String Theory, by Grav_ity (R)

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Fandom Category: Inception
Pairing: Ariadne/Arthur
Fic Title: String Theory
Author: grav_ity
Link: http://grav-ity.livejournal.com/1169939.html
Rating/Warning(s): R, sex
Genre: one-shot, general romance
WIP?: no

Why This Must Be Read: Because for a shorter fic, it packs so much emotion and complexity into it. I love her Ariadne because she's strong and competent, and her new relationship with Arthur is a fascinating read, especially how it can play against their working relationship. Plus, hot sex. ;) Awesome.

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She graduates, not the top of her class but near enough to it that she catches the eye of more than a few headhunters. She doesn't return their calls or emails, her dreams are somewhere else, but she takes a few quiet moments to herself while she adds the letters 'PhD' to her CV before she lets Eames sweep her out for a night on the town that she is more or less sure she won't remember. She can never recall at what point during the evening Arthur appears, but her one solid memory of the entire time is his mouth on hers, her hands against his chest, and how straddling his lap seems like the sanest thing in the world.

Once she recovers from the hangover, she calls him on the phone she's only supposed to use for emergencies and tells him that she's ready for the big leagues now. He hedges, as she predicted, but she refuses to take no for an answer, and before long she's building impossible cities once again.