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Title: Make It Mean
Author: eternalsojourn
Artist: sin_repent
Rating: NC-17 for sex, graphic violence, torture (committed by main characters), strong language, description of past non-con, ambiguous ending, possible main character death, and probably something else inappropriate for minors that I’ve forgotten
Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Beta: night_reveals
Word Count: ~16,800
Warnings: See Rating



Summary: An alternate universe of a kind, in which Mal’s death alters everyone’s course of action before the events of Inception. A senseless act of violence pushes Cobb out of his life’s course, and as a result Arthur and Eames both miss their opportunity to enter dreamshare. They meet anyway and head down a decidedly bloodier career path as assassins. Along the way their shoulders brush with what might have been.

LJ Part One
LJ Part Two
AO3 Post here.

Art is embedded but you can also view on sin_repent's journal here.

Title: Make it Mean (Link to Master Post)
Author: eternalsojourn
Artist: sin_repent
Rating: NC-17 for sex, graphic violence, torture (committed by main characters), strong language, description of past non-con, ambiguous ending, possible main character death, and probably something else inappropriate for minors that I’ve forgotten
Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Beta: night_reveals
Word Count: 16,761
Warnings: See Rating

Summary: An alternate universe of a kind, in which Mal’s death alters everyone’s course of action before the events of Inception. A senseless act of violence pushes Cobb out of his life’s course, and as a result Arthur and Eames both miss their opportunity to enter dreamshare. They meet anyway and head down a decidedly bloodier career path as assassins. Along the way their shoulders brush with what might have been.

AO3 Post here.

Art is embedded but you can also view on sin_repent's journal here.

Author’s Note: My eternal gratitude goes to sin_repent for this incredible art, which simply blew me away. I feel incredibly privileged to work with her as I’ve admired her work since I entered this fandom. And as always, none of this would have happened without the endless patience, gentle (and not-so-gentle) prodding of my beta, night_reveals. And a special shout-out to both achaostheorem, whose constant moral support is invaluable, and metacheese, who helped me wrap my brain around wrangling an honest-to-god plot.

( Make It Mean - Part One )