because the answer to "do you need a hug" is ALWAYS yes

[angelgazing]

There should be a snazzy intro here, but let's face it guys, the point would be this: CUDDLING. Every one needs cuddling. People love cuddling. I love cuddling. I think Arthur probably secretly loves cuddling. And you know Eames is a clingy bastard. Because cuddling is awesome! And everyone should get some cuddles. So, allow me to present:

The Multi-Fandom Cuddling Meme

~The Rules~

Stolen Adapted from foxxcub's super awesome kissing meme

1. All fic/art must including cuddling of some kind
   
2. All pairings, fandoms, rating, and genres welcome!
   
3. There is not minimum or maximum word count.
   
4. Be kind to one another ♥♥♥
   

Comment and share the love!

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Re: Allowed [inception, Arthur/Eames, 10/10, nc-17]

[persephone-il.livejournal.com]

There was going to be a scene where they went next morning for coffee and hashed out The Rules (during which Eames kept complaining and squirming, and Arthur kept being adamant but *wanting* to squirm) and Arthur thought how Eames was the best boyfriend ever and Arthur didn't deserve him, and then Eames cuffed him and told him to drink his disgusting coffee.

But it was long and I had homework, so I figured it was best to end it where it was. :D

Re: Allowed [inception, Arthur/Eames, 10/10, nc-17]

[airgiodslv.livejournal.com]

At some point when you no longer had homework, would you perhaps be open to flattery and/or bribery? :-)?

Re: Allowed [inception, Arthur/Eames, 10/10, nc-17]

[lordling.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, yes, I would love that scene to death.


:D? (<--this is a hopeful grin.)

Re: Allowed [inception, Arthur/Eames, 10/10, nc-17]

[persephone-il.livejournal.com]

:D! (Look at the thread, you may find something of interest. :p)

Well, I still have homework, but.

[persephone-il.livejournal.com]

The morning finds Arthur in a lesser state of coherence than most; or this is the excuse he uses to justify the fact that he may or may not have mumbled, "I don't deserve you," into the skin of Eames' neck.

Granted, the fact that he'd woken up to Eames' hand on him may have had something to do with both the mumbling and the general lack of coherence, but. Well.

"Make me breakfast, then," Eames says.

Arthur, too maniacally happy to actually call Eames an asshole, gets dressed, waits until Eames has a decent amount of clothes on, and departs in search of a decent coffee shop.

They find a place, sit down in a booth away from prying eyes. Eames uses his straw to doodle orange juice art on a napkin, which gives Arthur an idea. He pulls out a notebook and a pen and gives Eames a patient look until he pouts and puts his juice down.

"Yes, dear?" Eames says in his very best hen-pecked voice.

"I want to make a list," Arthur says, "of boundaries."

Eames mimes incomprehension.

"You know." Arthur lowers his voice, because he'd honestly rather not talk about his sex life – love life, whatever – in public. "What you're comfortable with me doing. What you'd rather not, what you actually like."

"Haven't we been over that, already?" Eames leans close. His voice, exasperated as it is, carries an unmasked fondness. "I'm yours, darling. Do with me as you will."

"I know that," Arthur says, although it kind of surprises him that he does. "I want to know what you like. What you enjoy."

Eames leers at him. Arthur works very hard not to burst into laughter.

"Seriously, though," he says, holding Eames gaze. "I want cards on the table." At Eames' mutinous expression, he adds, "Come on. You know lists make me happy."

He didn't actually expect that to work, but Eames says, "Hands off my cock, hands off my ass. Otherwise I'm fine."

Eames is very carefully not fidgeting, nor looking away. Arthur sympathizes. "So, like the last couple of weeks," he says, carefully.

Something blazes in Eames' eyes. He takes Arthur's hand in his, not forceful, but in a way that suggests force is entirely possible. "Not like that, no."

Arthur straightens as much as he can when Eames still has hold of his hand. "I'm listening."

Eames leans closer still, so that Arthur can feel his breath on his face as he speaks. "I don't want to have to think before I touch you," Eames says, softly. "I don't want to make diplomatic calculations every time I get near you. You are mine, and I'm allowed." He lets out a shaky breath and lets go of Arthur's hand. "That is," he adds, with a hint of bitter amusement, "if I'm not entirely wrong about this arrangement."

Arthur snatches Eames' hand back without entirely thinking about it. "You're not fucking wrong," he says. Then he blinks and rewinds through what Eames has just said. "Although if it means I have to cede my right to personal space..."

Eames rolls his eyes, and Arthur is relieved when he laughs at him, honest and a bit rueful. "Perhaps I could have put that better."

"Perhaps," Arthur allows, and Eames raises Arthur's hands to his lips and presses a kiss to his knuckles. The look Eames levels at Arthur then is so - affectionate, Arthur thinks, although there might be a better word hovering in the corner of his mind – that Arthur doesn't think before he blurts, "I think you're the best boyfriend ever."

Eames flicks his ear. "Drink your disgusting coffee, already," he says, and Arthur smiles until he thinks his face might split.

Re: Well, I still have homework, but.

[eaconwell.livejournal.com]

:) so sweet *adores*

Re: Well, I still have homework, but.

[persephone-il.livejournal.com]

*fic adores back*

Re: Well, I still have homework, but.

[cobweb-diamond.livejournal.com]

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

I SWEAR I WOULD READ TEN OF THIS EPILOGUE. AT LEAST. omg.

Re: Well, I still have homework, but.

[persephone-il.livejournal.com]

Why must you persist in making me blush so?

::blushes::

Re: Well, I still have homework, but.

[cobweb-diamond.livejournal.com]

oh my goodness i just read this again and A THOUSAND MORE ♥ TO YOU. is there any chance you write write a sequel to this ever? sigh.

Re: Well, I still have homework, but.

[persephone-il.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Would you prefer delayed gratification or a quick thrill?

Re: Well, I still have homework, but.

[cobweb-diamond.livejournal.com]

um, idk? whichever suits you better? <3

Re: Well, I still have homework, but.

[cobweb-diamond.livejournal.com]

ok actually i would prefer both.





.... i am a terrible person to have as a reader.

Re: Well, I still have homework, but.

[pixiebullets.livejournal.com]

I just want to tell you that I loved this whole 'verse so hard. LOVELY. ♥

Re: Well, I still have homework, but.

[persephone-il.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I've had a ton of fun writing it.

Re: Well, I still have homework, but.

[sirona-gs.livejournal.com]

OH GOD, OH MY GOD, I LOVE THIS SO MUCH.

/glomps epilogue to death

Re: Well, I still have homework, but.

[persephone-il.livejournal.com]

:))) Well, you did convince me it needed writing. Yay you!

Re: Well, I still have homework, but.

[snarkyducky.livejournal.com]

"You are mine, and I'm allowed." <-- this sentence is simply amazing..
♥

most lovely epilogue i've read in a long while. thank you so much.

Re: Well, I still have homework, but.

[persephone-il.livejournal.com]

I'm quite fond of that sentence myself, I confess. Glad you liked!

Re: Well, I still have homework, but.

[airgiodslv.livejournal.com]

YOU HAVE MADE ME SO HAPPY, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW. I just read this again the other day (for the...fifth time? Sixth?) and having this just makes the original story even more delicious. I love Arthur wanting a list of rules and boundaries, and Eames standing up for himself on what he wants and how he wants it, and both of them claiming each other. They're allowed. <333

All the hearts in the universe, seriously. Thank you for writing this.

Re: Well, I still have homework, but.

[persephone-il.livejournal.com]

They are! It's so much fun to write that, you don't even know. :D

Thank you for helping convince me write this!

Re: Well, I still have homework, but.

[99-mg-of-hate.livejournal.com]

I just read this and the epilogue three times because it's so gorgeous. I just want to keep this in a place so I can take it out to read it whenever I feel like it. The way Arthur approaches things is exactly as i would expect and Eames is just perfect. I am basically in love with this story. Every single word. ♥__♥

Re: Well, I still have homework, but.

[(Anonymous)]

I feel the need to inform you that you are an unequivocally wonderful writer, and every time I read more of this verse, I fall even more in love with your characterizations, writing style, and, you know, pretty much everything.

Re: Well, I still have homework, but.

[winter-rogue.livejournal.com]

this whole thing is really really beautifully and deftly woven together. i will totally be over there ------> getting misty eyed

Re: Well, I still have homework, but.

[five-of-five.livejournal.com]

I am still so very much in love with them! How are they so wonderful and adorable? HOW?! The laws of nature are being fucked with here and I don't care because natures needs a good fuck every now and then and I'm not even making sense *flails*

God, I just want to quote this whole thing back to you circled with sparkly hearts and rainbows. I just keep coming back to how much they love each other, how deeply that love runs in them and how they are just overcome by it in the best possible way. (I may be completely overcome by this love as well, just so you know.) They way you write them I can honestly hear Arthur saying things like:

"I don't deserve you"
Upon receiving morning handjobs and:

"I think you're the best boyfriend ever."
Because of how over-the-moon-in-love Eames is looking at him. And Eames would absolutely say:

"I'm yours, darling. Do with me as you will."
Because it's true!

There's an element of trust between them that just makes my heart clench in joy, despite all the shit they've gone through, they know that the other is solid and behind them all the way. Also, Arthur getting Eames to open up about what he wants because Eames knows how lists make him happy? YES PLEASE, I WANT THEM TO BE LIKE THIS FOREVER! *&hearts times infinity!*