Double Drabble: Slippery A/B (PG)

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Double Drabble: A/B (PG)
Title: Slippery
Author: alex_quine
Pairing: Aragorn/Boromir
Rating: (PG)
Summary: AU, Boromir takes an interest in art
Archive: Rugbytackling, my LJ
Disclaimer: These characters belong to their copyright holders. I borrow them for entertainment, not profit.
AN: Inspired by Elisa’s beautiful manip Prelude to the Storm: Aragorn at www.lassegalenslaire.com
Feedback: Received with thanks.

“Damn it!” Aragorn twitched and the length of silk slid from around his arm again to pool on the floor.

“Sire, if you could stay still…” the sculptor stopped drawing and sent his apprentice scurrying forward but Boromir, lounging by the wall, was quicker. He collected the fall of ruby silk and twined it about the King, arranging the drapery in graceful folds that hid his manhood, just, murmuring,

“You want to be immortalised as a new Argonath don’t you, my King?”
“It’s absurd…and the Argonath are clothed! In full armour! And what are you doing here?”
“As Captain-General of your bodyguard…”
Aragorn snorted and Boromir sighed, laying one hand on the pommel of his sword, with a long-suffering air.

He returned to his perch on the window-ledge and picked up his mug. The sculptor returned to his sketches, occasionally darting forward to take a measurement and jot down the results. Boromir went to drink and his elbow nudged the shutter open a little further.

“It’s cold! There’s a draft in here…”

Boromir gazed over the rim of his mug at Aragorn’s crisping chest hair and pert nipples, whilst the King’s narrowing eyes promised that his revenge would be sweet.

Comments

[makamu]

I liked this piece very much, especially Boromir's quiet snarkiness and glee :)

[alex-quine.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it and thanks for the feedback...Boromir's not above taking base advantage of Aragorn's 'official' persona, given half a chance.

[ranger-girl0301.livejournal.com]

Hehehehe....that was adorable.

[alex-quine.livejournal.com]

Thanks for reading and feeding back. Happy that you liked it.

[afra_schatz]

Aw, that was sweet, I loved Aragorn seeming a little confused at Boromir's presence - And what are you doing here? Made me laugh out loud. Thanks for sharing!

[alex-quine.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the kind feedback - happy that it worked for you.

[brigantine.livejournal.com]

*lol!* Right, after that revenge remark, now I've got this image of a great, huge Argonath featuring not one, but two figures, immortalized doing things together that no respectable Argonath ought to be doing. Not in public, anyway.

Now I'm going to be chuckling all through work. Your fault. Yep. Your. Fault.

[alex-quine.livejournal.com]

Tee Hee! Call it payback for your story about the staircase. I nearly did myself a mischief over that one - just gorgeous.

Anyway I liked the idea of Elisa's figure two hundred feet high, although now you come to mention it, two figures, suitably conjoined, could easily constitute a bridge - just what the improved Anduin public highways system could do with.

[ladybluelove.livejournal.com]

That's really cute, *grin* any chance on a sequel?

[alex-quine.livejournal.com]

Many thanks for the feedback and so glad you liked it. I hadn't really thought about a sequel...but maybe...thanks for the encouragement.

[me-cuppa.livejournal.com]

Now I just can't help thinking about a full-sized Argonath without any draperies... Hmm... :)

[alex-quine.livejournal.com]

That was the general idea, although I'm by no means sure that the Gondorians, at least those in authority, had much of a sense of humour.

[shalom]

He collected the fall of ruby silk and twined it about the King, arranging the drapery in graceful folds that hid his manhood, just, murmuring,

Boromir's no fool...he knows beautiful art when he sees it. Why cover up too much?

[alex-quine.livejournal.com]

He's no fool indeed - I guess it's because
Elisa's original figure doesn't display genitalia - this is the primary reason
There's a certain absurd incongruity between official Gondor having decided it wanted to turn Aragorn into a new Argonath but then deciding to do it like this, rather than as a clothed warrior - and
the final "just" between the commas is supposed to convey the power that Boromir has to hide or reveal as he drapes, also by implication that Aragorn is so well-endowed that hiding it isn't easy, and Boromir's pleasure at the his personal knowledge of what's underneath...
And there are just times when less is more.
But it's undeniably tempting.

[shalom]

Oh to be sure, the "just" is what made me giggle like an idiot.

(And the idea that Aragorn would allow himself to be memorialized in that way...)

[alex-quine.livejournal.com]

Somehow I doubt he was given much choice. Emotional blackmail. Courtiers would have cajoled. Someone would have petitioned, claimed that the costs were being met by orphans donating their pocket money and he'd have been lost.

[mooms.livejournal.com]

Late in commenting, but lovely little fic ! I enjoyed it very much ! Hm, now have mental picture of bridge made of two giant, conjoined figures !

[alex-quine.livejournal.com]

It's never too late to send kind feedback. Glad you liked it.

[helena-s-renn.livejournal.com]

sweet revenge indeed! i'd like to see that.
aragorn in a silk drapery, posing for the arganoth?? *snort* that is too funny.
liked this line as well: ...Boromir sighed, laying one hand on the pommel of his sword, with a long-suffering air.

[alex-quine.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the feedback. Glad it worked for you. I was tempted to have Boromir bat his eyelashes at Aragorn as well, but thought that might have been too obvious a tease. Anyway I had fun with it and I'm glad you did too.

[seleneheart]

First of all, I love any fic that's got undead!Boromir in it!

He's nicely sly here, teasing Aragorn when he has no recourse, at the moment. We all know he'll pay for it deliciously later.

[alex-quine.livejournal.com]

And pay and pay and oops, there are the tables turning again...
Glad it worked for you.

[govi20.livejournal.com]

That's a very lovely Boromir you describe here..great ficlet!

[alex-quine.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the kind feedback. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'm having fun with a mischevious Boromir.

[halszka.livejournal.com]

Yes, Boromir has his fun. It was lovely, embarrassed king - Aragorn is fantastic.

[alex-quine.livejournal.com]

Glad that you enjoyed it. Thanks for feeding back. I liked the possible collision between a dignified Aragorn and the faintly ridiculous things that heads of state always seem to have to do.

[rotpunkt.livejournal.com]

Ah, sweet tension between them...! Very nice! Could you give the link to the manip?

[alex-quine.livejournal.com]

Many thanks for your kind words. I'm sorry that I don't feel I can put in a direct link to the manip. Elisa's website is very specific about the way that she would like her work to be acknowledged. Anyway she asks that links be solely to
http://www.lassegalenslaire.com
There's a slightly convoluted way in (you need to be very literal in following the instructions)and the manip is in the LOTR Series Gallery 1 as the first in The Storm Series.

[ribby.livejournal.com]

*giggle* Oh, I love snarky!Boromir, and the idea of Aragorn as a new Argonath (which, for bizarre reasons, whenever I see them, I start humming "Stop in the Name of Love"... *snicker*) is just perfect. No reason to hide the best bits, either! Wonderful--thank you!

~Kris

[alex-quine.livejournal.com]

Oh, now I won't be able to get that damned tune out of my head all day!
Glad you liked it. Thanks for the kind feedback.