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Fic commentary: Ecstasy, Whisky in Your Veins, Addict
telesilla asked for commentary on this trilogy of drabbles (well, one is a double drabble) featuring Jason Isaacs and Liam Neeson in a vampire universe: Ecstasy, Whisky in Your Veins, and Addict.

Amazingly (considering all the VC fic I wrote), this is the only vampire AU I've done. Wait, no, I lie. I had a short fic where Elijah was a vampire, too.

But these fics were written for Ruth and Nancy, and Ruth and Nancy like vampires, so vampires seemed like a natural choice. :)

Ecstasy

Jason drags his lips over Liam's neck, teasing, and when Liam moans and arches up, his cock shifts, hitting just the right spot and Jason groans and does it again. But for the occasional roll of his hips, Liam is still, his heart racing, blood pounding through his veins, and Jason can almost taste it through his skin.

I think this is like one of those "how you can recognise a fic written by me" things. Are toppy guys getting fucked? Then it's by Grace!

"Jason, please," Liam rasps, tugging at the cuffs, and Jason smiles as he opens his mouth, fangs slicing into Liam's neck, and drinks. He feels himself shudder and come, but he's floating and drowning and from far away Liam is begging again.

I really like the last part of the last sentence there. I always tend to default to Vampire Chronicles for vampire stuff, not just to Anne's canon, but to the way I wrote them as well, and this is definitely reminiscent of that (though less purple as I've got miles better at writing sex).

Whisky in Your Veins

This was written to a prompt of a photo of a glass of whisky, thus the theme. I like the title a lot, actually, though it seems a bit uncharacteristically poetic for me.

The first time they met was at a party. Liam was holding a glass of whisky, and Jason's eyes kept flicking down to his hand, those fingers. There'd been another drink or two later back at Liam's. Jason remembers seeing the half-empty glass the next morning, still perched on a bookshelf in the little office where Liam had finally given up all pretense of showing him around and shoved him up against the wall. Maybe it was the scent, or the taste on his tongue when they kissed, but Jason swears that when he drank, Liam's blood tasted like whisky.

Urg, that middle sentence is a bit tortured. I never send drabbles for beta, though, and this could probably have used one.

I have to say, I don't really have a sense of who these guys are in this verse. They meet at a party, but I don't think they're actors, so it's maybe just a mutual friend's party or something. I'm also not quite sure whether vampires are a known and normal thing in this verse, but I tend to think not. Maybe I should write more of it to figure that out. :)

Addict

Liam's hand shakes, but it's not from nervousness. Not all from nervousness, anyway. He should have asked for a drink first. Two drinks, really. Whisky for his nerves and a sip of Jason's blood to take the edge off.

"Do it," Jason urges, and there's no way Liam can resist. There's too much of Jason running through his veins.

I'm reading this over and thinking it could be ambiguous as to whether Liam is just some sort of human pet/lover or whether he's been made a vampire as well. I had meant the former, and obviously it becomes clear as the fic progresses, so I don't mind the ambiguity at all; in fact, I rather like it.

Biting his lip, Liam takes the knife, presses the point to the muscle of Jason's chest, just over his heart. It slices through skin easily, bright red blood welling up in its wake. He makes lines and circles, stars and zigzags. The cuts heal almost as soon as they're made, and if Liam doesn't press quite deep enough, they won't even bleed, and that won't do at all. He wants as much blood as he can get.

I wrote this to a prompt of "shapes" from one of those prompt tables, which is why I decided to make the cutting in patterns rather than just straight lines.

Again, the quick healing comes directly from Anne Rice. Aside from Dracula and maybe a random novel or two here and there, I've never really got into the whole vampire thing, so most of my "canon" comes from there, rather from other popular sources like Vampire: The Masquerade or what have you. Anyway, what it comes down to is, wanky as Anne is, I quite like many of her ideas about vampires, though obviously not her insistence on no sexing. :p

Jason's breath is coming in shallow gasps, his cock straining. Liam wants that, too, wants to lick the clear bead welling up at the slit almost as much as he wants Jason's blood. It's not just the blood anymore, he thinks, knife clattering to the floor as Jason finally gives permission to lick him clean. Liam's an addict, but it's Jason he's addicted to.

And another "this was written by Grace" moment, with a dominant masochist. :) It definitely feels like going against "canon" to have Jason be toppy, since my canon in this case is the Est, but I wanted to do something different in that regard.

I'm not sure what the timeline is on these. Obviously Whisky in Your Veins comes first, and in my mind it goes Ecstasy and then Addict after that, but I hadn't really thought about how much time between each. Addict doesn't feel too far along to me; it feels more like this has happened very quickly and Liam is a bit over his head.

It was fun to look over these again, though I wish I had more to say. It's made me want to write more, though, which is always good. Questions are welcome, if there's something I didn't touch on that you're curious about. :)