angelgazing: (jgl - bashful smirking?)
angelgazing ([personal profile] angelgazing) wrote2010-09-16 03:08 pm

fic - let the fun shine in - inception - arthur/eames

title: Let the Fun Shine In
fandom: Inception
pairing: Arthur/Eames (sort of. In a gen sort of way)
rating: Way less horrifying than dead mothers, Disney.
words: 1500
summary: The team turn into Care Bears for a job, and no one's life is as hard as Arthur's.
warnings: Crack. So, so much crack. And moving things that should not move.
notes: So [livejournal.com profile] aredblush drew adorable Inception ponies, and I said, "Next is CARE BEARS, right?" And then she drew Arthur and Eames as Care Bears. It brought me so much joy, I had to write this to make her post it. You're welcome. Now, blame her for this insanity. Thanks to [livejournal.com profile] musesfool for the beta. I'm just going to... go hide now.

Now with more adorable art by [livejournal.com profile] aredblush.


"Awww," Ariadne says, hands pressed together in delight, for something like the seven billionth time.

"You planned this, didn't you?" Arthur asks, coolly, glaring to the best of his ability. He tightens his arms around the neck of Bethany Reynolds as she spins in another wide circle and very nearly knocks his head into the high bedpost. He keeps glaring at Ariadne and Eames, using them as a fixed point so he doesn't get dizzy.

"No," Ariadne tells him, pressing her hands over her mouth in ill-disguised glee.

"This is so much better than anything I could ever have planned," Eames adds, rubbing at the giant print of a smiling sun on his belly. He leans forward from his perch on the dresser top, and Arthur hopes he falls. "Honestly, Arthur," Eames adds, voice filled with hopefully faked wonder, "this may be the single greatest day of my life, and I'm including the time in Berlin with the strippers and six pounds of Swiss chocolate."

"You guys are assholes," Arthur tells them, kicking his feet as Bethany spins again. This was so not better than Berlin.

"Jesus, Arthur, watch your mouth." Cobb pokes his head out from under the bed just to glare at Arthur. "I swear, one more time and I'm starting a swear jar."

"Asshole," Bethany says, laughing high and bright and loud. "Asshole, asshole, asshole."

Arthur should maybe feel bad about that, but it's sort of the bright spot in his long and humiliating day. Eames is howling in laughter, on the other side of the room. Bethany dips them low and presses a smacking kiss to the top of Arthur's head.

"Jesus Christ," Cobb mutters, before his head pops back out of sight.

Arthur makes a face, before he can stop himself, and Bethany laughs again, just as high-pitched and ear-drum-shatteringly loud. "You're so funny," she tells him, and pulls him into another hug that would be bone crushing if he had bones. Arthur pats her back awkwardly and tries not to squirm.

"No, really," Ariadne says, and—because she is a terrible person with all the soullessness of youth—smiling wide enough to make her look demented, "I didn't realize incepting foul language into a four-year-old was part of the job. Arthur, quit being a bad influence."

Eames looks like he'd probably be in tears from laughing so hard if he were capable of it. Arthur hasn't seen him this happy on a job since Yusuf found a scientific need to repeatedly tip over Arthur's chair. "I don't know, maybe if he teaches her a few more, Cobb will stop asking us to babysit."

"I'll just shoot you," Cobb says, muffled. He has one small, light blue foot sticking out from under the dust ruffle.

"Really?" Arthur asks, not really hopeful, as Bethany holds him at arm's length and eyes him in consideration. Arthur's entire professional career has consisted of taking one for the team, but he's pretty sure the way she keeps looking between him and the array of tiaras sitting on her book shelf could very well be the last straw.

"Not you," Cobb says, and rolls a pink crayon from under the bed. "You would have to stay here for another three hours. Real time." Arthur hopes he gets attacked by a wayward dust bunny.

"Look," Arthur tells Bethany, in the slightly-less-than-serious adult voice he'd been forced to master in order to carry on a conversation with James over the merits of washing his hands. Cobb was probably still bitter about how much better Arthur's methods worked in that regard, actually. He pushes her fingers away when she tries to tickle him under the chin. "I think Ariadne would really like to play with your princess crowns." He leans forward as much as he can within her tight grip. "She's feeling lonely, and needs a friend to play with."

"Oh," Bethany says, stopping suddenly. Arthur's eyes widen in fear. "We should have a princess tea party to cheer her up!"

Eames actually tumbles off the dresser top and onto the rocking chair with the force of his laughter.

This job was supposed to be easy. It was an almost legitimate job for some previously high ranking military dreamshare official who wanted to extract the location of his husband's new boyfriend's apartment from their daughter. Arthur never thought he'd see the day when they were working seedy custody battles, but apparently the desire to turn the entire team into Care Bears was too much for Ariadne to resist.

Arthur fears for the days when Cobb will have to deny his actual daughter something she wants.

"Arthur wants to be a princess," Eames insists, when Bethany tucks Arthur under her arm with a grip around his neck. He kicks out uselessly, and Eames and Ariadne cackle. Because they are assholes.

He is going to kill every single one of them. As soon as he has fingers to pull the trigger again.

Bethany laughs again, like Eames just told the best joke ever. Eames is beaming right back at her, even when she picks him up and carries him across the room by his arm. "You're so silly," she tells Eames, as she sits them around the Barbie play table. "He can't be a princess, he's a boy." She sits Arthur and Eames in the same chair. "He's blue," she adds, like Eames is an idiot.

Eames makes an unhappy noise, which doesn't go at all with his Funshine persona. "Now, Bethany, gender stereotyping doesn't make anyone happy in the end. Just because Arthur is blue doesn't mean he can't be a pretty princess, too." Bethany pauses, holding Ariadne to her chest and rocking her like a baby. She looks at Eames like he makes sense, and Arthur elbows him. It doesn't stop him, of course. It never does. "It's unfair to deny him the right to become whatever he would choose because of the way that you see him." Eames adds with some amount of finality and good cheer, "Perhaps inside, Arthur is a much prettier pink that our Ariadne."

"So Arthur can be a princess?" Bethany asks, head tilted to the side, like she's thinking very hard about the concept. Arthur kicks Eames really hard under the table where she can't see, but doesn't argue the point.

"Arthur can be whatever he chooses," Eames says, wrapping a fuzzy yellow arm around Arthur's neck. "Anyone," he says, correcting himself, "can be whatever they choose."

"Wow," Cobb says, peeking out from under the bed again, "we're just incepting all willy-nilly now."

Arthur looks at him in horror. "Did you really just say willy-nilly?"

Cobb, of course, is unrepentant.

Eames tsks at him. "We are performing a valuable service on the future of society, Cobb," he defends, and tightens his arm around Arthur.

"I want to be a princess, though," Bethany says, with a look on her face like she would like to stomp her foot but realizes she isn't supposed to. Ariadne looks comfortable where she's delicately cradled in her arms.

Eames tilts his head in consideration and pokes Arthur in the eye with is fuzzy ear. Arthur pushes him back by his heart-shaped nose. "I would like to be a pirate."

Bethany drops Ariadne in her sudden excitement and steps over her to make her way back to Arthur and Eames. It makes Arthur feel oddly better. "I want to be a pirate, too! I want to be a pirate princess!"

"An excellent career choice," Eames tells her, still beaming. He presses a kiss to Arthur's cheek. "We'll need eye patches," he says, very seriously.

Bethany claps her hands. "Okay! I'll find them and then we can go find the treasure under the X!" Then she proceeds to open what has to be an endless toy box and pull items out one by one, tossing them over her shoulder as she rejects them.

Ariadne climbs up into the low chair opposite of Arthur and Eames. Cobb finally emerges from under the bed, covered in dust and clutching a crayon-drawn treasure map.

Arthur glares at Eames, who is the personification of Webster's definition of smug. "I am going to kill you."

"You love me far too much for that," Eames insists. "Look, we're made for each other. I'm the sunshine to your gloom." He pats the raincloud on Arthur's belly.

"I hate you a lot," Arthur tells him, batting Eames' hands away and crossing his arms in front of his chest. "I want a divorce."

"There is no divorce in Incept-a-Lot," Cobb says regally, climbing up in the last chair at the table without a hint of a smile.

Arthur groans, at the pun and the renewed horror of his entire life.

Ariadne just raises a Beauty and the Beast style teacup with both hands in the direction of Arthur and Eames. "Cheer up, emo kid. It's your wedding day!"

"So, so much better than Berlin," Eames says, sighing happily and leaning into Arthur's side.

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-09-16 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
:D

THANK YOU, AGAIN.

[identity profile] aredblush.livejournal.com 2010-09-16 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
♥_________________________♥
I STILL HAVE NO WORDS! MY HEARTEYES WILL HAVE TO SPEAK FOR ME!

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-09-16 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
::hugs::

YOUR ART IS SO MUCH CUTER, THOUGH. SO, SO MUCH CUTER.

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[identity profile] suffire.livejournal.com 2010-09-16 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I wish to have more of this crack!!! It is most wonderful~~

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-09-16 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL You are way too kind. Thank you! :D

[identity profile] therandomgirlie.livejournal.com 2010-09-16 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
SLIGHTLY SLEEP DEPRIVED RIGHT NOW. WILL COME BACK TOMORROW WHEN I CAN ACTUALLY COHERENTLY EXPLAIN JUST HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS FIC :D

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
Awww, I hope you got some sleep! I'm glad you liked it. :D

[identity profile] foxxcub.livejournal.com 2010-09-16 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
THERE IS NO DIVORCE IN INCEPT-A-LOT

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[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
THEY WOULDN'T WANT TO MAKE THE KIDS SAD. NOT EVEN ARTHUR. MOSTLY.

:D

[identity profile] inception-crack.livejournal.com 2010-09-16 09:24 pm (UTC)(link)
A++++++++ WOULD LOL AGAIN

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
LMAO! Thanks! I do love good grades when I don't have to do homework to get them. :D

[personal profile] starkdependant 2010-09-16 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
THIS WAS DELIGHTFUL.

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
THANK YOU! I'm really glad you liked it!

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
:DDD

Thanks for commenting!
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[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it.

Ahahaha. I... may find it hilarious when my nieces start repeating swear words. Oops?

[identity profile] archerstar.livejournal.com 2010-09-16 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
:DDD
ext_63688: (Pushing Daisies: *hearts*)

[identity profile] taurenova.livejournal.com 2010-09-16 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
♥_♥

That is all.

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 01:36 am (UTC)(link)
HEE! Thank you!

[identity profile] wanderlight.livejournal.com 2010-09-16 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
HOW IS THIS EVEN POSSIBLE?! SO AWESOME. ♥

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
I... would like to blame drugs or alcohol, but I was sadly sober, so... INCEPTION. INCEPTION MADE IT POSSIBLE.

♥ Thank you!

[identity profile] quadratur.livejournal.com 2010-09-16 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL, oh god, this is pricelss. I was laughing so hard while reading. Absolutely priceless. You're the best!

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! I... tend to be the only person who thinks I'm funny, so I'm really happy to know I make someone else laugh. You know, on purpose.
ext_52148: image of bombardier plane with my name on it (bjork)

[identity profile] bluebombardier.livejournal.com 2010-09-16 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)

♫ LEEEEEEEEET THE FUN SHIIIIINE ♫ LEEEEEEET THE FUN SHINE IN ♫ THE FUUUUUN SHINE IIIIN ♫

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
LOL I have already been yelled at for getting that song stuck in someone's head. OOPS. :D

[identity profile] zeto.livejournal.com 2010-09-16 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I think this sums it up nicely: "Cheer up, emo kid. It's your wedding day!"

I <3 this so much.

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not gonna lie, like, half this story was so I could get Ariadne to tell him that. LOL

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it.

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[identity profile] melawen-c.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
This is truly the best fandom ever... even the *crack* is brilliant!!! *boggles*

I have so much unashamed love for this. ♥ ♥ ♥ :D

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
I swear, I wrote things that were not complete crack or ridiculousness before this fandom. IT DOES SOMETHING TO YOUR MIND!

LOL Thank you! I'm glad one of us is unashamed of this. ;)
remula: (Default)

[personal profile] remula 2010-09-17 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
THIS IS SO ADORABLE! ♥♥♥

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 01:44 am (UTC)(link)
HEE! Thank you! :D

[identity profile] knowmydark.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
:dies laughing:

So wonderful, bb! ♥

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! I'm really glad you liked it! :D

[identity profile] hackthis.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
"Arthur can be whatever he chooses," Eames says, wrapping a fuzzy yellow arm around Arthur's neck. "Anyone," he says, correcting himself, "can be whatever they choose."

"Wow," Cobb says, peeking out from under the bed again, "we're just incepting all willy-nilly now."

Arthur looks at him in horror. "Did you really just say willy-nilly?"


At this exchange I started wheezing uncontrollably and didn't stop for quite some time. THIS IS PURE AWESOME. \o/

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
Willy-nilly is so much worse to teach a kid than anything Arthur could have!

:D Thank you! LOL I'm glad you liked it.

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[identity profile] dakunut.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
THIS.
FOREVER.
AND.
EVER.
AND.
EVER...

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
:DDD

THANK YOU.
FOREVER AND EVER.

I'm just going to... stare at your icon for a while now.

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[identity profile] trziarre.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
Arthur fears for the days when Cobb will have to deny his actual daughter something she wants.

That line makes me want a fic where Phillipa and Ariadne gang up on Cobb to get what they want.

I wish I could leave you a review telling you how much I adore this cracky piece of awesomeness, but I can't see for laughing and I must now go out and buy my daughter a bunch of care bears. (Do they still make those? I don't know, but I haven't seen any in years.)

I <3 this.

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
Hee! I call not it on that story!

I might be writing the one where Cobb decides to practice his parenting skills on Arthur, so Arthur asks like a sullen teenager in retaliation, though. Complete with hoodie and bad posture and loud music and only answer Cobb in monosyllables grunts and eye rolling. ::coughs:: You know. Maybe.

LOL I'm really glad you liked this! :D Thanks so much for taking the time to comment.

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[identity profile] kataren.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
I don't even know where to start heaping the truckload of praises. Fingerless Arthur, wanting a divorce on his wedding day, while his-cup-fucketh-runneth-twice-over Eames is giddily happy with his roly-poly love. ♥_____♥

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
Aw, thank you so much! :D It's always nice to inspire hearteyes. LOL I'm thrilled you liked it!
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[identity profile] chaoticallyclev.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
My stomach actually hurts a little from all the laughing. Completely killed me at the end. "Cheer up, emo kid. It's your wedding day!"
♥♥♥ *explodes*

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry your stomach hurts, but really glad you liked it! :D

Thank you!
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[identity profile] zoi-no-miko.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
INCEPT-A-LOT.

YOU WIN THE INTERNET. <3

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
LOL Thank you! :D

[identity profile] snarkyducky.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 06:10 am (UTC)(link)
i lost count of the number of times i cackled and snickered loudly in glee.. thank you so much for sharing this ♥!!!!!

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 07:02 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you so much for commenting! I'm really glad someone who isn't me laughed at my jokes! :D

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