eternalsojourn

Hello! I'll start by saying I have no idea how much I'll use this account, but I will back up all of my fic here.

Why should you care? Well, I don't know. Maybe you know me from my Livejournal activities, from Archive of Our Own (AO3), or from Twitter (or even Tumblr). My username at all of those is also eternalsojourn, just to keep things simple.

Feel free to add me to your circles, and if you'd like me to add you back, just drop me a comment. I don't bite, I promise. Well. I don't bite unless you like that sort of thing. I'm very amenable.

Wait, what?

If you have no idea who I am or what I'm talking about, sorry. I kind of jumped in the middle there. Here's the short intro to me:

• I'm a writer of fanfic


• I'm exclusively in the Inception fandom at the moment


• My stuff is largely NC-17


• I write slash with rare exceptions — if you don't like gay porn, you probably won't like my stuff


• This account will be pretty much exclusively fic postings

So that's it. Once Livejournal is up and running again I'll backup all my fic here.

I don't know how long ago the a/e match was, but since then I've been contemplating a sequel to that cheating fic I wrote which would explain more fully Arthur's situation. Here it is a year+ later, but if you've kept up with my little personal saga, you're probably aware I've had a preoccupied year. (Excuses, excuses.)

The original To Kiss Fingerprinted Skin (Part One) fic is at: LJ or AO3

Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Arthur/OC, Arthur/Eames
Word Count: ~7000
Warnings: Infidelity (Arthur is cheating on his longtime partner with Eames), angst, lots of OC (David, Arthur’s partner)
Summary: Feeling trapped in an untenable relationship, Arthur struggles to figure out a way forward when all he wants is to be with Eames.
A/N: Although this fic could technically stand on its own, it’s truly a follow up to the first fic in which Eames is laid bare and Arthur’s intentions are unclear. This is Arthur’s point of view.
Beta: night_reveals

( To Kiss Fingerprinted Skin )

My fic posting has slowed down somewhat. I just posted a reincarnation story for neomeruru's beautiful artwork for i-reversebang, and I'm pretty sure that's my last commitment for Inception fandom. Actually, it's probably my last commitment for any fandom for a good long while.

I will probably still work on some of the fics I have in progress, and continue to post those as they leave my fingers. I just don't think I have it in me to commit to anything in particular fandom-wise. I'm still on twitter, still on tumblr, still hanging around LJ and AO3. But I do believe it's time to strike out and work on some original works.

The past year and a half has been incredible for me. You guys inspired me to start writing, and with the help and encouragement of many, I've tried to stretch my wings a little to attempt things like the big bang and an actual mystery. The porn has been fun, and I will continue to write it into my stories, I think, but it's time to challenge myself further.

TL;DR - I'll sporadically produce more Inception fanfic, but not participate in fests or anything. I'm still around, and still up for flailing over all manner of things, but it's time to start writing my own original work.

This was originally written as a commentfic for dremiel’s International Kissing Day post. It's pretty thoroughly fluffy, and for some reason I feel I need to apologize for that more than when I write violence or hardcore porn.

Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Word Count: ~1900
Warnings: None
Beta: night_reveals
Summary: Arthur and Eames hook up, then drift apart. Arthur returns, and Eames is a little slow on the uptake. Basically, this is my ode to Riomaggiore, La Lanterna, and my OTP.

( Riomaggiore )

I'm pretty sure this is Ashley's fault again. I don't really remember much except that I was a bit drunk and writing something else entirely (bottom!Eames) when this seemed like a good idea instead.

Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Word Count: ~2700
Warnings: None
Beta: night_reveals, who reads all my shit even when she's not in the mood, because she's the bestest forever and ever, amen.
Summary: Arthur kisses then fucks his projection of himself while Eames gives instructions from the sidelines, the end. Or, if you prefer the longer, thinkier, more descriptive version, read on.

( Tapping Arthur’s Subconscious )

So after the (apparently) surprising darkness of my big bang, we are back to our regularly scheduled shortish PWP. This time with pirates.

Rating: NC-17
Word Count: ~1900
Warnings: Noncon/dubcon, homophobia, typical pirate violence/tropes. Though I refer to Arthur as a “boy”, I don’t think of him as underage any more than I think of Elizabeth Swan or Will Turner as underage.
Beta: night_reveals
Summary: This is a pirate AU where Arthur is an aristocrat’s son and Eames is a pillaging pirate. Eames steals Arthur’s virtue, his father’s jewels, and though he doesn’t know it, Arthur’s stifling future.

For Ashley, whose lovey-drunkenness is inspiring, touching and just ridiculous enough to encourage things like this. Ashley, I’m sorry there isn’t more of Commodore Norrington in this, but I put more than a dash of the spirit of adventure in it for you.

( Pray for a Stiff Wind )

Title: Make it Mean (Link to Master Post)
Author: eternalsojourn
Artist: sin_repent
Rating: NC-17 for sex, graphic violence, torture (committed by main characters), strong language, description of past non-con, ambiguous ending, possible main character death, and probably something else inappropriate for minors that I’ve forgotten
Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Beta: night_reveals
Word Count: 16,761
Warnings: See Rating

Summary: An alternate universe of a kind, in which Mal’s death alters everyone’s course of action before the events of Inception. A senseless act of violence pushes Cobb out of his life’s course, and as a result Arthur and Eames both miss their opportunity to enter dreamshare. They meet anyway and head down a decidedly bloodier career path as assassins. Along the way their shoulders brush with what might have been.

AO3 Post here.

Art is embedded but you can also view on sin_repent's journal here.

Author’s Note: My eternal gratitude goes to sin_repent for this incredible art, which simply blew me away. I feel incredibly privileged to work with her as I’ve admired her work since I entered this fandom. And as always, none of this would have happened without the endless patience, gentle (and not-so-gentle) prodding of my beta, night_reveals. And a special shout-out to both achaostheorem, whose constant moral support is invaluable, and metacheese, who helped me wrap my brain around wrangling an honest-to-god plot.

( Make It Mean - Part One )

Title: Make It Mean
Author: eternalsojourn
Artist: sin_repent
Rating: NC-17 for sex, graphic violence, torture (committed by main characters), strong language, description of past non-con, ambiguous ending, possible main character death, and probably something else inappropriate for minors that I’ve forgotten
Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Beta: night_reveals
Word Count: ~16,800
Warnings: See Rating



Summary: An alternate universe of a kind, in which Mal’s death alters everyone’s course of action before the events of Inception. A senseless act of violence pushes Cobb out of his life’s course, and as a result Arthur and Eames both miss their opportunity to enter dreamshare. They meet anyway and head down a decidedly bloodier career path as assassins. Along the way their shoulders brush with what might have been.

LJ Part One
LJ Part Two
AO3 Post here.

Art is embedded but you can also view on sin_repent's journal here.

I wrote this thing in what amounted to an online porn party, where chaostheorem, nightreveals and I all wrote our individual fics for asunder's Facial Fest over at dreamwidth. I must say, writing porn is better in a party environment.

Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 1286
Warnings: None
Summary: Cobb is a cockblocker, Arthur is gets a faceful, and Eames gets a little more than that.
Beta: nightreveals

( Five Weeks )