Ficlet: On-His-Knees (1/1)

[salixbabylon]

Title/Prompt: "On-His-Knees" from the 28-fics-meme (30 actually)
Pairing: Brian Slade/Curt Wild for helena_s_renn
Author: salixbabylon
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 210
Disclaimer: Characters and places in this story, which appear in the movie "Velvet Goldmine," belong to James Lyons, Todd Haynes, and Miramax Films. I don't make, or intend to make money out of them.



Curt reflected while he was on his knees that it was trippy the way publicity stunts and reality never quite matched up.

On stage, Brian was the obvious fag, the effete. Always pressed and powdered and made up to look like some porcelain doll, slightly untouchable but imminently fuckable. And Curt was the bad boy, dirty in his leather, wild and unpredictable. Naughty and more than a little insane.

In the bedroom, though... Well, there was nothing unpredictable in the bedroom. Brian was the one on his knees on stage; in the bedroom, he never let Curt forget which one of them was really the dirty whore and which one of them was slumming. Which one of them was rescued from pathetic failure and which one had made the other a star just by associating with him.

Which one was actually in love with the other.

Brian played at love, dressed up in it like so much glam and glitz, and just as phony. Curt was the one who felt it, suffered for it, bled for it. The one full of shame and longing, and burning messy feelings that had no place with Brian's iced perfection. Kneeling, knowing he'd never be good enough for the beautiful porcelain doll he loved.

~end~

Comments

[heartofslash.livejournal.com]

*hugs Curt*

*bitchslaps Brian*

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Hehehhe! :)

Wow.

I just had the naughtiest series of thoughts about beating the crap out of JRM... In a consensual, kinky sort of way, of course. Guh.

[helena-s-renn.livejournal.com]

*hugs*
*kisses*
*slurps!*
thank you soooooo much. it was definitely something i wanted to see, so i'm glad this bunny visited you. how true, huh, in the sense of the flick. Brian was the one on his knees on stage; in the bedroom, he never let Curt forget which one of them was really the dirty whore and which one of them was slumming. Which one of them was rescued from pathetic failure and which one had made the other a star just by associating with him. ... the best!
can i rec it?

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm *so* glad you liked it - never written (or even read) any VG slash, so it was an interesting challenge to get in their heads.

And yes, of course you can rec me! Thank you! *smooch*

[nurseowens.livejournal.com]

Ooooh Velvet Goldmine!
Love the movie...and I can so see this!

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Poor Curt just broke my heart at the end of the movie. I could cuddle him to death. :)

[lisagems.livejournal.com]

Seconds the bitch slap Brian and cuddle Curt.

Wow. Very yummy

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

bitch slap Brian and cuddle Curt

Both have their appeal, don't they? Brian's too pretty to be human and Curt's too much of a mess to not want to take care of.

Thank you! *hug*

[elfscribe5.livejournal.com]

Hey Salix,
Really liked this take on Curt and Brian - even though I see them a bit differently. Great ficlet. I've haven't seen any VG stuff for a while. Any hope of expanding this?

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it, and I do agree that there are different ways to read their relationship. It's nowhere near as clear as it is in this little snippet, I think.

I've never read any VG slash or written any other than this, so I'm not really sure if I would expand on it. Never say never, though, and I'm beyond flattered that you would ask. You made my day!

*hug*

[elfscribe5.livejournal.com]

My friend Capella has written a couple of VG pieces - actually I think close to your take on things. On her LJ capella_fic
Cheers,

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

I'll be sure to check them out - thank you for the tip!

[elfscribe5.livejournal.com]

Say, Salix, mind if I friend you? You're welcome to friend me back.

[salixbabylon.livejournal.com]

Of course - I'm honored! Welcome to my lj - fics are tagged, real life is just random babble. Feel free to filter at will. I go back and forth between reading my entire flist and a filtered version.

And I'm happy to friend you back - I know we have a lot of mutual friends already. :)