More of the RPS

[ladyjanelly]

another little SPF/karate instructor thingie, inspired by goodtwin 's evil little picture (see my previous post if you havent already)

This installment misses a G rating by one occurance of the word "hell."

It takes three months of classes before Sean believes what Dave had been telling him from the first: he doesn’t have to prove himself here, and trying too hard to be perfect is hurting his progression instead of helping.

It takes Sean twice as long to work up the nerve to ask Dave out. Dave is so easy to be around, so open and friendly with everyone that Sean isn’t sure the attraction is mutual. There is so much to lose if he guesses wrong.

When he does ask, it's because he's exhausted with shooting one film while negotiating the next and still trying to hit as many classes at the dojo as he can. The words just seem to slip out when he's too tired to stop them, "Hey Dave, how about dinner sometime?"

Dave nods, "Sure."

And Sean's stomach sinks because he knows this isn’t the time to start something new and he should have waited until he was between projects so he could dedicate the time a relationship needs to it.

"My place?" Dave offers, to Sean's surprise. "I'll cook."

Sean stumbles out an agreement, feeling the least charming he's been since puberty.

Dave maps the route on the back of a business card. They talk a bit more and then Dave needs to lock up so Sean leaves. He sits in his car in the parking lot for a long time, holding the card and wondering what the hell he was thinking.

 

Comments

[bookofnicodemus.livejournal.com]

*is infinitely charmed*

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

Heh. fluff is very relaxing to write. Glad you're enjoying reading it.

[goodtwin.livejournal.com]

~squeee~

So cute and human. ~happysighs~

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

It's sweet, it's fun, it's very pleasurable to write.

Glad you're enjoying that which you inspired.
-J.

[4bdnsn0wflake.livejournal.com]

Your Sean is adorable! *big grin*


he doesn't have to prove himself here, and trying too hard to be perfect is hurting his progression instead of helping.

And Sean's stomach sinks because he knows this isn't the time to start something new and he should have waited until he was between projects so he could dedicate the time a relationship needs to it.

Sean stumbles out an agreement, feeling the least charming he's been since puberty.

^ These are all great insights into different aspects of his character.


And methinks Dave isn't going to waste much time going in for the kill. Heh.


BTW, can I borrow some of your productivity? It's takes me *forever* to write anything, and then I'm totally zapped!

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

Heh. Glad you like him. Sometimes it's trickier for an actor to not have a character to hide behind. I imagine him feeling a little vulnerable walking around with his own personality showing.

And methinks Dave isn't going to waste much time going in for the kill. Heh.

Because "I'll cook" means "Lets have sex, and I'll cater?" (Coupling britcom quote)

Re: productivity--I've got a job that requires hand-brains but not word-brains. So I write all day in my head. I come home and type it out, then usually go on a four mile walk. When I get home I've got more in my head so I type that out too. The only bad thing that happens sometimes is I have more words than my brain can hold and I lose interest in something before I put it onto some other form of storage.

If I have a day off and I don't go out, I just putz around the internet all day and don't get a damn thing written. I've gotta be out of the house to get stuff done.

[4bdnsn0wflake.livejournal.com]

Sometimes it's trickier for an actor to not have a character to hide behind.

^ I think so, too. For some reason my instincts tell me this is especially true in Sean's case.


Because "I'll cook" means "Lets have sex, and I'll cater?"

^ That's it exactly, babe! ;)


The only bad thing that happens sometimes is I have more words than my brain can hold and I lose interest in something before I put it onto some other form of storage.

^ Having scraps of stuff all over is a problem of mine as well. I have many notebooks filled with scribbled scenes and ideas that never went anywhere, and likely never will.


BTW, just so you know, if you don't finish LAYB, I will hunt you down and give you an atomic wedgie.

So don't let the cute, fluffy men distract you too much! ;p

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

BTW, just so you know, if you don't finish LAYB, I will hunt you down and give you an atomic wedgie.

So don't let the cute, fluffy men distract you too much! ;p

Nope nope. The fluff is just like a pressure valve when the other gets too serious. Wrote 350 words of layb last night, and none of the dave/sean saga. this is gonna be one of the longets Layb chapters so far, and hopefully the most intense of the entire story.

[4bdnsn0wflake.livejournal.com]

this is gonna be one of the longest Layb chapters so far, and hopefully the most intense of the entire story.

^ Mmm. *leans back expectantly and waits*

[prfctdaze.livejournal.com]

Still lovin' on this!

...and trying too hard to be perfect is hurting his progression instead of helping This is very believable in Sean's case. I imagine him being a perfectionist.

Go Dave! Seduce that Irish boy! (although I'm sure Sean won't need much prodding ;)

[civilbloodshed.livejournal.com]

he doesn’t have to prove himself here, and trying too hard to be perfect is hurting his progression instead of helping.

He sits in his car in the parking lot for a long time, holding the card and wondering what the hell he was thinking.

Aww geeze, I'm gonna cry now. He's just so...not the asshole he could very easily be portrayed as. Wow, I'm so completely in love with him right now I can't even stand it. *heart swell*

[ladyjanelly.livejournal.com]

Sean kinda seems like the sort of guy that the industry has made pretty promises to but never delivered on. He feels down-to-earth to me, and straightforward. I don't see him being caught up in his own fame or ego,in any other way than it puts a lot of pressure on him to be perfect at everything he tries. He doesnt assume he's beautiful, or that people should be happy for the chance to be fucked by him.

Glad you are enjoying the little fics. They're a pleasure to write.

[civilbloodshed.livejournal.com]

You know, I was watching the SF on The Gunman and while the movie is completely predictable the SF are very much worth getting it. Anyway, this is supposed to be relevant, I was watching the bloopers and he struck me as the kind of guy you hung out with and made really dirty jokes about Freud. That, and he's totally hyper. Like, "OMGZ a tree!!@21 *pounces*"