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THIS IS IT.

(NO. REALLY.)

( U - Z ). Despite Kristoph Gavin being locked away for his crimes, Phoenix Wright cannot rest until he unlocks the secrets he'd come across during his investigations. He hires Dom Cobb and his team of extractors to get the truth that his magatama can't. (INCEPTION/ACE ATTORNEY!! :DDD)

Uncomplicated by blue_fish. Eames finds out that Arthur feels calm when he's in pain.

Under Any Other Flag by butterflythread. (AU) They'll fly under an Imperial flag for now, but heaven help the skies when they change their minds.

Undress Me in the Temple Electric by jibrailis. (AU) Arthur is an ex-model and Eames is Vegas card dealer. Arthur wants Eames to help him with a con.

Unexpected Plot Twist by ethrosdemon. Arhur doesn't take calls from numbers that aren't in his phone. His voicemail is set up to automatically delete when full. That being said, this incoming call is a blocked number, which immediately piques his interest.

Unforgiven by knowmydark. Eames is dead. Arthur goes out for revenge.

Untitled by pyrimidine. small scenes in which Eames's appearance keeps changing and Arthur is like, wtf.

Untitled by pyrimidine. You know that thing where a woman drops something down her cleavage, well Eames does it with something Arthur absolutely needs, but down his pants.

Untitled by amazingly_me. Daycare!AU!

Untitled by airgiodslv. (Black Jewels Crossover AU) There’s enough dark power rolling out from the door to the library to warn Arthur both of who’s inside and of the occupant’s current mood.

Untitled / Untitled, redux by helenish. Arthur, extraordinarily capable by any standard, is not exactly built for certain types of subterfuge.

Untitled by butterflythread. Vampire Academy AU. (with backstory comment!fic by abuseofreason!)

Untitled by butterflythread. Arthur is twenty-four years old when he cashes his first million dollar paycheck. This doesn't surprise Eames. What does surprise him is the fact that instead of some meticulously researched investment properties or something equally pragmatic, Arthur buys a car.

Untitled by bookshop. Arthur likes, Arthur hates, Arthur hopes.

Untitled by dialectical. (AU) Random cat boy kiss in the rain.

Untitled by onthecount. There's a bad fight--three of them, actually.

Wait and Know the Coming of a Little Love by maybe77. (High School AU) As Eames’ mother’s alcoholism worsens, he takes it out on his next-door neighbor, Arthur.

Waiting On by thehoyden. (AU) "French toast, pancakes, steak and eggs -- I could make you anything in the world, pet, but no. Egg-white omelette, morning after morning. It shows a distinct lack of imagination."

Waiting on a Love Like This by reliablemachine. (AU) Eames is a college kid that works late-night at an In-N-Out close to the beach (alternately, any fast-food chain or Denny's). Arthur's the high school kid who walks in one night, after Prom with his friends, and steals Eames's heart.

Wake Me Up Daily, Don’t Need No Starbucks by butterflythread. So they've been dancing around the UST between them forever, of course, with no end in sight.... and then one day, in or out of a job, Arthur inadvertently calls Eames "baby" and blows every circuit in Eames' box.

Walk a Crooked Mile by battleofhydaspe. 'He was killed with a Webley-Fosbery, wasn’t he?'

Want Me More Than Others by kellifer_fic. He doesn’t present the key to his apartment in a gift box with a ribbon around it. Instead when they’re sharing a smoke in Lille, Arthur tucks the cigarette into the corner of his mouth, digs into his pocket for his key ring and snaps the spare off. He says, “Here, you might as well have this,” as smoke escapes around the words and through his lips.

Want You Right Now, Darling by meiface. In which unexpected side effects have left Eames incapable of uttering the word "darling" without rendering himself an irresistible object of lust to everyone except Arthur. Arthur is not pleased. Also, Cobb wants to write a book.

We Both Go Down Together. by fermine. 5 times Eames kissed Arthur and 1 time Arthur kissed him.

We Can Do This Until We Pass Out / Masterpost by delires. They meet at this club in Soho. That’s Soho, London, not NYC. If it were NYC, Arthur would have better fucking places to go than G-A-Y. But it’s not, and he doesn’t.

We Should Be Whispering All the Time by tequilideas. I feel morally obligated to state for the record that I think this is a terrible idea,” Eames says. “I think dating co-workers is a terrible, catastrophic, Roland Emmerich-level disaster kind of idea.” Yusuf snorts. “You only say that because Arthur dumped you.”

We Used to Wait by chibi_lurrel. The first time Dominick Cobb meets Arthur, he is 22 and the boy is 14. The last time Eames meets him, he is 34 and Arthur is 29.

We Walk the Same Path (But Got on Different Shoes by lastling. (AU) in which arthur recruits eames to "inception industries", an assassination company.

We Were Once Cinema Gods by gyzym. (AU) That's the thing about Hollywood--everyone has a Hollywood story.

We Will Find a Shelter by helloclock. Eames thinks he's helping Arthur make amends with an ex. Who knows why Arthur thought Eames was the best choice for the job. Head injury, maybe.

We’ll Always Have Motel 6 by laceymcbain. “No, Arthur, we can stay here at the Motel 6 forever. I'll get a job washing dishes and parking cars, and you can start as a busboy and work your way up to night manager. We'll stay here in Room 13, living on take-away Chinese and love, and never, ever have to leave.”

We’ll Meet Again, Mr. Bond by andrealyn. Arthur wishes that just once, he'd be let to play James Bond instead of just holding the keys for the car.

We’ll Sit and Wait for the Stars to Take Hold by knowmydark. “There’s nothing else,” Arthur grits out against Eames’ shoulder. “We’re boxed in and we’re two guns to twenty-three."

We’re Always Kickin’ Back by addandsubtract. (AU) “Wait, so, you’ve really never smoked a spliff before?’ Eames is squinting down at Robert, who is giggling quietly on the floor. He manages to shake his head, covering his mouth with one hand.

We’re Just Amateur Lovers and Amateur Friends by la_victorienne. There might be a reason Eames doesn't know what Arthur's totem is.

Wearing Down the Rough Edges by kellifer_fic. Arthur and Eames move in together.

Welcoming Back From the Ocean by wldnst. The team disbands and Eames becomes a lobsterman. One day, he shoots a seal.

Weltschmerz by cobweb_diamond. How to come to terms with the unsatisfactory nature of physical reality.

Werner Herzog Reads Dreamshare by weatherfront. ...Thus it becomes clear, even to the uninitiated observer, that the world of shared dreaming is a rejection of civilization itself. (i would say don’t read it if only because IFRIT SHOULDN’T BE ENCOURAGED. but.)

What Happens at Camp Pine Ridge (Stays at Camp Pine Ridge) by reliablemachine. It's the middle of summer, second week of July, and Eames's campers are totally out of control.

What I Did on My Summer Vacation by cobweb_diamond. Jet skis and a fight scene.

What’s a Little Contract Hit Between Friends? by laceymcbain. Arthur (accidentally) puts out a hit on Eames.

What’s the Time, Mr. Wolff? by kiyala. Eames is a master thief, and Arthur is the jaded son of a rich businessman, stuck in a life he doesn't want. On a heist to steal artwork from Arthur's family home, Eames steals Arthur instead, and leads him into the world of shared dreaming. Finding their places in the world as mind criminals is easy. Figuring out how they fit together—and understanding themselves along the way—is not.

When I Grew Up by aimlesstravels. Phillipa Marjorie Cobb is eleven years old the first time she sees her Uncle Arthur break down and cry. She's eleven and a half the first time he makes her cry.

When the Sun Rises, Tell Me You’ll Still Be Here by onthecount. Arthur has a secret, and letters are exchanged.

When Two Suns Are Shining (the battle becomes blinding) by knowmydark. Arthur and Eames have a special arrangement: whenever a hit is placed on either of them, the other takes the job to keep him from getting killed.

When We Swam by chibi_lurrel. Cobb gets a lesson about Buddhist theology, Arthur always needs to be 17 moves ahead, and Eames doesn't know why.

Where All the Roads Lead by knowmydark. Eames resorts to drastic measures to convince Arthur to go on holiday.

Where I Intended to Be by amazingly_me. (AU) 'Oh Arthur,' his mother says rapturously after Arthur has escaped the ill intentions of the second magician andbeen singled out for embarrassment by Lord Godfrey’s steward through no fault of his own, 'I always hoped one of my sons would be a Heroic Archetype!'

Where Once Our Bodies Lay by starlingthefool. (AU) And from my tenth floor tenement, where once our bodies lay, how I longed to hear you say: No, they'll never catch us now.

Where the Wild Things Are by aestheticized. (AU) eames is a werewolf. arthur is a vampire.

Wherever You Will Be (That’s Where I’ll Call Home) aka domesticverse by gyzym. People you kiss in an airport baggage claim and then don't talk to for thirteen months shouldn't be able to exist, let alone make your chest do the things Arthur's chest is doing. There are rules. (for the latest additions to this verse, check out the tag.)

Who Seems Most Kingly by mixtapestar. (AU) Prince Eames meets his new servant boy.

Why Don’t We Do It in the Road by sometimesalways. Just your ordinary stake-out.

Window Born to Be Broken by wldnst. Eames is a romance novelist. There is a very pretty man in the window across from his new apartment.

With the Perfect Armour (with a perfect dream) by knowmydark. A story about lost chances and rediscovering them. Arthur goes to Limbo to search for Eames.

With a Rifle or a Gun by addandsubtract. There are many things that Arthur knows about himself with certainty – he’s a damn good shot, he’s allergic to artificial grape flavoring, he can’t stand tiny, rat-shaped dogs – but what probably gives him the most trouble is how terrible an actor he is. And he knows this.

With Regard to Shadowboxers by weatherfront. Arthur and Eames sabotage each other's jobs-- until they can't anymore. Or: How Arthur and Eames Learned to Stop Worrying and Make Their Own Form of Social Capital.

Words, Words, Words by andrealyn. (AU) Arthur teaches English at Saito Prep and life would be so much easier without resident drama teacher, Mr. Eames. It would also be far less fun and involve far less wooing.

World’s Afire by lmeden. (AU) Arthur is standing in his small apartment, a long match in his hand, blazing with light at its tip, when it begins.

Worth by climb. When Death shares her secret with you, then it's time.

Worth the Postage by amazingly_me.

Write Your Name on the Dotted Line by jibrailis. Arthur and Eames are older, and they have never had sex in their own skin.

Y Los Chicos, Se Están Besando by recrudescence. It’s a combination of gratefulness and the Pride footage showing on one of the café’s televisions that has Arthur announcing, “I could marry you so hard right now.”

Yesterday Was Morning Sex, Today Is Spanking, Tomorrow Is Shower Porn, And Waking Up In Vegas Comes Afterwards / There’s Nowhere to Go But Down (and you’re coming with me) by butterflythread. Eames like waking Arthur up with sex. Sometimes this leads to more sex. And dirty talk. And spanking. And Arthur agreeing to go case tables in Las Vegas.

You Are Not Allowed to Follow Me by bronson. During the taxi cab shoot-out scene, it's Eames that gets shot, not Saito.

You Can’t Deny You Want the Happy Ending by smallacts. (AU) Or (500) days of Eames.

You Clicked Your Heels and Wished for Me by someidiothasice. This is nothing like the cartoons, or the post-its, or the clay figurines left for him like little prizes out of crackerjack boxes. This is special. This is personal, for the both of them.

You Don’t Know What It’s Been Like (Meeting Someone Like You) by papered. Eames' love of patterns includes his boxers. Smiley faces, hundred dollar bills, rocket ships, dinosaurs, paisley, lipstick mouth prints, tweed pattern, flames, zebra stripes, rainbows, Union Jack, just anything ridiculous, and Arthur is all WTAF IS WRONG WITH YOU. And Eames is like, UM, OKAY, IT'S JUST UNDERWEAR, and to spite Arthur he wears a pair of really form-fitting black boxer-briefs one day and Arthur is like HNNNNNNNNGH *_____*

You Had Me Hooked at Cthulhu by onthecount. (AU) How YouTube almost, maybe, possibly ruined Arthur’s life and improved Eames’ one thousand times over.

You Know I Would by staraflur. (High school AU) “Besides,” Eames goes on, “I think we already established that I’m not most kids. I can remind you, if you’ve forgot.”

You May Find Yourself Living in a Shotgun Shack by maybe77. Arthur tries a little self-help, dreamspace style.

You’ll Be So Pristine by cobweb_diamond. Arthur gets a tattoo on his wrist and tries to hide it. Eames finds out and becomes obsessed with it.

You’re in a Maze by andrealyn. Ariadne glimpses two sides of a story half-told.

You’re the One I’ve Been Dreaming of, You See by papered. When he walks into his dark hotel room, there is an unexpected, human-shaped lump on the bed.

You’re Waiting for a Stranger by mixtapestar. (AU) Arthur's plans for his life are very detailed and predictable, just the way he likes it... until Eames comes along.

You’ve Got the Touch by addandsubtract. (AU) Eames wipes the blood away from the corner of his mouth. Arthur doesn’t regret punching him at all.

Zugunruhe by weatherfront. The things that they are too afraid to want.

ok fine no it isn't. the following are comment!fics that I've really enjoyed (and if you've gone through everything up to this point, YOU PROBABLY WILL TOO :D)

( comment!fic )

Boy in the Angora Sweatervest by weatherfront. the porn AU where Eames is a new star and Arthur is his fluffer

Clarity Which Clouds My Mind by joanses. based on Mumford & Sons’ Winter Winds.

Early Returns by anonymous. Newspaper AU.

Hello, I Love You, Won’t You Tell Me Your Name by eleveninches. Many people, Eames would find out later, assumed Eames had wanted Arthur from the moment they'd met. It was true Arthur was devestatingly attractive, but in all honesty, the first thing Eames had thought when he'd met Arthur was, Why did Cobb bring his son? (Or: It's all about trust.)

I’m the Man Who Loves You (Inside and Out) by five_ht. belly rubs!

J. Crew AU by foxxcub. (not comment!fic, but not!fic. with pictures! delicious sweatervest pictures.)

Just a Little Touch by avocado_love. In this AU, the world is with tops and bottoms (instead of male/female) people become soul-mates once they have sex with their One True Love. D/s is optional, but it's like once a bottom gets a taste of their soul-mate, it's like the perfect union and the top's cock is like a syringe full of heroin and the other can never get enough of it.

Like a Trick of Light (i thought i could move on) by two_if_by_sea. Arthur sees their relationship as a business transaction -- the exchange of pleasure for pleasure. Eames has always been in love with Arthur, but he'd rather have Arthur this way than not at all.

Love Blurts by eleveninches. Eames takes a job with Cobb and Arthur’s competition.

Lifestyle Change by airgiodslv. “Cobb, what did I tell you about babysitting?” Arthur says calmly. “Call me when they’re old enough to solve a Rubik’s cube.”

Marigolds by writteninhaste. every year on Arthur's birthday Eames gives him the same gift.

Not Necessarily the Best Policy by five_ht. A mistake in one of Yusuf's chemicals makes Arthur blurt all of his thoughts out loud. Including the dirty ones. The very, very dirty ones. About Eames.

Reject the Null Hypothesis by five_ht. Buttplugs? It's just porn, really.

Saving People, Hunting Things by ethrosdemon. AU, where they (or one of them are) Ghostbusters or Hunters or something like that. Dealing with the supernatural. SAVING PEOPLE.

Swallow (1 2 3) by weatherfront. Arthur... is a very slutty drunk p.s. KEEP SCROLLING.

The Day They Broke Arthur by weatherfront. Arthur is a hardcore badass, not a princess. However one day when working on a project, Arthur faints (maybe from working to hard and forgetting to you know, eat and sleep or whatever angle anon wants to go). Eames and Cobb instantly start fighting over whose job it is to take care of him (Eames playing the boyfriend card and Cobb using the BFF brother card). Of course while their fighting, the others are actually trying to figure out what's wrong with him.

The Mating Dance of Wide-Eyed Thieves by weatherfront. Eames draws a rise from Arthur, and Arthur draws blood from Eames. Ariadne wonders what it's all about, because she's the only one that knows how to wonder.

The One With the Pancakes by eleveninches. Instead of warning Eames off Arthur, I want a fill where Cobb actually gives him pointers.

The Twist by chibi_lurrel. Handwaving chemistry makes Arthur smell totally fuckable. So everyone fucks him.

Thing by pointwoman. (Toddler!AU) Eames absolutely knows that he is gonna marry Arthur when they grown up

Untitled by eleveninches. Eames gets jealous of Arthur’s vibrator.

Untitled by eleveninches. "I think," said Cobb, sounding defeated, "we're going to need Eames for this."

Untitled by eleveninches. In hindsight, Dom should have realized something was up the first time he witnessed Arthur laugh at something Eames said.

Untitled by eleveninches. It wasn’t Victor’s fault the job ended up being a set-up by the mark’s ex-wife. It certainly wasn’t Victor’s fault when Arthur, the point man he had borrowed for this job, was shot in the shoulder, going down without so much as a cry of pain. However, it was Victor’s fault when the c4 he’d had his architect, Hee Young, plant in the office also blew up the hospital next door -- the hospital he’d intended on taking Arthur to once they’d disposed of the men trying to kill them.

Untitled by eleveninches. They were working on perfecting Ariadne's penrose stairs (which she still maintained was the coolest thing ever) when Arthur turned to her and asked, "Do you think Eames is hot?"

Untitled. by airgiodslv. (Werewolf AU) Trust Arthur to know how to handle lycanthropes, just like he knows how to handle bloody everything else.

Untitled by bronson. Eames is a mechanic. Arthur has a fancy car.

What Doesn’t Kill You by airgiodslv. (Double genderswap) She hates that they’re even talking about this. She hates that Eames has seen her stabbed, shot and disemboweled, but this is still an issue, still something to be addressed.

You’re Waiting for an Orgasm by weatherfront. Arthur is inflicted by a "Have sex or Die" poison. Everyone fights to be the one to save him.

You’ve Got a Smile That Could Light up This Whole Town by someidiothasice. Arthur is the popular kid. Drama student Eames pines.

...........and well. since i have you. MORE.


REC LIST OF AUTHORS (AKA authors who have written awesome non-A/E-centric fics):
or: WE GET IT, YOU REALLY LIKE THESE WRITERS. my heart wants what it wants, you guys.

( AND THEN SOME ) -- Something Like a Hero. Ariadne/Mal.
addandsubtract -- Until Our Marrows Mix. Cobb/Mal. (Cheating and adding a second, Gen rec because omg STAR TREK AU *_* Spaceman Said Everybody Look Down.)
bookshop -- I Guess We’ll Just Have to Adjust. Gen
bronson -- All Your Theories Turn to Dust. Cobb/Eames
chibi_lurrel -- The Uses of Sorrow. Arthur/Robert
cobweb_diamond -- A Cocktail and a Kiss on the Cheek. Mal/Ariadne.
delires -- The World We Wanted. Cobb/Eames, Arthur/Eames, Mal/Eames, Mal/Cobb
ethrosdemon -- The Deep End of the Ocean. Gen, Robert-centric.
fermine -- In a Dream House, We All Ride Carousels. Cobb/Arthur
imperfectcircle -- Load, Misdirection, Switch. Ariadne/Saito, Arthur/Eames.
kellifer_fic -- Remember How You Got Here. Ariadne/Arthur
onthecount -- You Know We’ve Missed a Turn. Mal/Ariadne
recrudescence -- Subjacent. Arthur/James
someidiothasice -- Five Things That Never Happened to Arthur. Arthur/Mal, Arthur/Robert
starlingthefool -- The Wind on the Mountain. Ariadne/Arthur/Eames
traincar -- In the Face of All Odds. Arthur/Ariadne
two_if_by_sea -- You Know This Type (i know your type). Arthur/Saito
wldnst -- I Saw a Life, I Called It Mine. Ariadne/Yusuf, Arthur/Eames
weatherfront -- Sorry It Had to Be Like This. Cobb/Arthur


Masterpost | A - H | I - O | P - T | U - Z + extras

one day, i'm going to look back on my life and fucking sob


( I - O ). Ballet!AU

I Can’t Extinguish This Fire, Though I’ve Tried by aprettyaway. In which Arthur is domestic, there is a series of unfortunate events, and firefighter Eames is called upon to save the day.

I Don’t Need Another Map of Your Head by lastling. when they analyse the solution a few days later, Yusuf swears and his mind pops up with the thought Oh, shit, how did that get in there? and Arthur wonders why he ever allowed himself to be a test dummy for the newer, stronger stuff Yusuf wanted to make for his dream basement.

I Feel That the Therapy Is Coming Between Us by sorrynotsorry. You appear to have a lot of unresolved aggression.

I Howl When We’re Apart by kiyala. In his dreams, Eames is a werewolf. And he has Arthur.

I Need You (Like I Need a Hole in the Head) by butterflythread. Killing each other was meant to be a game. Somewhere along the line, things got serious.

I See You Left Your Blinker On by reliablemachine. Jobs generally go well for Arthur, and he's not bragging or anything but he likes to attribute that level of success and reliability to his staunch attitude towards professionalism and preparedness — he works hard,really hard, he always has, and it has always paid off in the end, and that always makes it worth it for him.

I Tremble by chibi_lurrel. where Arthur is buried alive and Eames is looking for him.

I Want to Be Where Your Heart Is Home by smallacts. Nothing says I love you like breaking into your house and squatting there while you’re away.

I Want You to Notice by kellifer_fic. Arthur has a reputation. Eames has a crush.

I’ll See You When the Sun Sets East (Don’t Forget Me) by gyzym. He knows he is alone, and that he is not supposed to be alone, and that someone else is here. He knows he had a name, once. He knows he is looking for something.

I’m Hanging Out on Monday (My Sunday Dreams to Dry) by cobweb_diamond. Eames and Arthur in the the rain and on the run. Set on the eve of Mal and Dom's wedding.

I’m Sure They Took Full Advantage of the Housing Boom by bookshop. In Albuquerque they break the bed.

I’m With Stupid by delires. This is probably the most ridiculous situation that Arthur has ever gotten into and so, unsurprisingly, Eames has a large part to play in getting him here...

I’ve Got Nothing to Do Today But Smile (The Only Boy Living in New York) by gyzym. (AU) Arthur's a corporate lawyer, Eames owns the coffee shop across the street, and all good love stories start with a quadruple shot latte.

If You’re Just Playing Along, I Promise We’ll Be Fine by foxxcub. The first mistake, he thinks, is to let Eames pick the bar.

In Certain Light by airgiodslv. This is the secret, he thinks. This is what Arthur keeps hidden.

In Everything But Blood by someidiothasice. He isn't a coward, per say. He just isn't sure he would like the answer.

In the Line of Duty by weatherfront. After he accidentally releases a magical set of porn DVDs, Arthur must become the Porncaptor that seals them back in order to save the world from some obscure disaster that won't even be mentioned yet. Eames, the guardian of the DVDs, is there to aid him in this quest. With his penis.

In My Own Skin by andrealyn. eames has been having a little technical difficulty with his switching.

In Our Bedroom After the War by papered. A role reversal where Arthur is the one pining after Eames.

In Our Line of Work by linckia_blue. Arthur wakes up and realizes the last ten years of his life have been a dream. He is nineteen, and he can barely remember where he is. What he can remember is the ghost of Eames’ hands pressed down on his chest trying frantically to stop the blood flooding up around his fingers as Arthur died (as he woke up).

In the Space Between Them / Find Me Before It Rains / Nothing to Be Afraid Of by linckia_blue. Ariadne watches Arthur and Eames. There is something there in the way they watch each other, in the way the lines of Arthur's back tense beneath his pinstriped suit when Eames flicks him, but she doesn’t know what she’s looking for.

In You I Crash Cars by five_ht. Arthur has a dirty talk/name-calling kink. Eames explores.

Incipit by thehoyden. (AU) Arthur has been his editor from the beginning. Eames says he won't work with anyone else, and what Arthur will never tell him is that he would cut anyone who tried.

Information by onthecount.

Infornography by chibi_lurrel. Arthur tails Robert Fischer, because it's his job.

Innocent When You Dream by wldnst. A fairytale in limbo.

Iron Man by eleveninches. Eames shows up at the next job with twenty extra pounds of muscle.

It’s Automatic by weatherfront. Beautiful, dirty, rich, ambitious, lost, found, running, chasing, young, immortal, out of time, out of breath, one summer, in Taipei, in love, so in love.

It’s the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) by fermine. domestic fic where they're living together, have just finished brushing their teeth, and go to bed and spoon.

It’s Science / Bedtime Stories by reliablemachine. (AU) Arthur sits on his bed without a hint of awkwardness, backpack set beside him, unzipped and his textbooks sticking out the top and a pair of gym shorts visible stuffed down beside them.

It’s Time, Meet Me by onthecount. Eames finds the tape while he’s cleaning his flat in Salisbury, and he knows, immediately, what he’ll see. He puts it in his VCR anyway, and holds on to the ledge of the bookshelf.

Jamais Vu by thehoyden. "I'm not sure what this is supposed to prove," Arthur temporizes.

Je Ne Veux Pas Travailler by syllic. Arthur figures that if Eames just finally gets what he wants--Arthur's undivided attention--he'll get bored and go away. He's proven spectacularly wrong.

Jesus Was a Crossmaker by fermine. (AU) Arthur hitchhikes.

JOB REQUIREMENTS by mixtapestar. Arthur thinks Eames' flat is a mess. Eames has a solution for that.

Kangaroos Are Arseholes by butterflythread. Kangaroos are still arseholes.

Kiss the Sun at Night by knowmydark. Arthur wants convenience. Eames wants something more. (That is, when he's not trying to get Arthur to sleep with him.)

Know Thy Self, Know Thy Enemy by airgiodslv. Eames looks at the photo on the table and wonders what the hell Arthur’s gotten himself into.

Knucklebones by chibi_lurrel. Arthur loses his totem.

Kobayashi Maru by hackthis. "Eames is in Mombasa." Arthur knows that those four words are nothing more to Cobb than a location. A factual reply.

Lay Your Head Down by fermine. Eames gets himself badly beaten up by someone, Arthur's flat/hotel room is the closest refuge.

Lay Your Siege by gyzym. (AU) Haven't you been paying attention? This is a war story.

Laying Claim by laceymcbain. “Arthur, you've rung me at 2:30 in the bloody morning from Soho where you appear to be on a street corner and shirtless, possibly drugged. I've no doubt you're capable of handling yourself under normal circumstances, but drunken blokes aren't always the most understanding sort, especially when you're not actually selling what you look like you're selling.”

Leading With My Heart by acidpop25. Arthur may be asexual, but he and Eames are in love all the same.

Leave the Children Behind by weatherfront. In deserts, wheat fields, and rose gardens, Eames finds Arthur and shakes off the remnants of war. AU, very vaguely based on The Little Prince.

Left and Leaving by pyrimidine. Time Traveler’s Wife AU.

Legerdemain by delires & weatherfront. Arthur consults his watch. Ah, the MTA, he thinks, as fickle and unpredictable as always.

Les Jeux Son Faits by tequilideas. There are only a handful of stupid things Arthur has done in his life and one of those things is Eames.

Lest You Tread by butterflythread. (Equilibrium AU) Arthur is a Grammaton cleric. Eames is a sense offender.

Let It Run by maybe77. College/Rowing AU.

Let Me Be Your Man by reliablemachine. Eames holding Arthur's hand while the team is having a meeting.

Let Not My Love Be Called Idolatry by toomuchplor. Arthur breaks all the rules of American high school films, as though he’s never even heard of John Hughes, and Eames can’t decide if, given the choice, he wouldn’t rather just become Arthur instead of having the chance to be with him.

Life Among Islands by wldnst. (AU). Ariadne needs a vacation. So does Arthur, but he doesn't know it yet.

Life in Virtual Reality by cobweb_diamond. ‘Reality’s creeping into your dreams, Eames. Your security’s going to be ruined if you can’t get rid of me.' Eames finds himself haunted by projections of Arthur.

Lifeline by climb. ❝The life of every man is a diary / in which he means to write / one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is / when he compares the volume as it is with / what he vowed to make it.❞

Lilies in the Field by jeannedecarnin. Eames needs saving, badly. Arthur saves him.

Like a Bullet in the Back by knowmydark. Eames is accidentally shrunken to pocket-size. Arthur is forced to take care of him.

Like That, Just Like That by cherrybina. Arthur bent over the side of the bed, fingering himself, while Eames sits in a chair across the room and masturbates. They wait until they absolutely cannot resist anymore before they let themselves touch each other.

Limbo of Vanity by veritas_nescio. Coda set two months after the movie. Three weeks to make a man believe in God, three levels down to reach purgatory; this is what it takes for an enigma to unravel a paradox.

Lions and Tigers by starlingthefool. A story about growing up, sort of.

Little Beast by knowmydark. Us against the world.

Little Beasts (we can’t punch ourselves awake by chibi_lurrel. I couldn't get the boy to kill me, but I wore his jacket for the longest time. - Siken

Little Cat Feet by chibi_lurrel. Arthur turns into a cat. Eames kind of freaks out about it.

Little House of Savages by fermine. dealing with falling for each other, not really knowing what to do, screwing things up in the process of trying to have a relationship.

Living, Loving and Blowing Shit Up by kiyala. (AU) Eames shares a flat with Yusuf, who uses micropipettes to add milk to his tea. Eames falls in love with the American exchange student and drags him into this happy mess, with experiments in the kitchen and cats all over the place.

Loaded Die and Fake Poker Chip by ethrosdemon. Eames has the self-possession of the profoundly wealthy aristocrat, the sort of individual normally consigned in this era to the pages of historical fiction.

Lois Lane Had It Easy by calliglad. He looks to Arthur, who’s already looking at him, who looks like he’s been looking at him for a long time. He looks tired. Like maybe he’s been looking too long.

Losing Faith by acidpop25. Arthur is going to have Eames' child. And then he wakes up.

Love, Anterior to Life by night_reveals. Running long and narrow through the Malá Strana, Prague, is a street named Vlašská.

Love in the Time of Marmite by sirona_gs & weatherfront. (AU) Arthur-is-a-magical-chef fic. Basically. And then there's Eames. And Marmite. But this is mainly a story about Love, always about Love.

Love Is a Doing Word by traincar. mallorie cobb plays a pivotal role in her own demise. she is lovely and deceitful and too curious for her own good, particularly after arthur and eames spend a lifetime in limbo. maybe all she wants is what they have, even if they don't want it for themselves.

Love on a Wire by smallacts. Whatever life Dom had in America, he’s left it behind as thoroughly as Arthur, and neither of them ever push the other for their life stories. Arthur likes to think that it’s because he and Dom agree about why everything that came before doesn’t really matter. That they both know their lives began when they met Eames and Mal.

Love You Much Better / The Proper Care & Feeding of Young Mr. Eames by andrealyn. Thanks to Yusuf, Arthur's new job has become 'make sure Eames doesn't cause a riot'.

Love Your Little Motions by five_ht. Eames educates a 16-year-old Arthur on why having things in his ass can be fun.

Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys by chibi_lurrel. Eames finds a pair of shoes that remind him so strongly of Arthur he has to buy them. It's a pair of knock-off Louboutins, and it turns out they're just the right size.

Made With Love by onthecount. Eames has a magical, unexplainable power.

Make a Home From a Rented House by smallacts. Arthur doesn’t quite know when renting a house in Westchester and pretending to be in a civil union with Eames came to constitute "lying-low" but however it happened, he wants a do-over.

Maya by ethrosdemon. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. Except that's complete and total rubbish.

Maybe Arthur by smallacts. In which Eames embarks on a campaign of seduction and Arthur mostly just wants someone to hang out with other than Cobb.

Maybe I’m Already Crazy by foxxcub. (AU) Eames broods and hates everything and everyone. Except his English class. Except for his gorgeous, brilliant English teacher.

Maybe You and I Will Find Love by traincar. eames finds out, quite easily, that everything has changed.

Men Prefer Schoolgirls. by andrealyn. eames learned all his useful skills about being a woman back when he was young and could still pass for a drag queen in the bars of london. and that's where arthur first meets sammy.

Merry Christmas, Darling by mixtapestar. Arthur receives a vague email from Eames. Did you just email me a virus?

MIA by delires. Eames disappearing without a trace and Arthur being lost because of it.

Moment of Inertia by knowmydark. For no apparent reason, Arthur begins to hunt down his former teammates from the Fischer job - all except for Eames.

More Maps Than Books by addandsubtract. (AU) It’s only the first day of tour, and the van already smells like swamp fungus.

Motorbike Porn by butterflythread. There are three things Arthur wants right after a tense getaway: a smoke, a shower, and a stiff drink. A fuck comes in a poor fourth on that list, so it surprises Arthur when Eames slides a gloved hand over his before he can kill the bike’s engine. (+ comment!fic)

Mr. Eames & by wldnst. Eames obsessively tracks a young adult series that may or may not be based on his life.

Mr. Eames, in the Library, With a Stake by cobweb_diamond. JAZZ-AGE VAMPIRE HUNTERS

Mr. Eames and Mr. Eames by jibrailis. (AU) Eames orders a mail order bride and gets Arthur.

Mushrooms From Toadstools by amazingly_me. “It is possible I never actually understood what hatred was until I met you, Eames,” Arthur says, trying his best to mean it and getting almost halfway there.

Mutually-Assured Seduction by laceymcbain. Ariadne and Yusuf make a bet, Arthur and Eames have an agreement, and Cobb is pleasantly oblivious to what's going on.

My Big Fat Slightly Annoying Wedding by jibrailis. Arthur and Eames elope for ~tax reasons. Certain people in their lives are not happy at the lack of a wedding.

My Kind’s Your Kind by smallacts. (AU) “This isn’t something we do, Eames. It’s something we are.” (see also the Arthur/Dom prequel: The Suffering Years)

My Paranoid Valentine by weatherfront. Eames can't help it. He's never seen Arthur die before.

My Religion Is You by maybe77. (AU) Eames convinces priest!Arthur to break his vows.

Naked Lunch by jibrailis. Eames makes a wish for Arthur to be naked always. To Arthur's displeasure, it actually comes true.

Never So Safe As I Am With You by linckia_blue. Arthur has better subconscious security than anyone in the world. It’s notoriously impossible to steal a secret from him. Unless, of course, you’re Eames.

Never Wanted the Nice Boys Anyway by foxxcub. (AU) “Eames, I don’t know what dictionary you’re working out of, but my definition of ‘favor’ does not entail asking someone you despise to play escort to your family’s Christmas party.”

Nice Shoes, Wanna-- by pyrimidine. One night after a job the gang goes out for drinks and some twerpy college kids start to make fun of Eames' outfit. Eames laughs it off and ignores it, but Arthur can see he's a little embarrassed. Which makes Arthur RAAAGE, because only Arthur can make fun of Eames' terrible clothes!

Night Work by sorrynotsorry. (AU) Arthur is a porn blogger, Eames is a smooth operator, and Yusuf is bordering on psychic.

No Discipline of Forgetting by wanderlight. Arthur forgets; Eames waits.

No Map to the Road of You by dialectical. Eames realizes that he's in love. During sex.

No One Keeps a Secret by acidpop25. Blair's wayward older brother returns to the Upper East Side.

No One’s Going to Take Me Alive by delires. Before he ever worked with Cobb, Arthur always used to work with Eames.

Nobody Knew Me at Home Anymore by linckia_blue. The thing about best friends in a small town is that you don’t get to choose. Instead, you get exactly the person you need. It goes that way with Arthur and Eames. Maybe it’s because both of them aren’t made for small town life, not at all, and so instead of growing to fit the town, they grow to fit together.

Nobody’s Little Weasel by wldnst. His final year of university, Eames finds a notebook in the dining hall.

Not As Long As Anger Grows by addandsubtract. (AU) They get back to the castle dirty and tired, but Eames won’t let Arthur do anything but draw him a bath.

Nothing Can Hold Me When I Hold You by someidiothasice. "A letterman's jacket? Who the hell do you think you are, Danny Zuko?"

Nothing Happens by onthecount. Arthur is not the first one to text. It's five AM on the island and Eames is already drinking. Still drinking.

Nothing More Dangerous Than a Boy With Charm by agenttrojie. When Arthur tells Cobb to hire Eames (which he will), he’s also going to tell him to keep a fucking tight leash on him, because talent or not (and it is phenomenal talent, the best Arthur’s seen), Eames is quite capable of making himself a liability.

Nothing’s Gonna Change My World / Alternate Universes Cannot Stop True Love; All They Can Do Is Delay It for a While by smallacts. No matter how many times Eames points out the strangeness of this place, no matter how hard and long he focuses on all the details that are wrong, nothing is shaking, nothing is coming loose. If he was really dreaming, he’d know it by now. This is something else, something he can’t just wake up from.

November Like a Train Wreck by fermine. it may have just been a moment to you, but it changed every single one that followed for me.

Number One With a Bullet by cherryvanilla. A Prohibition era AU with Fighter!Eames and Gangster!Arthur

Occupational Hazard by bronson. The Inception job had sapped the energy from the entire team. Yusuf went back to Mombgasa, Cobb never dreamed again now that he had his family back, and Saito returned to his high-rise buildings and his buff Swiss bank account and they never heard from him ever again.

Of Coffee and Crosswords by traincar. one of them is other's emergency contact. they don't know, until they do.

Of Such Deceitfulness and Suavity by delires. They have just been torn apart by Cobb’s projections.

Of Thorns and Roses by reliablemachine. The team play out Sleeping Beauty on a job where their mark is into fairy tales, but Eames ends up incepting himself to only wake up after being kissed by his true love (Arthur, obviously).

Office Holiday Party by sekkritbandlj. (AU) Eames doesn't do stuffy Christmas parties.

Oh, What a Bargain / Such Was Our Calling by addandsubtract. Eames isn’t running, exactly, but he’s not dawdling, either. He’s got his hands in the pocket of his ratty wool coat, the navy blue one he had with him when he left home, and he’s got the mark’s wallet pressed between his pointer and middle fingers. He’s learning. He’s still got the black eye from the last lesson, but he’s learning.

Omerta by delires. Arthur has been sent to make sure Eames takes care of things.

On the Curve by butterflythread. Arthur is a sixteen year-old academic prodigy. Eames is a professor.

One Could Be Forgiven by calliglad. Eames secretly hates working jobs with Ariadne, because they always end up working out of Paris, so that she can still attend classes, and Eames hates Paris. Hates it with a passion so bigoted and without foundation that he suspects he inherited it.

One Like My Ivory Virgin by knowmydark. Eames is a sculptor who falls in love with a sculpture of his that comes to life.

One Simple Idea by knowmydark. Arthur and Eames get handcuffed together. Chaos, grumpy!Arthur, and blowjobs ensue. In that order.

One Time for Your Mind by bookshop. As if everything else about this job isn't fucked up enough, the mark has an earworm.

One-Track Mind (We Got a Skin-on-Skin Thing, Baby) by agenttrojie. Arthur decides he needs to teach Eames the point of sticking to the plan. With the flat of his hand.

One Week by duckgirlie & weatherfront. Eames needs to be more careful about where he leaves his notes.

Only Feel Where Our Bodies Meet by cherrybina. jailbait!Arthur being fucked for the first time by Eames, who's happy like a pig in mud that he's going to pop Arthur's cherry.

Only Way Left From Here by knowmydark. The problem with being the best forger in the business is that losing yourself becomes second nature to you.

Or The Blood That Rose Into the Silence by addandsubtract. (AU) “Bloody hell,” Eames says. “Arthur, tell me you’re lying to me.” They’re in the W.C., the wheel turned all the way closed, halfway to the pilot’s quarters, and Arthur’s bleeding.

Origin Stories by laceymcbain. The story of how Eames and Arthur meet is one of the great legends of the dream-sharing profession. In it, there's a dark alley, a foreign country, a bar, a punch in the face, a loaded die, a poker chip, a three-piece suit, and a kiss. Not necessarily in that order. And not necessarily all the time.

Our Little Sexton Sings / OLSS AU by night_reveals. (AU) The stables are all Arthur has known for many years, and though he wasn't born a servant he expects to die one -- at least until the lord of the manor's favored son, Eames, takes a liking to pushing Arthur to his knees.

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