#inceptionficrx

Take care of yourselves and heed all warnings. I hope you’ve enjoyed our Wednesdays together!

I've Got Nothing To Do Today But Smile (The Only Living Boy in New York) by @gyzym

Summary: 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 Like Making Love At Midnight by sarahyyy

Summary: Eames calls him darling. He writes his phone number on Arthur's coffee cup every morning. He asks Arthur out every other day. He has been sending Arthur so many saucy winks his eyes hurt. How the ever-loving fuck can Arthur not know that Eames is interested?

Weekly Routine by adara

Summary: On weekdays he always got a perfectly brewed cup of tea every morning, to-go cups every day but Wednesday for the last three years. The Saturday morning shuffling in had started a few weeks back. So now part of their weekly routine involved Arthur making an overly caffeinated sugary hangover remedy in a cup without question.

Or, the one in which Barista!Arthur and his favorite regular have an eventful Saturday.

The Point by @my-citrus-pocket

Summary: Arthur wants to make a point.

His job as a lawyer for Cobb Architectural Design has led him to places all around the globe and his need for caffeinated beverages has made him visit coffee shops in the strangest places one can imagine. Arthur hasn’t found one he’d call perfect. It’s a challenge, as his job isn’t anymore.

Sugar Rush by @madbrilliant84

Summary: Eames has always loved cake. All his good memories are somehow connected to it. Arthur has no opinion on cake. Until he moves into the flat above Eame's bakery…

you're the sugar to my high by @scribblscrabbl-blog

Summary: A bakery AU.

In which life and love are never so simple as making a perfect croissant.

Fire on the Tongue by @versions91 

Summary: They’re dining out on Saito’s dime, so to speak, and the sky is the credit limit.

eames on food by @duckgirlie

baby, you’re a firework by cmonkatiekatie Arthur's been struggling against his attraction to Eames because Eames turns him on too much; he comes too soon and it humiliates him. Eames figures it out and teaches him control.

^ did you read that summary!? you’ve opened the tab already, haven’t you?

all our wires got crossed by five_ht

"I don't know how much more I can fucking take," he says irritably. Eames reads between the lines, notes the tension in his shoulders, knowing that that's what Arthur really can't take. He'll let it build and build until he explodes unless he finds an outlet, and if Eames has to screw Arthur to prevent a hostage situation, well, that's a burden he's willing to bear.

hot, hot, hot, so hot

press new game by reliable machine

He presses New Game for what feels like the 30th time then pauses. There’s a guy wearing aviators and a tatty orange and white baseball hat, sitting in a well-lit room with band and movie posters on the wall behind him. There’s some kind of palm houseplant sticking into the camera’s view from somewhere off to the guy’s right and he’s not wearing a shirt.

Arthur is bored and horny...and messing around on Chatroulette. good times, good times. high hopes by ester_inc

It was intoxicating. Arthur curled a hand in Eames' shirt and hooked an arm behind his neck, pulling him in. Eames pressed them together, pushing a thigh between Arthur's legs, and Arthur moaned.

"Christ," Eames murmured against his mouth, "I'm going to hell."

“Arthur at seventeen is not the same as Arthur at twenty-nine; Eames is one of the few people to have met Arthur at both ages.” Classic but that Arthur’s-first-time-scene will always send me to my bunk and deserves to be rec’d forever, nnngg. <3

I want your psycho by toomuchplor

Eames would gladly welcome comparisons to other dashing bearded men, but Eames rarely gets what he wants when it comes to Arthur.

Fandom Flummery Broken Down!

Flummery (noun): 1.easy compliments. 2. a sweet dish made with beaten eggs, milk, sugar, and flavorings. 3. Easy, sweet compliments (for our purposes 😋)

What: -An online card exchange that allows you to share some of your favourite fandom creations with others

Who:  -YOU! You will receive an online card from one other member of fandom

-THEM! You will send one card to one (or more, if you choose) other member of fandom

Where: -Online! It’s cheap, easy, and (hopefully) painless

When: -Sign-ups are open until June 29th. Sign up HERE! -You will receive your recipient’s info by June 30th -Cards will be sent out between July 1st and 31st

Why: -Inceptiversary, of course! -It’s also a great way to share what we love with other members of fandom, as all fandom works are meant to be. The newbies, the olds, the lurkers, we all deserve to interact with the best the Inception Fandom has to offer!

How: Step 1 - Receive recipient info from @inceptionficrx, including interests and rating preferences Step 2 - Comb through all your favourite works (art, fics, blogs, etc.) Step 3 - Fall in love with those works all over again Step 4 - Select at least 5 (or more!) works that fit your recipients interests Step 5 - Create a virtual greeting card for your recipient using a website like GreetingsIsland or create your own with editing software like Canva and send it via email Step 6 - Post links to the works you’ve selected into the message of the card or email and send to your recipient! Step 7 - Enjoy the links you receive in your own gifted card and post them on tumblr (#fandomflummery) so everyone can check them out!

Happy Inceptiversary!!!!!! Let’s get the party started with the Fic Recs for Theme Week 1: Inception! (For your sanity, heed the tags!)

House of Escher by @amysnotdeadyet​ Summary: Arthur doesn't build because he can't not make unreal, surreal mazes.

Simple and Living by @theragnarokd​ Summary: 5 times Eames kept Arthur warm.

Whistle for the Choir by osaki_nana_707 Summary: Most people assumed Arthur had always been the three C's his whole life. Calm, collected, confident. This was not the case.

A Spoonful of Sugar by QueenThayet Summary: Arthur is still annoyed after Eames' little "kick" demonstration for Ariadne.

Smoke, baby by @teacuphuman09 Summary: Eames prepares for Inception.

As Inceptiversary approaches and we all start preparing for the brilliance that is about to be created in our fandom, I’d like to take a moment to appreciate all that which has come before. 

Artwork! Blogs! Fics! Mood Boards! Podfics! Gifs! Drabbles! Playlists! This fandom has so many amazing works to share, and in the spirit of sharing I’d like to introduce Fandom Flummery: And Exchange of Favourited Works! 

Fandom Flummery is an online card exchange where you send and receive at least five links to works favourited by your donor that are in line with your own tastes. 

Everyone who signs up is agreeing to send and receive at least one card, and best of all, you have until July 31st, 2020 to send it! It’s quick, easy, and best of all, free!

Maybe you’ll get a link to a new favourite or an old one you fall in love with all over again! Either way, sharing is caring and the more the merrier so don’t keep the excellence to yourself; feel free to post your card and links on tumblr so these works reach an even wider audience!

Sign-ups are open now and you can send your card(s) anytime between July 1st and July 31st, 2020. Cards need to be sent by email (within the body or a link to something online) and personalized to your recipient. If you need help with this let me know and I’ll do my best to guide you through it. Sign-Ups close June 29th.

Heed the tags!

Hammered and Screwed by @immoral_crow

Summary: Eames is good with his hands and wears a toolbelt. Arthur appreciates this in a man.

Pretend That You're Alone by osaki_nana_707

Summary: AU. Eames is a burned out university professor who goes to the park for lunch to get away from the chaos of his life. There he meets 16-year-old Arthur and begins to befriend him for his ability to have an intelligent conversation with him. When he discovers the boy is homeless, he decides to take care of him, but things with Arthur get more complicated than he could ever expect.

Schmoop Bomb Series by @toomuchplor @xenakis

Summary:

Ndoto haihadithiwi ~ You can’t name a dream.

- Swahili Proverb

Arthur and Eames are on the verge of giving up mind crime when Cobb convinces Arthur to be his point man on one last job — which rather inevitably goes wrong. Eames is pulled into the mess as Cobb’s simple heist spirals into an attempt on inception. It’s time to stop trespassing on the dreams of others; building a home takes two sets of hands.

Lucky by @earlgreytea68​

Last Bunk Fic Friday post for this Inceptiversary! Heed the warnings!

Imprints Itself by @rasyya​

Summary: Arthur is busy.

Really fucking busy; he has one more exam to give, and five to grade, and the English professor really, really should be concentrating on the sheaves of papers spread in front of him, but—he can’t.

He can’t because he’s in a fucking tea-room, trying not to stare at the server sitting a few tables away shoving an éclair inelegantly into his mouth and using his black apron to brush the crumbs off of his big, broad, heavy hands.

this time I'm not leaving without you by plainjane8

Summary: Arthur has been to this bar before.

Corked by homesickblues (wispyoongi)

Summary:

Bordeaux, so like Paris and yet so unlike any other place in the world in its narrow streets and soft-cornered architecture, casts romantic hues against his window, draping long, finger-like shadows through the length of his flat.

He traces them with hooded eyes and thinks about impossible things: impossible people, impossible foods, impossible chefs and the impossible pleasure they get out of torturing innocent sommeliers.

***

The one where Arthur's the new sommelier at a world-class French restaurant and Eames is the famous chef who makes Arthur's life impossible.

Teacups note: GRAPHIC SIDE CHARACTER DEATH NOT IN TAGS but still an excellent fic

Cupcaking by @coffeecupandcorgi​

As always, heed the tags!

I See France by @toomuchplor

Summary: Arthur likes to think of it as gallantry; Eames mostly just thinks it's cute.

Arthur in Wonderland by @teacuphuman09

Summary: Sometimes Valentine's Day means something more than chocolates and flowers.

Tea & Knitting Series by @amysnotdeadyet

Summary: Arthur runs a tea shop that does custom blends on the fly. Eames designs knitwear. This is how they meet.

Lions and Tigers by @starlingthefool​

Summary:

What were you like as a kid?” Eames asks him.

“Quiet,” Arthur says. “I lived in my head a lot. You?”

“I did too,” Eames replies. “Only I was never quiet about it.”

A story about growing up, sort of.

break your heart to make it bigger by @alakeeffectgirl​

Summary:

"Do you mind if I stop to visit the kids?" Arthur asks.

"Stop to visit?" Dom replies. "You should just stay with us."