FIC: Canvas, VM/EW. PG-13. RPS.

[bibliotech.livejournal.com]

Title: Canvas
Author: Aralinde
Email: here
Site: Tooken
Pairing: EW/VM
Rating: PG-13.
Summary: Viggo’s hand on the back of his neck keeps him calm.
Disclaimer: This didn't happen, I don't know these men, it's a work of *fiction*.
Feedback. Oh, no, I don’t want feedback? Me? Want feedback? Why would I want that?
Notes: I love ViggoLijah. There's not much ViggoLijah out there. So I wrote some. Heavy on the angst.








“This is good,” Elijah says. Casual. Offhand.

What he really wants to say is “best thing ever” and “I love this, need this, want this”, but he doesn’t. That would be childish. And he’s no child.

**

Viggo’s hand on the back of his neck keeps him calm. Warm. Safe. And all those other ridiculous things that flash through Elijah’s mind as he smiles and waves at the nameless and faceless.

He wants to go home. He wants to be home, in bed. Feeling Viggo’s fingers trace outlines on his skin—“you’re a canvas for me”—and his mouth, warm and hot and wet, and fingers, deep—

Elijah bites his lip. And closes his eyes.

**

Sometimes when he wakes up, Viggo is already moving. In the kitchen. Or in the shower. It takes no time for Elijah to join him, wherever he is. Viggo doesn’t seem to mind. Fingertips spell out a greeting on his shoulder; thumb brushes across his chin.

Elijah doesn’t shave for days, to feel Viggo’s fingers drag across his face. Absentminded. Slow.

**

“I don’t know.”

“I do.” Viggo’s voice. Calm. As always.

Elijah looks up at him. “How do you know?”

“I just do.”

Elijah doesn’t respond. He just looks out and away.

Puts his hand in Viggo’s. Feels Viggo’s fingers curl around his.

Takes a deep breath.

Lets it go.

Comments

[silme711.livejournal.com]

O_o....awww! so beautiful and pure! there's never enough viggoelijah out there!

♥

[bibliotech.livejournal.com]

I KNOW! Someone needs to start a Viggo/Elijah community. Someone? Please?

[saturn92103.livejournal.com]

That was beautiful. I love me this pairing.

whee!

[bibliotech.livejournal.com]

Thanks! So do I, I'm addicted to it now :)

[ainigma.livejournal.com]

Viggo/Elijah is good for you, isn't it. ::nods::

Somehow, I circumvented most of the angst when I read this. Sorry. ::grins::

You've done a very nice job of showing, in small glimpses, how Elijah orients around Viggo's touch, uses it to get (and keep) his bearings. With that in mind, the first part might seem out of place, but a deeper reading will show that it isn't. When we learn that Elijah is a canvas for Viggo, know that this is about how Elijah responds to Viggo, and put that together with the title, we can see that the first part isn't Elijah reacting to Viggo's art. He's reacting to the relationship, to its tactile/sexual side. He wants to tell Viggo how great that is, how much he needs it, but he thinks that will make him look childish so he plays it nonchalant. (OK, I allow for a little bit of angst there. ::chuckles::)

I had a look in your LJ and discovered "Hope Springs Eternal". You haven't posted that to fellow_shippers yet, have you? I might have missed it, but if you haven't put it up here, you should.

As for the Viggo/Elijah community you mentioned before, it would indeed be a nice though likely small thing.

[bibliotech.livejournal.com]

You know what I love best about writing Viggo/Elijah? The feedback. Some of the comments made to these stories are just so...insightful, and...good. I'm amazed.

And I'm trying to go in order with my stories and only post one every few days so I don't spam any of the communities with constant posts. I'll probably post HSE today, though :) I'm quite a few stories behind, and that's not even counting the drabbles (which I usually don't post).

Yeah, I don't see a huge crowd of ViggoLijah lovers. We're an odd group. but I still really want a ViggoLijah group.

[ainigma.livejournal.com]

::chuckles:: Believe me, I do not feedback every Viggo/Elijah I run across, even as few as they are. I've read some horrendous ones. I only feedback when I mean it, when the fic prompts me to do so. Yours did. I'm glad you're happy with the result.

And your wish has been granted (http://www.livejournal.com/userinfo.bml?user=viggo_elijah). ::smiles::

[bibliotech.livejournal.com]

I saw that! I was so happy! Much squeeing in my house when I saw that. Joined, and posted something new (that was only in my journal. I wrote a V/E drabble yesterday, but I like to read over my stuff a little before I post it to LJ).

[silentescape.livejournal.com]

beautiful. :) and there really isn't a lot of viggolijah is there? i see viggo paired off with dom and orli more often than not. actually, i think this may be one of the first viggolijah stories i've seen. hmm. should start a sort of revolution or something. ;)

[bibliotech.livejournal.com]

lalejandra writes some GORGEOUS Viggo/Elijah. And I'm sure that vegetariansushi knows of other people who write good V/E that I can't remember. And this site (http://baranduin.us/rpslinks.html#Viggo%20Mortensen) has some V/E links, too that I haven't even finished reading.

Oh, and thank you :)

[azrhiaz.livejournal.com]

Nice. I particularly love the line about Elijah not shaving-- that deliberate seeking out of Viggo's touch, asking physically things he can't ask verbally.

[azrhiaz.livejournal.com]

Oh! And also-- I forgot to mention that my RPG, lotr_crimson, while on a current hiatus, has some gorgeous Viggo/Elijah interaction. The posts of the two of them interacting are in vividviggo's LJ, and crimsonelijah has some nice reflections about the two of them.

[bibliotech.livejournal.com]

I have to check that out. It looks interesting. I love reading RPGs.

[bibliotech.livejournal.com]

asking physically things he can't ask verbally.

Oh, I love how you worded that! Thank you :)