredible fics as i’ve ever freaking seen in any fandom, ever. Like, i could probably fill this entire list with authors and fics that have changed my life and made me fall in love in so many ways, over and over, but if you want to read the best coffee shop AU in existence then look no further because it is I’ve Got Nothing To Do Today But Smile (Inception, Arthur/Eames)

5. rageprufrock because gyzym reminded me of Inception and i can’t NOT say Presque Vu because while Nothing to Do is the best AU in existence, this is such a perfectly canon fic that i literally just. it’s canon. it is. Everything about it is perfect and flawless and fuCk im. If you’re ever thinking of a reference to an inception fic and cant remember which, it’s probably Presque Vu. (Inception, Arthur/Eames)

6. tothemoon for literally everything. im not kidding, i mean it. everything. Every single fic i read was beautiful to a degree i cant even explain. It’s poetic, it’s profound, it’s deeply meaningful and just. Beautiful. I recommend On Lightning, On Luster or 35mm depending i guess on ur ship preference but like ??? it lit doesn’t even matter what u choose everything in their archive is perfect. (Haikyuu, Iwaizumi/Oikawa, Bokuto/Akaashi)

7. literally myself because i can’t keep choosing inception authors cause that’s not fair lol and if i didn’t love my own writing i wouldnt have this massive ego and also would probably be dead lmfao and of COURSE im going to say make it out alive because its my CHILD, okay, its my BABY. (D Gray Man, Tyki/Allen)

8. Scientia_Fantasia because [Fire Emoji x3] is wonderful. It beautifully tackles some really hard subjects and has amazing and perfectly represented trans and autistic characters, not to mention an age gap relationship which isn’t just shrugged aside as nothing big, but actually plays a large part in the development of the characters AND their relationship. (Kingdom Hearts, Axel/Roxas)

9. clandestine7 i really cant go past because Long Distance is, to this day, one of my favourite fics in the entire Free! fandom, it’s just. i don’t even know if it’s finished and it’s been two years since i touched free and this fic has stayed with me that entire time. Its just… fucking flawless. It’s beautiful. It’s wonderful. (Free!, Rin/Haru)

10. I wanted to choose something big for 10, and i was kinda stumped for a while cause I thought i’d already said all the authors i have a deep emotional attachment to lol. But looking at Long Distance again after so long pretty much opened my mind to all these memories of the Free fandom and how beautiful it could be. And i think, in that, the most beautiful fic i read not only in this fandom but in any - Phosphorite is to Free what tothemoon is for Haikyuu. A fucking poet who can bring you to tears not only from the emotion in their stories but the way they write it. Wind Waves was a large part of my life for a long time - i think it’s written in my heart, and I don’t know how I forgot it, but here it is. Something big. (Free!, Rin/Haru)

#shit how do i tag this lmfao #fic rec #author appreciation #klance #poker pair #tykillen #707/mc #arthur/eames #iwaoi #bokuaka #akuroku #axel/roxas #rinharu #sharkbait