fic: Reading (Faeries' Landing, Pain/Charon, PG-13)

[misura.livejournal.com]

Title: Reading
Author: misura
Rating: PG-13 for implied clothlessness
Warnings: None.
Summary: Things found in libraries.
A/N: A shortie. Set in the same AU as 'Gossip' and the two fics I wrote for February 29th.


"Looking for a book, eh?" the King repeated, taking in the situation at his royal leisure while absently sucking on his pipe.

"Indeed," said Charon, gathering the shreds of his dignity around him for lack of something with a bit more ... substance, such as, say, his official robes which Pain had left who knew where.

"Naked?" asked the King, his tone implying a slight royal confusion.

"It was a special book, your highness," put in Pain, with a wink that would send half the palace gossiping about the Prime Minister and the Royal Inspector having the kind of sex-life that required manuals, while the other half would be busy digging through the palace library.

"Were you successful in locating it?" was the next royal inquiry, to which Charon replied with a hasty 'yes!' at the same time Pain said 'no'. Charon grimaced; Pain grinned unrepentantly.

"I see," said the King at last, after a pause that lasted long enough for Charon to think of at least twenty very, very unpleasant things he was going to do to Pain. "I suppose I'll leave you to it, then. Good day."

"Oh, I'm sure it will be," replied Pain, seeming blissfully unaware of Charon's thoughts.

("Just think about it for one moment," he said later, back in Charon's rooms, with Charon's robes lying neatly folded on a pillow and Pain's clothes scattered over the floor, "it'll give us the perfect excuse to go snooping around wherever we want, whenever we want. We'll just let everyone believe we're having incredibly outrageous and outrageously incredible sex - which we are, anyway, so we won't even be lying. I don't see why you're making such a fuss over this.")

Comments

[cairnsy.livejournal.com]

Heh. I really do adore these two together, their personalites mesh in the most interesting ways and what results is fabulous little fics like this. You nail all three of the characters perfectly, and it just makes me love them that much more. Thank you very much ^_^

(You are such a tease, by the way. February 29th is too far off for my liking).

[misura.livejournal.com]

Can it really be teasing if you already know the ending? (Besides, when I looked at my calendar this Sunday, I was rather thinking how quickly this month had gone by - with mixed feelings, it must be said.)

This was the last in the set I wrote - and also one of the last prompts I claimed. It almost ended up being a stand-alone, but then I decided that I might as well give Pain and Charon a reason for being in the library, and Cedric was it. (You may have guessed this already, but I have every intention of shamelessly exploiting this guy as a plot-device.)

[animegoil.livejournal.com]

*can't stop laughing*

Omg, Pain, yeah, I can see why you're not making a fuss about it. <3 It always works out to Pain's advantage. I want to see Charon denying Pain something like sex or, you know, just having the better hand for once ;)

[misura.livejournal.com]

Maybe next month, eh? *g* Naw, I think I kind of like Pain a little too much to ever put him at a real disadvantage, but ... now I'm thinking of them playing strip-poker and Charon having the better hand, almost-literally. And it still would be to Pain's advantage.

Thanks very much for commenting!