Title: Show Me the Way Home
Fandom: Inception
Pairing: Eames/Arthur
Categories: Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Angst, First-Time
Length: Long (18,887)
Warnings: None

Author on LJ: laceymcbain
Author Website: AO3

Author's Summary:
“Let me guess,” Eames says, no longer surprised when Arthur appears unannounced at his door. “You couldn't bear to stay away from my sofa for one more day.”

In which Arthur develops a relationship with Eames' sofa and eventually with Eames himself.

Review:
Arthur being Arthur is rather resistant to the thought of being comforted, haha.

You have Arthur stumbling on Eames's place and camping out on his couch whenever he gets hurt. Which is alarmingly rather often. You have steady progression of Arthur slowly showing Eames more instead of just falling down on his couch and it's all rather lovely. Arthur isn't good at being taken care of though, and Eames has a bit of an uphill fight on his hands.

The fic takes place mostly pre-Inception (epilogue is post-Inception) and there's a believable progression of Arthur and Eames's relationship. There's angst and hurt and them beautifully making up and it's gorgeous. There's also fake marriage! Which, uh, is a trope I love and laugh at, but it's a very small part of the story and not a focus at all.

It all comes to a head about the same time Mal dies, and oh, those stupid men and their stupid decisions. The events that happen during that time is like a wallop to the face and you just want to shake the two and tell them to get their act together already. But the resolution fits and is quite perfect and segues quite nicely with the movie itself.

Show Me the Way Home