PoT: Mirror Writing: Already Are

[branchandroot]

Fic post from my archive.

Already Are

Atobe watches Tezuka, and reflects. Drama, I-3

Keigo didn't have a great many examples to work from, yet, but he had come to the conclusion that Tezuka Kunimitsu never relaxed completely, even in sleep.

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[beckymarie.livejournal.com]

....dammit, okay. I may not have had the time to catch up on everything else, but TezuAto fic from an author I really like... well, like I'm able to resist shoving everything else aside for that.

..............poetry. Atobe reciting poetry to a sleeping Tezuka. There is no way that should have worked. And yet... and yet it was so perfectly in tune with Atobe's character that I fell in absolute love. The image of him murmuring the question of whether or not Tezuka knew what he was doing is just absolutely wonderful, because... well, hell, I wonder sometimes, too. And it gets at the heart of what makes me love this pairing so much. (The entire second-to-last paragraph just sent me into flailing fangirl mode, just... the right tone and pitch that I wanted for them.)

Plus, the images of the dream, vague but still carrying power to them, the little details of the differences and similarities of their approaches to their lives (which is REALLY fascinating to me, something I've loved about them since I started liking them--Tezuka and Atobe aren't exact copies of personalities, they're not even that similiar underneath, but... in certain slants, they have a lot in common, especially the way they keep themselves out and in front of their team, untouchable in their own ways, both leaders of their teams, all that) were really nicely worked into the prose, rather than the awkward infodump. I could see Atobe musing to himself as he watches Tezuka sleep like this.

I feel like saying, "Thank you for writing a Tezuka/Atobe fic!" is such a cliche thing to say, but... well, yes, this started my day out nicely, so thank you, no matter how cheesy that sounds. *grin* (Plus, OMG, explaining the Inui juice. Bwahahaha. ♥♥♥)

[branchandroot]

*beams* Thank you!

And you're very welcome, too.

*nods* That untouchability really is one of the reasons I think they could be good for each other. When I put them next to each other, the similarity of the problem and the difference of the coping mechanism jars each of them in... progressive ways, I suppose.

You know Atobe would die laughing over Inui Juice, evil creature that he is. ^_^

*hearts*