Few Words Wednesday

rabidchild67:

EEEEEEEEEEEEE

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“Hey, shh, it’s going to be all right,” Zach said. He held Chris’s head cradled against his shoulder, his hand
lightly resting on the back of Chris’s neck. He traced small circles on Chris’s
back with the fingers of his other hand; it was all oddly soothing.

Chris brought his hands up, palms on Zach’s chest, and
pushed off. Zach still held on, hands resting lightly on Chris’s arms. “Feel
better?”

Chris couldn’t take his eyes off Zach’s lips as he spoke.

“You shouldn’t keep stuff all bottled up inside,” Zach went
on. “That’s what my mom always said, but she never got shoved into a locker by
a basketball player, you know what I’m saying?” He chuckled for a moment, but
something in Chris’s face made him stop. “What? What is it?”

Chris closed the distance between them in a rush, the kiss
going a bit wide (“Aw, you shanked it, Chrissy!” he could hear Katie’s
voice chiding him in his head), but he quickly recovered. Zach’s lips were warm
like he remembered, and he tasted like toasted marshmallows and beer.

OMFG! Yes! Yes! YES!

*bangs hand on table like Meg Ryan faking an orgasm…except mine isn’t fake*

Holiday Post, Chapter 11

rabidchild67:

Fandom/Pairing: Pinto

Rating: Explicit

Tags: Holidays, slow-build, friends-to-lovers, implied incest (among OCs), pining

Word count: Chapter: ~3,900; Work: ~29,000

Story Summary: A year in holidays, Pinto-style. This story will be updated the day after each holiday in the coming year: Christmas, New Year’s, Valentine’s, Easter – you get the idea.

Chapter Summary:

Filming
of Star Trek Beyond wraps and Chris can’t wait to go home. Unfortunately,
something forces his hand.

Read it on the AO3:
Chapter 11
Full Story

I just want to offer props to rabidchild67, who has posted an enormous amount of fic this weekend. I love RC for it, despite the condition of our collective hearts.

Few Words Wednesday

rabidchild67:

Guess who’s over her writer’s block and is working on the next chapter of CoTF?

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Zach chewed on his thumbnail waiting for the call to go
through.

“Yello!”

“Matt? Did I wake you?”

“Naw, it’s almost 8:00. I’m on my way to the gym.”

Zach was disappointed, “Oh, you’re back in New York?”

“Yep! But not for long though. I got that role I auditioned
for, so I’m moving out there in a week.”

“Really? That’s cool.”

“Don’t sound so enthused, man.”

Zach picked at the tear in the knee of his jeans. “Sorry, I
am. I was just hoping to have someone to talk to right now.”

“What’s up?”

Zach looked out through his windshield at Chris’s house; he
was sitting in his parked car and hadn’t left yet. He watched as the light in
the living room switched off; Chris was probably going to bed. In the distance,
the sky was beginning to lighten as the sun rose. Zach sighed.

“Is it that guy?” Matt asked. “Chris?”

“Yeah,” Zach said morosely, sinking down into the driver’s
seat. Matt made sympathetic noises. “He’s dating his co-star now.”

“I’m sorry.”

“I mean, he’s got every right to, I have no claim on him. We
had two dates and fooled around a grand total of once.”

“It doesn’t mean you can’t be hurt though. You really liked
him.”

He liked him a lot; he’s not quite sure what to do with the
intensity of his feelings for Chris sometimes. “Yeah.”

“Look, I know you’re trying to be a good friend to him now
and everything, but maybe you need to dial that back. Unrequited love is only
romantic in fiction, man. In real life it’s kind of pointless and
self-destructive.”

“Yeah, I suppose,” Zach said reluctantly.

“What?” Matt asked, clearly picking up on it.

“I’m kind of in love with his kid now too. I can’t just cut
it off.”

“Well, it’s you or him if you ask me. What’ll you choose?”

OMG I’m so excited.