Because there’s no backspace in real life… – AtoTheBean – Star Trek RPF [Archive of Our Own]

Chapters: 19/20
Fandom: Star Trek RPF
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Chris Pine/Zachary Quinto
Characters: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto
Additional Tags: Epistolary, Texting, they make bad choices in person, getting reacquainted, Old Friends, not everything in the past happened like they thought it did, Pinto de Mayo 2018, bi-phobia, extensive use of found images, awkward and inappropriate questions, Discussions of sexuality, Slow Burn, like really slow not in the same room or even country much of the time, thank god for mobile devices, Coming Out, Confessions, Angst, Loneliness, gratuitous use of poetry, awkward sexting, zach makes texting errors, friends to lovers? sort of?, gratuitous Pinto nods, Friends to Lovers, for real, Chris wears glasses, serious talks, planning for the future, massage, sex
Summary:

One bad decision can put a friendship in a tailspin. But maybe that’s okay if it means you finally start really talking (texting). About the past… and about the future.

Chapter 19 is up!

Because there’s no backspace in real life… – AtoTheBean – Star Trek RPF [Archive of Our Own]

Muses are fucking fickle things

ato-the-bean:

So, this happened in comments for Premieres between me and @seepunkrun…

Punk: Yep, that blowjob is still super hot, and I still have lots of feelings
about their feelings for each other. Especially that moment on the phone
when Chris wants Zach with him now so they can go inside and have dinner. ❤

Me: Yeah, I like that moment when Chris wants Zach there *right now*…
And now I’m wondering what that first trip out was like. How awkward
was it when Zach first showed up, and how quickly did it melt away?
Damn. And I really need to finish Cleaving…

Punk: This time through, I was wondering about how that first trip went,
too–do they fall back on their friendship even though it feels filled
with awkward potential now, or do they try to kiss hello and it’s weird,
or is it not weird and they get a little carried away and the dogs are
still in their crates in the entryway and they have to put kissing on
hold to deal with life first or do they just go ahead and get all the
way carried away, first, before they deal with everything else. I have questions.

Me: I know! Poor Cleaving boys… stuck in that hot tub, hard and getting
wrinkly while my muse is all “but would the Premiere boys fuck the first
night? Or would it take longer?” Muses are fucking fickle things. At
least if I decide I have to write this, readers of Cleaving already
know the ending is happy. I’m not being THAT cruel. But those poor
wrinkled prunes of newlyweds… do you think hardons get wrinkly if
they’re in the water too long?

And then I said, because I have no self-control:

Oh my god, I had the same question yesterday–thinking about that Pinto cockwarming story and wondering if Zach’s dick was going to get all wrinkly from spending an hour in Chris’s mouth. It would have to, right? It’s just skin. Oh no, wrinkly dicks. Those poor boys.

They’ve got to be getting frustrated too, on the edge like that for
months, getting wrinkly and hot and in sight of the bed after a long
day. I’m a bad writer-mom.

Six(ish) Sentence Sunday (NSFW)

More from Cleaving Chapter 7

“I regret nothing. Last night was fantastic. It felt so good to be with you again. If I blush around your mom for a few days, it’s all worth it.”

Zach couldn’t help but respond with a sweet kiss that turned inviting and then heated. And now when he moaned, Chris didn’t hold back at all. Fuck it felt absolutely decadent to have a day to themselves where they could just savor each other. And part of him wanted to take Chris apart right there, but then again, no need to hide behind locked doors.

“Come on,” he whispered. “Let’s go take a shower. There’s no drought, and no one to walk in on us.”

Chris didn’t even answer. He just smiled and grabbed the bottle of lube and walked — a little stiffly, Zach noted with a smile — naked across the hall, giving Zach a gorgeous view. He followed Chris, unable to keep his hands to himself, kissing him languidly as the water warmed. Once the room started filling with steam, they opened the glass door and moved under the water, rotating first so Zach was under the water, then Chris, and finally ending up with Zach pressed against the wall and Chris on his knees and fucking christ it was even better than last night. Chris had two fingers in him, and was swallowing him down with such enthusiasm he was repeatedly hitting the back of Chris’ throat. He was far too close to losing it, and that’s not what he wanted this morning.

“Come here,” he said too softly, tugging at Chris’ hair to make the mind-blowing mouth stop for just a second. Chris looked up, question in his eyes.

“I want you.”

Six(ish) Sentence Sunday

From Cleaving 7 (and ICYMI, here’s a NSFW mood board for the first half of the chapter):

“Come on, baby. Let me,” Chris said, tugging at Zach’s jeans and briefs, rotating him toward the edge of the bed, pushing him to sit — which was a very good idea considering where this was heading and the fact that Zach couldn’t feel his knees. “Then you can take as long as you want with me. Until you’re ready again.”

Falling back on his hands, Zach didn’t even try to do more than nod as Chris knelt to remove Zach’s clothing and toss it aside. He dragged fingertips up the inside of Zach’s calves, applying gentle pressure when reached the knees, encouraging Zach to spread them and let Chris kneel closer.

Really, who was he to argue when Chris seemed to have his heart so
set on making him come before his own pants were even off? Sensing his
victory, Chris slowly pushed Zach’s knees apart and licked a stripe up
his cock. Zach groaned and collapsed back onto his elbows, resisting
the pull of gravity just enough to be able to continue watching Chris as
he met Zach’s eyes and took his cock in his mouth.

Mood board Cleaving Chapter 7 Pt1