Fic rec: Inception

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"snake song" by veritas-nescio | Arthur/Eames | He doesn’t wake up checking his own skin for burns that were never really there. He wakes up searching Arthur’s skin, instead. | ~1.500 words

“I can’t stand the smell of my own skin,” Arthur says, and Eames, running his fingers back the other way, pauses mid-movement. “It smells like something burning. It’s there, all the time, and I have to keep checking ...”

An amazing atmospheric piece. It looks like I'll be reading all of veritas-nescio's fics. What a fantastic author...