Lucky Strike, James Dean/Sal Mineo

[darkhavens]

Author: darkhavens
Title: Lucky Strike
Fandom: Pairing: RPS: James Dean/Sal Mineo
Rating: PG-13
Words: 200
Concrit: Please. If you spot a typo, please feel free to tell me in comments.
Disclaimer: Not mine, never will be. No harm, no foul, no money made.
Warnings/Squicks: At the time of making the movie 'Rebel Without a Cause', Mineo was 16 and Dean was 24. If that kind of age gap turns you off, read no more.
Summary: What might have happened between scenes during the filming of 'Rebel Without a Cause'.
Notes: I have no clue where this came from, but I like it. Written for slashthedrabble challenge #167, Eagles Song Titles, one of which is 'James Dean'.



Loose-limbed and achingly post-coital, Sal watched Jimmy lean across his chest to grab the half-empty pack of Lucky Strikes from the motel's bedside cabinet.

"It's really unfair, you know?"

Sal didn't expect Jimmy to have a clue what he was talking about, or to actually care now he'd gotten what he wanted, but lying there in silence made him feel somehow dirty, like he should be getting dressed and scurrying away under cover of darkness. Well to hell with that.

Jimmy kinked an eyebrow inquisitively, slipped two fresh cigarettes into his mouth and struck a match. He lit them both with one drag, languidly shook the match out, then held one of the smokes to Sal's lips.

"What's that?"

It was obvious from the glaze in Jimmy's eyes that he was already back to plotting how to get Brando's dick up his ass. Some things never changed - Jimmy's brutal honesty, even in bed, was apparently one of them. Sal sighed.

"How the crew keeps giving me shit about Plato being a fag. Jeez, Jimmy, that's what started this whole thing." Sal waved a hand over their sated naked bodies. "This, they could care less about, but a goddamn movie character…"

Comments

[literati.livejournal.com]

I want to cry. I love this so very much! The Brando line KILLED ME DEAD!

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Fankoo! *smooches you and passes you a hankie*

This is what my brain does on Dr Pepper.

...

I should drink it more often, maybe? :D

[literati.livejournal.com]

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

There are two two liter bottles ready and waiting for consumption. I may never sleep again. *g*

[outsideth3box.livejournal.com]

I totally do not have an icon for this.

Really, this is sad. And yet, I just want to shake my head and sigh at the same time.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

I am taking that as a tick in the 'win' box of life's little poll. *g*

Thank you!

I don't have an icon for it either, hence the use of my Father Gabe icon, and my Felix Thud icon, signalling my guilt and shock and feeling of omgwheredidthiscomefrom?! :D

[sweptawaybayou.livejournal.com]

oh, I love this. So very smooth and completely true to them. Leaves me craving more.

:)

Thank you for sharing!

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

It's been years since I read a James Dean biography, and I had to do a fast skim of Sal's IMDb and Wiki pages to refresh my memory (beyond the basics of "pretty and doomed and 'would have rolled over for Dean in a heartbeat'"), but by the time I'd loaded the pages, the scene was already writing itself in my head.

:D

[bitchygrrl.livejournal.com]

Oh this is sad and wonderful, and just seems so real. *wants more*

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

The sadness was almost incidental. Sal was pretty and fresh and new, an irresistible combination for Dean, but Dean was also obsessed with bagging Brando and I really doubt he tried that hard to hide it.

[bitchygrrl.livejournal.com]

I don't think Dean would have tried to hide it at all. Now I feel like watching Giant.

[azryal.livejournal.com]

This, they could care less about, but a goddamn movie character

Yeah, that's so Hollywood...the characters are more real than the actors.

There's something thrilling in this piece, aside from the obvious visual and visceral appeal. Maybe it's the tragedy that followed these poor guys, and to see a moment of peace, if not contentment, is moving. It's good. Really good.

Mae

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

My first thoughts whenever I watch 'Rebel' are how pretty and how doomed the cast were. The main trio all died tragically before their time and this movie in particular seems to carry some of the weight of that.

Maybe that's why it made the perfect backdrop/timing for this tiny piece.

[tabaqui]

Oh, those boys....
And the whole cigarette thing, i love. It makes me think of scene from 'Brideshead Revisited' and that makes me happy.
:)

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

I firmly believe Dean was all about the post-coital cigarette-sharing. All done languidly, of course. *g*

[tabaqui]

Heeee!
I loathe cigarettes and smokers in real life - kissing a smoker is revolting, and i should know - but in fic, man...
*swoons*

[kitty-poker1.livejournal.com]

You know I'm not normally a fan of RPS, but this is excellent. Possibly, perfect. These boys were so closely closeted by the studios, but would have been a gorgeous couple if they could just have come out. Maybe Sal would've used fewer 'controlled substances' and Jimmy wouldn't have driven so recklessly...

How the crew keeps giving me shit about Plato being a fag.

So good. *smooch*

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :D

You know Iim not normally a fan or a writer of RPS, but this insisted on being written, so what could I do? *g*

*smooch*

[roxymissrose.livejournal.com]

Hahaha! Perfect! Love the little detail of the Lucky Strikes and the way you write Jimmy!

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :D

My Jimmy is a complete tart - he knows he's hot stuff and he works it for all it's worth, going after what and who he wants.

I don't think he ever did bag Brando, but probably not for lack of trying. *g*