katikat | Fic rec: Inception

"What Takes Hold" by recrudescence | Arthur/Eames | The inception doesn’t take and the consequences are dire. Fischer remembers Eames, Eames remembers nothing, and Arthur remembers everything. | ~17.000 words

“You remember bits and pieces about Yusuf. Mal. Dom. The fucking jacket you left in Alabama.” Arthur’s words were softer still now. His body gave a little jerk, which Eames recognized as an aborted attempted to curl into himself. “Where am I?”

For the first time, even though they were finally precisely where they needed to be, he sounded lost.

Carefully, Eames urged him back over. Even in the dark, he could see the tension in Arthur’s jaw. “You’re here.”

Aww. I wanted to cuddle these two. What a lovely story...