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nutrek RPF, pine/quinto, PG-13, for [livejournal.com profile] cliche_bingo. it's kind of pre-slash? idk. really an exercise in voice, for me.


center bottom: abduction & kidnapping

Zach slouches on an old couch in the green room of a rinkadink studio in a dusty NBC backlot. He's done enough fucking press to last a lifetime, but this one's for Heroes and he feels obligated - between his New York project and the new short for Before The Door, not to mention the behemoth time suck that is Star Trek, he feels like he's given Heroes nothing of himself at all in recent weeks. September isn't far enough away, and the few scenes he's shot at the studio with Adrian could have gone better - he got accustomed to a dozen takes, two dozen. Now there's six or seven, and it's off to the next thing.

It all makes his head hurt, quite frankly. His publicist promised this would be fast and easy, and yet here he is waiting for the four people ahead of him to be done with their interviews so he can take his turn. It's not like they're even Heroes people - then at least he could be sociable. No, it's NBC's new fall lineup, and they've got everyone tucked away in their own little spaces and hey, maybe a nap wouldn't be out of line right about now.

Without warning, the door pops open. Zach's all set to gently tease the makeup girl about knocking next time, but the pretty face that pokes inside bears zero resemblance to her and doesn't give a goddamn about knocking. This, Zach knows from long experience.

"Hey," whispers Chris, waving his hand fast and sharp. "C'mon, move your ass. We don't have a whole hell of a lot of window here."

"Window?" Zach asks, hurrying over to the door. He's delighted to see his friend, of course, but what the hell he's doing here is a total mystery. "Don't you have a dress rehearsal or something?"

Chris scoffs. "Dude, it's Monday. Now come on."

Zach is lost, but he follows along as Chris sneaks through the corridors like James freaking Bond. If he had a single clue what was going on, it might be kind of fun - shit, it's fun anyway. He presses up against the walls when Chris does, and together they duck the lazy security guards and far-more-terrifying PAs without indicent.

When they arrive at a side door and Chris opens it, that's when Zach digs in his heels. "Hey, I like a little intrigue as much as the next guy, but where are we going? I do have a job."

Chris throws his body against Zach's, pushing them against the wall, his hand over Zach's mouth. "Shh!" he hisses, barely an inch away. "You'll lead them straight to us!"

Under ordinary circumstances, Zach would protest being manhandled like this. But it's Chris's hand, and Chris's insanity, and Chris's perfect thigh pressing between his own. He probably doesn't mean to imply what that action implies, but Zach isn't dead, for God's sake. So he keeps his mouth shut and doesn't fight, and just tries to express what-the-ever-loving-Christ with his eyes.

Slowly, Chris eases his hand away. He's so close that Zach can feel hot little puffs of air sliding along his throat. His eyes clearly say: quietly, or I will commit acts of violence on your person. Or so Zach translates.

He can do quiet.

"What," he whispers, "in fuck are you doing?"

Chris has the balls to look offended. "I'm rescuing you!" he fires back. "Are you or are you not bored to shit on what's supposed to be your day off?"

"Well, yes, but-"

"So it's kind of a kidnapping, fine, just go with it! I lied to a guy in a suit, man; he could have been an executive."

This is completely ridiculous. Zach should turn around and march right back into his green room, he should wait for his photocall and do his job.

Chris looks down the hall, and his thigh shifts, bumping their knees together.

"What'd you tell them?" Zach asks, almost inaudible.

Chris's smile is brilliant, and far too close for comfort. "I said you had a family emergency. The guy assumed you were already out the door."

Zach rolls his eyes. "Jesus."

The face goes from barely repressed delight to barely repressed disappointment in a flash. God, he's so expressive. Zach is instantly crippled. "I thought you'd be happy to get out of there," Chris murmurs, a hint of hurt in the tone.

"I am," Zach assures him. "Thank you, I really am." The blinding smile he gets in return is worth any diva rumor that might crop up. Not for the first time, Zach curses his body's refusal to listen to him about who is an appropriate crush and who is not.

"Then let's go," Chris beams, and lunges for the door.

Zach races after him as they go sprinting across the lot together. Nobody's going to stop them, Zach knows, racing behind Chris as fast as he can go, his heart thumping hard. But the surge of adrenaline is good, it's sexy and fun, and so he finds himself grinning as Chris yanks him into a gap between stages and pushes him against a wall.

"Security guard," he whispers, and he's right against Zach's ear again, the teasing fuck.

Zach presses his back against the wall and looks for a guy with a clipboard or a taser, even someone in a golf cart. It's partly to keep Chris at a distance, which turns out to be counterproductive as Chris is a bare inch from him and the buttons on their shirts catch and make the fabric slide like clouds over skin. Absolutely wretched, and plus he can feel the heat of Chris's body against him almost as solid as if they were actually touching, so what the hell. And as he keeps his breathing low, as he waits and waits, he sees nothing like a security guard anywhere.

Finally, Chris eases away from him. "He's gone."

"I didn't see anyone," Zach tries to protest, almost forgetting to hush his voice.

Chris hisses, his finger pressed to his lips in a shh motion. "It was the other way," he says, pointing to the side of the soundstage that Zach wasn't looking toward. He grabs Zach's wrist and pulls. "Come on, gotta go!"

Zach's pretty sure there was a chain link fence back there, but it's more fun if he doesn't know for sure.

The parking lot's pretty close now. Chris vaults the hood of a cherry red mid-life crisis and the alarm instantly starts to blare. Zach can't keep himself from laughing as he chases down the aisle, and when Chris leaps into his convertible, Zach ignores the fact that his own car's here somewhere and jumps into the passenger seat. Chris guns it, and they tear out of the spot with the wind suddenly rushing past and ruffling Zach's hair.

The security arm is down, red and white stripes firmly holding them in. Zach settles back against the seat and lets himself catch his breath - the insanity had to come to an end sooner or later.

And then Chris grips the steering wheel hard, braces his shoulders and floors it.

"What the fuck are you doing!" Zach shouts, looking frantically between the parking lot entrance and Chris.

"It's a fucking kidnapping!" Chris yells back. "Do up your seatbelt!"

Zach scrambles to do that, and up ahead in the parking booth, the booth dude waves at them. Slowly, the arm starts to rise.

His heart is pounding hard in his throat. It's too close. It's too close. "Slow down, you mental case!"

"Hey now," Chris says, not looking. "That's not confidence. I'm not hearing confidence."

They roar past the booth and under the arm, which rattles as they zoom past. "See ya, Mister Pine!" shouts the booth dude.

"See ya, Charlie!"

They rip down the Hollywood freeway, Chris dodging between other cars like it's some kind of slalom. "You are clinically insane," Zach says, and his voice cracks, but he's past caring.

"Focus!" Chris grins. "We need a hideout. Somewhere the paps won't find us, somewhere we never go."

Zach wracks his brain. "Steakhouse," he suggests.

Chris nods. "I like it! High end or shitty?"

"High end," Zach demands. "Can't deal with shitty steak, especially not while I'm trying to convince you to seek professional help."

Chris just laughs, and zooms past a police cruiser.

Zach can't help it - he waves.

The cop waves back.

Date: 2009-06-26 05:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] seperis.livejournal.com
OH AWESOME. *PURRS* ADORE. THEY SHOULD HAVE SEX NOW!

Date: 2009-06-26 05:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winterlive.livejournal.com
i really think that is true. did i mention the virginity prompt is next.

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Date: 2009-06-26 05:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sukino.livejournal.com
*giggles* Oh, boys.

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Date: 2009-06-26 05:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] charisstoma.livejournal.com
Oh. That was incredibly fun to read. Chris is certifiable. And the cop waving back priceless.

Date: 2009-06-26 03:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winterlive.livejournal.com
hee! thanks, sugar. <3

Date: 2009-06-26 06:19 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] ex_halo669
yay! I liked this a lot. :)

Date: 2009-06-26 03:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winterlive.livejournal.com
see, it's funny, cause i like YOU a lot.

Date: 2009-06-26 06:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com
that had me LOLing and grinning like a fool. Chris is deliciously insane and UST always wins, and just too damn much fun is being had around here. I think there should be more of it :D :D

Date: 2009-06-26 03:53 pm (UTC)

Date: 2009-06-26 08:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] robanybody.livejournal.com
HEE. Chris lied to a guy in a suit for Zach! Oh, God, they're so crazy and adorable together. <33333333333

Date: 2009-06-26 03:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winterlive.livejournal.com
like us habibi! crazy! adorable! equal parts!

Date: 2009-06-26 12:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bathsweaver.livejournal.com
Playing 007 down the hallway!

Love how Chris has everyone--execs, booth dudes, Zach--wrapped around his left pinky. This is joy.

Date: 2009-06-26 03:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winterlive.livejournal.com
chris pine can do ANYTHING.

Date: 2009-06-26 12:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jamesinboots.livejournal.com
EEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! My Dannybear, this is pure GLEE. *clappiest of clappy hands!*

P.S.: your Zachary voice is excellent. :*

Date: 2009-06-26 03:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winterlive.livejournal.com
WHO IS MY JIMFACE. *squeeeez*

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Date: 2009-06-26 01:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] antihysteric.livejournal.com
I am giggling like mad! This is freaking adorable. :D

Date: 2009-06-26 03:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winterlive.livejournal.com
whee, thanks! :D

Date: 2009-06-26 01:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] chiromancy.livejournal.com
GNAR GNAR GNARRRRRR *gnaws on all of it*

Perhaps I did not tell you that you are my new crack? And that I friended you? Because I need more? I am both despicable and shy, and you are AWESOME, JFC.

Date: 2009-06-26 04:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winterlive.livejournal.com
ee hee hee hee. welcome aboard! :D

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Date: 2009-06-26 02:29 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] aurora
CANNOT. STOP. GRINNING.

Date: 2009-06-26 04:05 pm (UTC)

Date: 2009-06-26 03:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] anamchara.livejournal.com
So much love!! OMG, I just love them in this. You write them so well and I adore the idea of Chris "kidnapping" Zach from a interview. LOVE.

And I agree - now they should have sex. Or at least make out. Because, MMMMMM.

Date: 2009-06-26 04:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winterlive.livejournal.com
because zach DESERVES some make out time? yes! concur! next prompt now. :)

Date: 2009-06-26 03:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] carnivalpony.livejournal.com
oh, oh. <3 this made my night. totally, completely, utterly. i am grinning so hard, my cheeks hurt.

thank you - so much - for the perfection of the two of them, and the madness, and the glee. i needed this.

Date: 2009-06-26 04:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winterlive.livejournal.com
neeeeeeeeeeaf. <33333

Date: 2009-06-26 05:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mylenn.livejournal.com
definately time for sex after all that! :)

Date: 2009-06-26 07:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winterlive.livejournal.com
and how. :D

Date: 2009-06-26 09:20 pm (UTC)

Date: 2009-06-26 10:14 pm (UTC)

Date: 2009-06-26 10:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jesse-kips.livejournal.com
Oh Chris <3 <3 <3 <3 He runs a brilliant kidnapping.

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Date: 2009-06-26 10:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] betweenthebliss.livejournal.com
oh, my heart. they fucking kill me, the way you write them, like the world just zips on around them when they're together and it's just about the two of them (plus sometimes zoe or anton, which is also fine, lmao).

Not for the first time, Zach curses his body's refusal to listen to him about who is an appropriate crush and who is not.
--loved this line. idk why. just did.

Date: 2009-06-26 10:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winterlive.livejournal.com
wheeeeeeee thank u. thank you darlingface. <333

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Date: 2009-06-27 02:00 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] transtempts.livejournal.com
WHEE!

That was FUN AND ADORABLE!

Date: 2009-06-27 03:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winterlive.livejournal.com
glad you liked! :D

Date: 2009-06-27 01:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sleepwalkerfish.livejournal.com
This was abosolutely necessary to survive this day. Also, it's your fault that I'm addicted to your fics. Reading them is like watching some secretly filmed fanfic. Or what. I don't even know if that makes sense. But i hope the words at least manage to tell you how much I love this. :-)

Date: 2009-06-27 07:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winterlive.livejournal.com
hee! thanks, sweetness! i'm glad you like them!

Date: 2009-06-27 04:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wildmachinery.livejournal.com
"It's a fucking kidnapping!" Chris yells back. "Do up your seatbelt!"

i have the biggest grin on my face right now and my hart is full of love. thank you. ♥

Date: 2009-06-27 07:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winterlive.livejournal.com
hee! thanks! glad to put it there. <3

Date: 2009-06-28 02:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fizzerbass.livejournal.com
Moar, please.

Date: 2009-06-28 06:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winterlive.livejournal.com
hee. thanks.

Date: 2009-06-28 10:45 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] mimiambic.livejournal.com
So: I greatly admired your previous fics wherein you used Chris-voice. A judicious choice, I thought, especially when it is so very enjoyable to have Zach's hopeless crush on Chris be clear to all and sundry except Chris. It would be way too squishy and saccharine to have Zach pining *cough* for Chris from Zach-perspective.

So I thought.

I was wrong! ^_^ Your Zach-POV is successful and delicious: Zach is instantly crippled, you write, and I was instantly convinced that why yes, I do need to watch Chris drive Zach crazy from inside Zach's brain.

Really we should all just give up now and worship Cap'n Fine's perfect thighs together. unf.

Date: 2009-06-28 10:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winterlive.livejournal.com
Image

THESE THIGHS, YOU MEAN? BECAUSE THEY ARE PERFECT, I'M TELLING YOU.

i'm so glad the zach-voice worked for you!

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Date: 2009-07-01 01:48 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] blacknblue2.livejournal.com
I love this. And you. And this.

That is all.

Date: 2009-07-01 06:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winterlive.livejournal.com
wheeeeeee yaye. :D

Date: 2009-08-01 02:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tokyo-number-13.livejournal.com
lol )))) Made me laugh so hard :)

Date: 2009-08-01 08:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winterlive.livejournal.com
thanks! :D

Date: 2009-08-02 09:56 pm (UTC)

Date: 2009-08-02 11:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winterlive.livejournal.com
you're making the rounds today, huh? :D thanks!

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