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[odditycollector]

I hear it is Valentine's Day! So, in honour of the occasion (and also because I may be stuck at a computer all day) a meme.

Give me a pairing (or a 3+some) and I will give you a brief summary of their totally overwrought love story! It will be like a Harlequin romance, except I have very little idea of how Harlequin romances actually work, so probably it won't be like that at all.

(And I actually made some attempt at putting together an offered fandoms list this time, but it's making me want to leave off the whole endeavour, so. The deal is that if I'm not familiar with the characters you give me, I'll ask for new ones.)

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[petra]

he makes disparaging comments until she gets pissed off and tells him to stop acting like he’s got something to prove.
Somehow I don't think *that's* very different from how it went down in canon. ;)

Ray gets flustered and makes a wholly unsatisfactory comeback.
Naturally.

It’s not like he ever offered Chris a collar
Goodness, I would hope not--in part because I don't trust Chris to know what's best for him under any circumstances.

they just never *quite* fitted right together.
No, they wouldn't. Close, and close enough for fuckbuddies, or whatever it's called in this 'verse, but not right.

Chris sitting on the floor
I'm quite sure this shouldn't sound so damn cute. But it works for me.

Gene Hunt’s taste in subs is fucking mental, if you ask Ray.
They're so much *work.* Ray's too lazy to take on the ones who might fight him and win.

It’s never satisfying, not for anyone involved
Well, not if one of them's Ray, that I believe. ;)

Confusing.
Brings up all of these "But wait, I want to sub--no I don't!" feelings. Poor Ray.

it’s an exposed seam in the world, there’s something *wrong*.
You can almost see the stars through it.

there’s one sub who knows how to keep position
And that's why they didn't quite work, isn't it? Chris is too bloody ready to stay where he's put, and as much as Ray thinks that's what he wants, he's wrong, deep down.

She was slapping *his*.
I'm quite afraid that made me beam all out of proportion to how wrong it is. Or, in proportion to the wrongness, but not to the objective happiness. A spot of schadenfreude, call it; Ray certainly deserves a bit of suffering here and there.

Shaz figures out what’s going on and takes charge of the situation. As is rather the requirement.
Chris was never going to and Ray's, well, increasingly finding he's incapable of that, at least in the classic sense.

Hopefully he's happier when he works out that subbing isn't giving up.

maybe this is what it was supposed to be like all along.
I was expecting something Harlequin and instead I got something *true.* Thank you so much.

This makes me far more starry-eyed than can possibly be healthy.

[odditycollector]

I was expecting something Harlequin and instead I got something *true.*
Heh! Well, there was a disclaimer. I'm happy you liked this so much, especially considering I borrowed your universe for it.

Chris sitting on the floor
I'm quite sure this shouldn't sound so damn cute. But it works for me.
Given the givens, it was meant to. ;)

A spot of schadenfreude, call it; Ray certainly deserves a bit of suffering here and there.
Sure, but it's also the turning point to his happy ending. Figuring out what you want, admitting it to yourself, there is no promise these are easy.