FIC: Soft focus (1/1)
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vigorliTitle: Soft Focus 1/1
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crimsonsenya
Pairing: V/O
Genre: RPS
Disclaimer: This fic is entirely fictional. I do not know the persons described and I don’t claim to know anything about their sexual orientation.(Though I'd love to ;P.)
Summary: Pictures are all that Viggo has when they’re apart, pictures he took when they were together.
A/N: Inspired by pictures of Orlando Bloom taken during Toronto Film festival. The plot bunny came from these lines my Viggorli concubineromika wrote to me: “Viggo took these pics, he was proud to be the one to have ripped up that shirt from the trousers in the first place (Orlando SO wants to show everybody he wears that yellow shirt!) and where the "soft focus" comes from- you know they use Vaseline normally to get that soft style.”
Thank youkamaitachi_87 for the suggestions! Hugs and kisses to jazzyjean for beta! This ficlet is so much better with your help and thank you for teaching me what JBFed means ;D!
This is my first post here.
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There was crispness in the air that morning, a promise of cooler days of autumn ahead.
“Why do you always want to take pictures at the most odd hours? We could have stayed in bed longer, make a better use for that Vaseline.” A sly smile played at Orli’s lips. Viggo grunted behind the camera. He loved taking pictures of Orli, especially like this, tousled and glowering, slightly nauseous of too little sleep and too much drinking and fucking. The photographs he took every time they met were the only thing that could bridge the gap of thousands of miles of continent and an occasional ocean between them when they worked apart from each other. Viggo's most valuable possession was a collection of scrapbooks that he kept safely hidden in a box under his bed. The books were filled with pictures and articles on the young man, he was now again capturing on film.
Orli leaned on the concrete block next to him and yawned.
“I kept you all night from your beauty sleep, didn’t I?” Viggo grinned and snapped one more photo before Orli could compose himself in a pose he usually presented for the photographers. Still, no matter how much Orli posed, there were some parts of the real Orli left, lurking determinately under the surface, and those fragments always made his poses look somewhat affected and forced. It was also the reason Viggo cherished certain pictures of him, candid shots, like the one in Sean’s book, where Orli and a friend were sitting on a bench in New Zealand. There were also a few pictures he had managed to take of Orli in his peaceful state of post-sex slumber, looking like a naked and golden Egyptian god that never ceased to inspire him.
“Nay…” Orli dig his hands deeper in the pockets of his leather jacket. “I just need a cup of coffee and I’m ready for the next round. If I hadn’t let you sleep, you old wanker, your nurse would have spanked my pretty ass.” Orli felt like showing his tongue, but he flashed his best bedroom smile instead, the one he knew would make Viggo instantly hard.
The hems of his shirt hung over his pants. For Orli they were like two yellow flags announcing Viggo was here. Come to see the first man landing on the sun! He was most definitely not going to change or shower before the Haven Press Conference. He would be sitting there in front of the whole world with his just been fucked-grin, smelling like scotch, sex and Viggo’s skin. The time they got to spend together felt too short and too precious for him to wash it hastily away, as if sleeping with Viggo was some insignificant footnote to his list of conquests. If his publicist thought she could convince him to do otherwise, she’d better look for another job, because Orli didn’t pay her to waste his time.
Viggo zoomed out on Orli, who had crossed his arms behind his back, to get a picture of the yellow shirt peeking from under his jacket. The smile had disappeared from Orli’s face, replaced by a lonely expression. Viggo frowned. He could clearly see the stains in the shirt. Their first times after long separations were always so frantic and desperate that they didn’t usually have time to undress. Their mouths latched together as soon as the doors closed. His hands rushed to unbutton and unzip Orli’s pants that were pulled down and off as quickly as possible. At the same time, Orli unbuckled his belt and covered his hardness with lube-slicked fingers.
“No, leave it. I want you –inside me– now.” Orders that stopped Viggo from pulling the yellow shirt up and made him slip his hands underneath it instead. When they woke up and started gathering their clothes around the suite, Viggo had noticed the stains on the hem.
“Shit. You can’t wear that before the press, and this is history”, he blurted out, pointing at the black jacket Orli had worn the previous night at the premiere. Somehow, the jacket had ended up in the bathtub, and now, it was soaked, wrinkled, and reeking of beer and champagne.
“There’s nothing wrong with the shirt”, Orli stated without flinching before bursting into laughter at Viggo’s concerned face. “I saw a store next to your hotel. Don’t worry, mum. I’ll get something from there.”
The leather jacket Orli purchased was so tacky Viggo was sure his publicist would go nuts, when she saw it. All in all, Orli had refused to tuck in the dirty hems. Finally, Viggo had cracked up too and gathered Orli into his arms for a long, heated kiss. This was how he liked his Orlando: stubborn and naughty and totally lovable, no matter how grown up and mature he’d become. Afterwards, there had still been some time left for Viggo to take pictures, before the flood of media would carry Orli out to the sea of success. This time Viggo chose to take the photographs with soft focus, blurred like seen through tears. A couple of close-ups more and Orli would have to leave.
“When will I see you?” Orli asked him, quietly. All traces of smile had abandoned him now.
“That’s for our publicists to figure out, isn’t it?” He knew it was very coward of him to respond with a question.
“I need you”, Orli said, when Viggo took a profile shot.
“Why?” Viggo asked. He knew how much he needed Orli and why. After all, moons are cold and dark, they only reflect the light of the sun. Orli sighed inwardly. Every time they met, in one way or another Viggo gave him the possibility to back off, to give up. But Orli would –never– stop coming back. An hour with Viggo was worth for him more than ten years with anyone else. “Until they burn my body to ashes…” Paris had said to Helen, something he could have said to Viggo right then.
Those two seconds of silence were what Viggo feared most. What if Orli just turned away and left him without an answer? But the fear only ever lasted a few seconds, before Orli turned to him with an answer. This time Viggo had it preserved on film. The camera captured the dilated brown eyes that looked impossibly vulnerable and lost. There was such sadness in Orli’s face, voice and movements that Viggo ached to erase it. He wanted to throw his camera away and cross those few feet separating them to scoot the still sleep-warm young man in his arms and feel their hearts beat in unison. Orli replied to his question, as if he had been a clairvoyant capable of reading Viggo’s mind.
“Even a star needs to feed. If the fuel runs out, it dies. You know what I mean? Supernova. When the star is very massive it explodes and becomes either a red giant or a black hole.” Orli wrapped his arms around himself as if wanting to chase away a sudden chill. “Don’t let it happen to me”, he said in a throaty voice.
Either Orli had walked closer or Viggo had zoomed in, but suddenly, Orli covered the whole lens, and then, moist lips descended on his, and he almost dropped the camera. Viggo loved taking pictures of Orlando.
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Author:
crimsonsenyaPairing: V/O
Genre: RPS
Disclaimer: This fic is entirely fictional. I do not know the persons described and I don’t claim to know anything about their sexual orientation.(Though I'd love to ;P.)
Summary: Pictures are all that Viggo has when they’re apart, pictures he took when they were together.
A/N: Inspired by pictures of Orlando Bloom taken during Toronto Film festival. The plot bunny came from these lines my Viggorli concubine
romika wrote to me: “Viggo took these pics, he was proud to be the one to have ripped up that shirt from the trousers in the first place (Orlando SO wants to show everybody he wears that yellow shirt!) and where the "soft focus" comes from- you know they use Vaseline normally to get that soft style.” Thank you
kamaitachi_87 for the suggestions! Hugs and kisses to jazzyjean for beta! This ficlet is so much better with your help and thank you for teaching me what JBFed means ;D!This is my first post here.
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There was crispness in the air that morning, a promise of cooler days of autumn ahead.
“Why do you always want to take pictures at the most odd hours? We could have stayed in bed longer, make a better use for that Vaseline.” A sly smile played at Orli’s lips. Viggo grunted behind the camera. He loved taking pictures of Orli, especially like this, tousled and glowering, slightly nauseous of too little sleep and too much drinking and fucking. The photographs he took every time they met were the only thing that could bridge the gap of thousands of miles of continent and an occasional ocean between them when they worked apart from each other. Viggo's most valuable possession was a collection of scrapbooks that he kept safely hidden in a box under his bed. The books were filled with pictures and articles on the young man, he was now again capturing on film.
Orli leaned on the concrete block next to him and yawned.
“I kept you all night from your beauty sleep, didn’t I?” Viggo grinned and snapped one more photo before Orli could compose himself in a pose he usually presented for the photographers. Still, no matter how much Orli posed, there were some parts of the real Orli left, lurking determinately under the surface, and those fragments always made his poses look somewhat affected and forced. It was also the reason Viggo cherished certain pictures of him, candid shots, like the one in Sean’s book, where Orli and a friend were sitting on a bench in New Zealand. There were also a few pictures he had managed to take of Orli in his peaceful state of post-sex slumber, looking like a naked and golden Egyptian god that never ceased to inspire him.
“Nay…” Orli dig his hands deeper in the pockets of his leather jacket. “I just need a cup of coffee and I’m ready for the next round. If I hadn’t let you sleep, you old wanker, your nurse would have spanked my pretty ass.” Orli felt like showing his tongue, but he flashed his best bedroom smile instead, the one he knew would make Viggo instantly hard.
The hems of his shirt hung over his pants. For Orli they were like two yellow flags announcing Viggo was here. Come to see the first man landing on the sun! He was most definitely not going to change or shower before the Haven Press Conference. He would be sitting there in front of the whole world with his just been fucked-grin, smelling like scotch, sex and Viggo’s skin. The time they got to spend together felt too short and too precious for him to wash it hastily away, as if sleeping with Viggo was some insignificant footnote to his list of conquests. If his publicist thought she could convince him to do otherwise, she’d better look for another job, because Orli didn’t pay her to waste his time.
Viggo zoomed out on Orli, who had crossed his arms behind his back, to get a picture of the yellow shirt peeking from under his jacket. The smile had disappeared from Orli’s face, replaced by a lonely expression. Viggo frowned. He could clearly see the stains in the shirt. Their first times after long separations were always so frantic and desperate that they didn’t usually have time to undress. Their mouths latched together as soon as the doors closed. His hands rushed to unbutton and unzip Orli’s pants that were pulled down and off as quickly as possible. At the same time, Orli unbuckled his belt and covered his hardness with lube-slicked fingers.
“No, leave it. I want you –inside me– now.” Orders that stopped Viggo from pulling the yellow shirt up and made him slip his hands underneath it instead. When they woke up and started gathering their clothes around the suite, Viggo had noticed the stains on the hem.
“Shit. You can’t wear that before the press, and this is history”, he blurted out, pointing at the black jacket Orli had worn the previous night at the premiere. Somehow, the jacket had ended up in the bathtub, and now, it was soaked, wrinkled, and reeking of beer and champagne.
“There’s nothing wrong with the shirt”, Orli stated without flinching before bursting into laughter at Viggo’s concerned face. “I saw a store next to your hotel. Don’t worry, mum. I’ll get something from there.”
The leather jacket Orli purchased was so tacky Viggo was sure his publicist would go nuts, when she saw it. All in all, Orli had refused to tuck in the dirty hems. Finally, Viggo had cracked up too and gathered Orli into his arms for a long, heated kiss. This was how he liked his Orlando: stubborn and naughty and totally lovable, no matter how grown up and mature he’d become. Afterwards, there had still been some time left for Viggo to take pictures, before the flood of media would carry Orli out to the sea of success. This time Viggo chose to take the photographs with soft focus, blurred like seen through tears. A couple of close-ups more and Orli would have to leave.
“When will I see you?” Orli asked him, quietly. All traces of smile had abandoned him now.
“That’s for our publicists to figure out, isn’t it?” He knew it was very coward of him to respond with a question.
“I need you”, Orli said, when Viggo took a profile shot.
“Why?” Viggo asked. He knew how much he needed Orli and why. After all, moons are cold and dark, they only reflect the light of the sun. Orli sighed inwardly. Every time they met, in one way or another Viggo gave him the possibility to back off, to give up. But Orli would –never– stop coming back. An hour with Viggo was worth for him more than ten years with anyone else. “Until they burn my body to ashes…” Paris had said to Helen, something he could have said to Viggo right then.
Those two seconds of silence were what Viggo feared most. What if Orli just turned away and left him without an answer? But the fear only ever lasted a few seconds, before Orli turned to him with an answer. This time Viggo had it preserved on film. The camera captured the dilated brown eyes that looked impossibly vulnerable and lost. There was such sadness in Orli’s face, voice and movements that Viggo ached to erase it. He wanted to throw his camera away and cross those few feet separating them to scoot the still sleep-warm young man in his arms and feel their hearts beat in unison. Orli replied to his question, as if he had been a clairvoyant capable of reading Viggo’s mind.
“Even a star needs to feed. If the fuel runs out, it dies. You know what I mean? Supernova. When the star is very massive it explodes and becomes either a red giant or a black hole.” Orli wrapped his arms around himself as if wanting to chase away a sudden chill. “Don’t let it happen to me”, he said in a throaty voice.
Either Orli had walked closer or Viggo had zoomed in, but suddenly, Orli covered the whole lens, and then, moist lips descended on his, and he almost dropped the camera. Viggo loved taking pictures of Orlando.
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Date: 2004-10-29 04:18 am (UTC)Great fic!
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Date: 2004-10-29 01:17 pm (UTC)*hugs*
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Date: 2004-10-29 05:35 am (UTC)There were also a few pictures he’d managed to take of Orli in his peaceful state of post-sex slumber, looking like a naked and golden Egyptian god that never ceased to inspire him. Loved this line....
Hugs and big old Viggorli kisses!!
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Date: 2004-10-29 01:28 pm (UTC)And that Orli sprawled on the bed thing is one of my favourite mental images, so it must be Viggo's too ;P...
YAY for messy!Orli. He's just so incredibly hot all sweatysticky after he's had sex with Viggo. I'm os glad you liked this, because you've brought joy (and bodyheat) to my life with your fics. *big big smoochies and lots of plot bunnies*
Love SisterC
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Date: 2004-10-29 06:50 am (UTC)...ahh, my dear sister C. You do not back off from sadness. And heat is always present. *purrs* ...go on sweet girl, go on. You rock'n'roll yourself, you know.
Lots of love from your devoted R.
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Date: 2004-10-29 01:36 pm (UTC)Yes, I just can't help it. There is a certain amount of melancholy in everything I write. But If Viggorli is true, their relationship is very sad. A true romeo romeo juliet story as TedC so aptly put it. But the sadness in my fics is more like "we against the world sadness, no we are breaking up sadness". I'm sure I'd become physically sick if I'd tried to write a break-up fic! <33
someday we will write something together, won't we? and we'll take JazzyJ along
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Date: 2004-10-29 07:03 am (UTC)This was how he liked his Orlando: stubborn and naughty and totally lovable, no matter how grown up and mature he’d become
And this is how I like Orlando too.
Thank you! :)
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Date: 2004-10-29 03:28 pm (UTC)Thank you for sharing.
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Date: 2005-06-16 09:32 pm (UTC)After all, moons are cold and dark, they only reflect the light of the sun.
When the star is very massive it explodes and becomes either a red giant or a black hole.” Orli wrapped his arms around himself as if wanting to chase away a sudden chill. “Don’t let it happen to me”, he said in a throaty voice.
Those two parts just connected it all for me. Each one having a need for the other in such a deep helpless way that leaves them always needy and hungry for the other.
Sharp dark beauty that's raw.
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Date: 2005-06-16 10:51 pm (UTC)Each one having a need for the other in such a deep helpless way that leaves them always needy and hungry for the other. I loved this what you said in your comment! Thank you for reading this and telling me about it. *hugs*
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Date: 2005-06-16 11:35 pm (UTC)Oh, did you know that Orlando was just as much of a camera guy as Viggo was? Apparently Orlando took a picture a day while over in New Zealand. I must find that bit again, because all I could do was grin. Then I wanted to see all the pictures that Orlando took. I love looking at pictures that people take, because it's like seeing who they really are on the inside. You get to see what they admire and what interests them. A personal peek into a life.
Ah, but you only wrote how I see them. Two such sensitive souls can only fall in love that way.