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rec502005-11-27 03:37 pm
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Unlucky At Pinochle + Greetings From Planet Seth
My Table.
Claim: The OC, Seth/Ryan
Title: Unlucky At Pinochle
Author:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
wearemany
Characters: Seth/Ryan
Prompt: Humor
Rating: R
Length: Medium
Brief summary: Seth loses a bet, and has to make out with Ryan for two minutes. Video cameras are involved. Heh.
Seriously, though, this story is brilliant - it's inspired by the video that went around a few months back, of the two boys making out on the bed while assorted girls squealed in the background. It's clever and the dialogue snaps, and it's also a perfect explanation as to why Seth and Ryan would actually make out to begin with. Half of it is from Seth's POV, the other half from Ryan's, and it's so in-character and funny.
+ "I admit that my pinochle game is slipping a bit."
"You lost a bet?"
Seth nods, big puppy eyes and an apology on his lips. Seth is good at apologies, which is good because he's always got a lot to apologize for.
"Again?"
"I swear, I had no idea what would happen if I lost."
+ Seth gasps into his mouth and then someone's hauling Ryan away, yanking him back from the brink of something, of somewhere else they almost went. Someone else they almost were.
"That's time," says the skinny boy from the door. He's laughing loudly, like a hyena with braces, and he pinches Ryan's cheek before letting him go, standing him up on shaky legs.
+ "Hey." Seth is glad they're not going to talk about it, because what do you say about something like that, about a bet-slash-dare-slash-bad-idea of such epic proportions. You don't, that's what you do. Or don't. You don't say anything, not even about how those were the longest two minutes ever or how when you got home and you jerked off you came so hard you passed out for a little while and woke up talking about yourself in the second person.
Link to the story: Unlucky At Pinochle
Claim: The OC, Seth/Ryan
Title: Greetings From Planet Seth
Author:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-syndicated.gif)
amerella
Characters: Seth/Ryan, Ryan/Theresa
Prompt: Angst
Rating: light R
Length: Long
Brief summary: I sometimes wonder ifamerella is Seth Cohen. The way she writes him just flows so perfectly, it's absolutely amazing. This is a post-s1 AU, and Seth goes to visit Ryan in Chino with Theresa. I love the way she portrays Theresa, in this fic - seen through Ryan's eyes, it seems like she can hear everything that Seth and Ryan aren't saying - it has a very sad tone to it.
I also love how everyone in this fic knows that everything should be *different*, but none of them are quite sure how to get it there.
+ The day Ryan finds out that Seth's back, he wakes up with Theresa's toes cold at the back of his knees. He hits the alarm off and allows himself to stare at the wall for five minutes only and then he gives her cold feet a squeeze goodbye. She rolls over, away from him, still asleep. Her mouth is open a little and he does love her, but at work, dust in his eyes, his forehead sweating unbearably hot beneath the hard-hat, he thinks of Newport, and of being seventeen.
+ "Seth looks at you when he's talking to me," Theresa says once Seth's gone and the hush buzzes loud. Ryan always takes a shower after work but he hasn't had one yet, and he's dirty, he's tired, and Theresa's either acting pregnant for the fist time, or she's right.
"No he doesn't," Ryan replies mechanically.
"Yes he does," Theresa says.
+ He doesn't go to her this time, doesn't take her into his arms. He hates himself for it, but he can't. Instead he spills out onto the step for a cigarette. The air outside smells musky and tangy like woodsmoke and then nicotine when he lights up, and sort of like his father. Ryan remembers quite suddenly that when his mom used to start in on his dad, his dad would get very, very quiet and say, "I'm going out for a smoke," and he thinks his heart stops, for a second.
+ Seth looks like he's going to burst into tears at this, maybe. Looks close to implosion. Like he doesn't know what to do with himself. All of the sudden his feet are off the dash and he's leaning across the car and they're kissing. Or Seth's kissing Ryan, but then Ryan's lips part because it's his best friend, it's Seth, and he's open to him, always, and then they're kissing each other.
Link to the story: Greetings From Planet Seth
Claim: The OC, Seth/Ryan
Title: Unlucky At Pinochle
Author:
wearemanyCharacters: Seth/Ryan
Prompt: Humor
Rating: R
Length: Medium
Brief summary: Seth loses a bet, and has to make out with Ryan for two minutes. Video cameras are involved. Heh.
Seriously, though, this story is brilliant - it's inspired by the video that went around a few months back, of the two boys making out on the bed while assorted girls squealed in the background. It's clever and the dialogue snaps, and it's also a perfect explanation as to why Seth and Ryan would actually make out to begin with. Half of it is from Seth's POV, the other half from Ryan's, and it's so in-character and funny.
+ "I admit that my pinochle game is slipping a bit."
"You lost a bet?"
Seth nods, big puppy eyes and an apology on his lips. Seth is good at apologies, which is good because he's always got a lot to apologize for.
"Again?"
"I swear, I had no idea what would happen if I lost."
+ Seth gasps into his mouth and then someone's hauling Ryan away, yanking him back from the brink of something, of somewhere else they almost went. Someone else they almost were.
"That's time," says the skinny boy from the door. He's laughing loudly, like a hyena with braces, and he pinches Ryan's cheek before letting him go, standing him up on shaky legs.
+ "Hey." Seth is glad they're not going to talk about it, because what do you say about something like that, about a bet-slash-dare-slash-bad-idea of such epic proportions. You don't, that's what you do. Or don't. You don't say anything, not even about how those were the longest two minutes ever or how when you got home and you jerked off you came so hard you passed out for a little while and woke up talking about yourself in the second person.
Link to the story: Unlucky At Pinochle
Claim: The OC, Seth/Ryan
Title: Greetings From Planet Seth
Author:
amerellaCharacters: Seth/Ryan, Ryan/Theresa
Prompt: Angst
Rating: light R
Length: Long
Brief summary: I sometimes wonder if
amerella is Seth Cohen. The way she writes him just flows so perfectly, it's absolutely amazing. This is a post-s1 AU, and Seth goes to visit Ryan in Chino with Theresa. I love the way she portrays Theresa, in this fic - seen through Ryan's eyes, it seems like she can hear everything that Seth and Ryan aren't saying - it has a very sad tone to it. I also love how everyone in this fic knows that everything should be *different*, but none of them are quite sure how to get it there.
+ The day Ryan finds out that Seth's back, he wakes up with Theresa's toes cold at the back of his knees. He hits the alarm off and allows himself to stare at the wall for five minutes only and then he gives her cold feet a squeeze goodbye. She rolls over, away from him, still asleep. Her mouth is open a little and he does love her, but at work, dust in his eyes, his forehead sweating unbearably hot beneath the hard-hat, he thinks of Newport, and of being seventeen.
+ "Seth looks at you when he's talking to me," Theresa says once Seth's gone and the hush buzzes loud. Ryan always takes a shower after work but he hasn't had one yet, and he's dirty, he's tired, and Theresa's either acting pregnant for the fist time, or she's right.
"No he doesn't," Ryan replies mechanically.
"Yes he does," Theresa says.
+ He doesn't go to her this time, doesn't take her into his arms. He hates himself for it, but he can't. Instead he spills out onto the step for a cigarette. The air outside smells musky and tangy like woodsmoke and then nicotine when he lights up, and sort of like his father. Ryan remembers quite suddenly that when his mom used to start in on his dad, his dad would get very, very quiet and say, "I'm going out for a smoke," and he thinks his heart stops, for a second.
+ Seth looks like he's going to burst into tears at this, maybe. Looks close to implosion. Like he doesn't know what to do with himself. All of the sudden his feet are off the dash and he's leaning across the car and they're kissing. Or Seth's kissing Ryan, but then Ryan's lips part because it's his best friend, it's Seth, and he's open to him, always, and then they're kissing each other.
Link to the story: Greetings From Planet Seth