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sweet little wishes (and sweet blue dreams)
lost, alex/richard, r, 730-ish
post finale, estab, reset, written for
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kickaboutheartAlex walks down to a free concert by the water on a gray afternoon. She disappears into the crowd, finds a spot where she can see, digs the toes of her boots into the cool gravel, and looks toward the sky. There's thunder overhead and Alex closes her eyes and prays that it will rain.
Richard promised her there'd be rain here, but a month goes by and there's hardly a drop. It's dry season as it is, and the man on the news keeps calling it unprecedented, keeps promising another beautiful sunshiney day.
Alex hates him for it.
"Patience," Richard will say, his fingertips brushing her hair to the side, lips finding her bare shoulder.
She leans against him, gives a slight nod. "I know," she says. And after all, each day in this life is better than what was in the last one. She remembers how things were before. How they all went wrong, a bullet to the head when her father makes a choice. But not this time. Richard's made sure of that.
The bearded man on stage quietly strums the first few notes of a tune Alex thinks she recognizes and pauses to say something into the microphone about the rain gods up above. He sings his song and the skies open up like somebody was listening, like a trade for the show.
Alex stays for the entire set, feeling the heat of the rain-drenched crowd, watching the steam rise into the air when they move with the music.On her way out, she buys the bearded guitarist's cd at a table under a blue tarp, shoves the plastic-wrapped treasure into her soaking bag, thinks Richard will like it.
She takes the long way back to the apartment, steps in puddles, resists the urge to take a bus or hail a car. The rain stops for a while and Alex dries out underneath the shelter of a cafe porch, drinks a cup of tea, pulls the cd from her bag and examines the cover, pretends not to notice the young green-eyed man a few tables over, watching her. By the time she arrives at their building, the rain is falling once more.
Alex drops her bag by the door and finds Richard in the bedroom, fresh from the shower, his hair sticking out, fresh jeans still unbuttoned, a white t-shirt clinging to his yet dry skin.
"Got wet today," she says, slipping her hands around his neck, her fingers through his damp hair.
"Told you," he says, kisses her, slipping his tongue against the roof of her mouth. Alex groans slightly, uses his shoulders for balance and wraps her legs around him.
"Let's go upstairs," she says, throws her head back as he kisses her neck.
She hops down and Richard follows her through the apartment and out the door, chasing her up the stairs in his bare feet, Alex still in her boots.
Once on top, Richard catches her waist with both hands, turns and presses her against the door of the roof, the thick rain coming down in sheets now, soaking his shirt, falling onto their cheeks, making it hard to see. She can feel him hard against her stomach, gives a throaty laugh against his ear, kisses him, bites gently on his bottom lip.
She puts enough distance between them to push her wet jeans down to her ankles and kick them off with her boots, not an easy task, before reaching out to Richard's open fly, her fingers working to free him. Richard supports her when she wraps her legs around him and presses into her using his strength to keep them up, the slickness of two wet bodies making this a dangerous task.
Richard whispers something in a language she doesn't know and Alex remembers the first time she heard those indecipherable words. A day spent unprotected from the rainfall of the jungle, her back pressed against the trunk of a tree instead of a metal door.
She clings to the back of his shirt, lets him guide them, closes her eyes, and thinks of that day.
Afterwards, when they're dressed again and the rain has stopped, Alex sits tucked against him in a corner of the roof, fiddles with the loose threads at her knee, doesn't remember how her jeans got ripped.
"Do you miss it?" She asks him, something they never really talk about.
"Do you?" he says.
-fin
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Date: 2009-07-22 12:54 am (UTC)I love the way you write Alex, she always seems so real and normal and independent and idk just something about your characterization of her makes me like her even more then on the show.
And I love Richard looking out for her, making sure things don't go wrong like they did before.
This line especially is really beautiful
Richard whispers something in a language she doesn't know and Alex remembers the first time she heard those indecipherable words. A day spent unprotected from the rainfall of the jungle, her back pressed against the trunk of a tree instead of a metal door.
The connection between the rain on the island and finally the rain here and now is lovely. Plus that picture you paint of Richard just out of the shower? Yummmmm ;)
This is beautiful and the way you ended it is perfect, with that question.
You rock. <3!
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Date: 2009-07-22 01:43 am (UTC)I haven't written Alex in a dog's age. I mean really. A long long time.
Thanks for reading.
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Date: 2009-07-22 01:16 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-22 01:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-22 02:24 am (UTC)First off, getting this out of the way:
Alex drops her bag by the door and finds Richard in the bedroom, fresh from the shower, his hair sticking out, fresh jeans still unbuttoned, a white t-shirt clinging to his yet dry skin.
Dear god thank you for that mental image *smirks*
I love the theme of the rain here. It ties everything together so neatly and beautifully (I can't help it -- I like weather being mentioned in fic, it's this whole atmospheric thing). The interaction between these two is awesome as well, and feels so very real, especially with the last two lines, the way it ends in a question, a bit unfinished you know?
Wonderful work as always!
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Date: 2009-07-22 02:44 am (UTC)Yeah the pic looks like a rainy day so I worked that in. I'm kind of a sucker for that sort of thing too. I'm glad it worked.
And yeah, it is kind of unfinished. I really should write more of this pairing.
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Date: 2009-07-22 02:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-22 02:50 am (UTC)Also, eta: The moment I wrote it, not read it.
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Date: 2009-07-22 03:23 am (UTC)I'm not a huge fan of Alex/Richard but I do love Alex and you made me fall in love with this fic and pairing. The idea of Alex as a 'normal' teenager is something I love to see, it's so different from the Alex we get to see. Your Richard was so youthful and vibrant too,very different but in a very good way. I love it - your characterization is perfect and this story was a great read. Thank you :)
*mems*
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Date: 2009-07-22 04:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-07-22 03:28 am (UTC)this made me miss them so much. this made me remember how frakking awesome this ship is. this made me remember how hot they are. yay! so good!
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Date: 2009-07-22 04:03 am (UTC)Hehehe. Thank you! I miss them too! Maybe this has inspired you to write them again? Heheh. They are so totally hot. Thank you!
*twirls you*
♥!
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Date: 2009-07-22 04:20 am (UTC)Eh, maybe. Ii feel like such a writing slacker. I need to write th Harper's Island Shane/Kelly and the Epitaph One Zone/Mag fic before I can think about naything else.
*twils you back*
<3333
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Date: 2009-07-22 04:23 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-07-22 04:18 pm (UTC)So glad you liked this! :)
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Date: 2009-07-22 06:44 pm (UTC)I need to write more of this, I need to READ more of this, too! I loved your choice of words, your PLOT, dude, that rocked too :D And I just generally love your Richard/Alex and how their relationship is in this. I also love how you ended it a little "darker" than the rest of it :) Great job!
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