bantha_fodder: ([hp] katie + robert - amazedxgraphics)
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title: the slow fade
author: bantha_fodder
fandom: hprpf (katie/robert)
rated: for mild sexing
disclaimer: these are ALL LIES. none of this happened.

this is something for [livejournal.com profile] shleemeri to hug and kiss and call her own. it was supposed to be premiere!porn, but developed a plot, and became this exploration of teenage something or other. UGH. PORN. WHY DO YOU FORSAKE ME?

with thanks to claira and saff. but why are there no hprpf comms? just places for rps.

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When Mike calls cut, Robert keeps a hold of Katie's hand. "That was great dancing, guys," says Mike, and Katie is distracted by Robert's thumb tracing patterns on her palm. "But Dan tripped a little towards the end there, and I think we need to reshoot it."

Robert pulls her close, and holds her tighter than he should.

She feels his breath on her ear, and she shivers.

*

"I'm bored," says Robert. "All you guys studying."

"If only you weren't so old," she laughs.

"I'm not old," he protests, and pushes her into the chair as he presses down on her; kisses her and strokes her skin.

"Okay," she says, and kisses him back.

*

Her mobile rings and the screen flashes with Robert's picture. She smiles. Breathes out. "Hi," she says, heart beating fast.

"Hey," he says, and she imagines him smiling back. "I'm going to this premiere on the weekend. You know." He pauses.

"No," she says. "I've no idea."

"Some American movie. With a car."

"Okay," she says, no idea what he's talking about but it doesn't matter.

"So you'll come?" he asks, and she nods at the phone.

"Only if you pick me up."

"Of course," he says. "I'm a gentleman."

*

In the taxi Robert kisses her: all soft lips and sharp teeth, and she laughs against his mouth as he slides his hand up her thigh.

"I'm not that kind of girl," she says, and pulls him closer.

"I never said you were." He struggles with the seat belt and kisses her; cups her cheek and smears her makeup. He pushes her against the door; she tangles her hand in his shirt and strokes his skin.

The driver coughs, and Katie blinks.

"Your shirt's unbuttoned," she says, and tumbles out of the taxi, laughing.

Robert pays the taxi driver and catches up with her ten metres down the carpet; wraps his arm around her waist and grins.

"This car would be awesome," he says, and she laughs again.

*

She falls onto the bed and pulls him with her. Pushes clothes aside, and when he comes, she squirms and kicks him until he touches her and she comes too.

When she wakes up he's gone, and she reaches into space left by his departure.

She throws his pillow to the floor, and goes for a shower.

*

She dyes her hair for the photo call. "Nice," he says softly, hand warm on her back, and she shivers.

Leans away.

She doesn't have time for his crap.

*

"Just the three of you," says one of Mike's PR guys, and Katie frowns at the phone.

"It's an odd choice," she says. "Don't you want Clemence?"

"No," he says, "we want you."

She looks cute, she thinks, and when Robert winks at her she reaches for Stanislav, who knows what she's doing.

They all do.

*

She calls him.

"I'm a little busy," he says. "Can I talk to you at the thing?" and she listens to the laughter in the background. One, two, five; she loses count and hangs up.

"Okay," she says, aloud, "okay," and dresses to impress. Two can play at this stupid game.

*

He saunters, he fucking saunters, and the skin at the nape of his neck makes her shiver.

"You okay?" asks Daniel as they smile for the cameras.

She glances over her shoulder, and Robert pulls a crack face. "I'm fine," she says, and wonders what Robert's been up to.

*

"If you were going to ditch me, you could at least hang out with Stanislav," he whispers. Pauses behind her as they work their way into the theatre. "Not the hero of our story."

"There's nothing wrong with Daniel," she snips.

"Oh, it's Daniel now?" He waltzes past, and she frowns at his back.

Smiles for the camera.

*

Pattinson Drunk at Harry Potter Premiere, she reads in the tabloids, and laughs out loud.

Katie reaches for the phone, but doesn't dial his number.

He's just a boy.

*

They all take the same flight to America. It'd be perfect for a party, except everyone decides to sleep.

She watches his head as it leans closer to Clemence.

Closes her eyes.

*

She's nearly the first one onto the red carpet; walks the distance long before everyone else.

This is not an accident.

*

She wanders down the red carpet. Smiles and signs. The screams get louder and she waves at Rupert; waves at Emma and Daniel and poses for more photos. "I love you," says one girl; "I hate you," says another. She smiles at both and thanks them just the same.

The screams get louder again, and it's like the tide's coming back in as she floats on the shrieking. When she turns her head, Robert's all ruffled velvet and leering grins, and when she catches his eye he stills. The grin stays the same.

She smiles back, but it's just pretend.

*

She slouches next to Daniel.

"You're so bloody short," she mutters, and he laughs.

"You love it," he replies, and slings an arm around her waist. The lights keep flashing, and Daniel waves at the cameras. "You get tired of staring up for too long."

"It's true," she says.

"You're better off this way," and she purses her lips.

She knows what he means.

*

In the darkness, she kisses Daniel. He licks her lips and holds her waist, but it's not the same.

"Okay," she says. "Thanks."

"Uh," he says.

"Don't worry about it."

*

She smiles at Robert on the way out, a stupid half smile that she hopes makes her look pretty. When he climbs onto the bus he sits alone, and she wonders about that, but turns and laughs at Stanislav's jokes.

Later, Robert wraps a hand around her wrist and drags her around the corner. "We're at a party," she mumbles into his mouth as he kisses her, and he grins.

"I have a reputation," he says as his hand slides up her thigh and he writes secrets onto the skin at her neck, "I hope you're okay with that."

"Well," she says, and reaches for him, "I need to have a little fun sometime."

He laughs, and she lets go of the world and holds onto Robert.

She jumps.

END

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Date: 2005-11-17 03:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] voleuse.livejournal.com
Oooooh. This is just...

When she turns her head, Robert's all ruffled velvet and leering grins, and when she catches his eye he stills. The grin stays the same.

Ooooooh.

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Date: 2005-11-17 03:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bantha-fodder.livejournal.com
Haha. I'm going to take your 'oooh's as you being stunned by my awesomeness. *g*

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Date: 2005-11-17 04:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sideofzen.livejournal.com
Oh, fabulous.

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Date: 2005-11-17 05:00 pm (UTC)

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Date: 2005-11-17 04:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] liminalliz.livejournal.com
This is SO VERY GOOD. SO VERY VERY VERY GOOD. Oh man. This is awesome.

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Date: 2005-11-17 05:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bantha-fodder.livejournal.com
HI. YOU ARE AWESOME. And should write more desert pilots.

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Date: 2005-11-17 04:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sajee.livejournal.com
*bows down before the queen*

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Date: 2005-11-17 05:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bantha-fodder.livejournal.com
Thank you. Where are you?

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Date: 2005-11-17 04:13 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] cupiscent.livejournal.com
nngh. hee. wibble.

He's so insouciant. Wanna slap him just to see the mark. But human with it. Very much a boy. Well done.

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Date: 2005-11-17 05:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bantha-fodder.livejournal.com
I swear, I always pick the weirdest RPF pairings.

But Robert is DAMN FINE. DAMN FINE, DEE.

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Date: 2005-11-17 04:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] berkie.livejournal.com
I would say I hate you for making me love RPF but that's untrue.

I LOVE you for making me love RPF. :D

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Date: 2005-11-17 05:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bantha-fodder.livejournal.com
Yeah, you know you love it. LOVE IT.

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Date: 2005-11-17 04:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gobsmackit.livejournal.com
!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I CAN'T BE COHERENT EEEEEEEEEEEEAAAMAZING IT'S BETTER THAN PORN OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE I JUST SAID THAT BUT IT'S TRUE.

You had me at "Katie is distracted by Robert's thumb tracing patterns on her palm" and it just got better and better. And a Daniel appearance, too! Your "exploration of teenage something or other" is so freaking spot-on. Omg I looooooove it. I'd try to be more...you know, with the words, but I can't.

Dude, I'm not only going to hug it and kiss it and call it my own, I'm going to pull it into bed with me and never let it go. ♥ ♥ ♥

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Date: 2005-11-17 05:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bantha-fodder.livejournal.com
I CAN'T BE COHERENT EEEEEEEEEEEEAAAMAZING IT'S BETTER THAN PORN OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE I JUST SAID THAT BUT IT'S TRUE.

OMG I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU SAID THAT EITHER!

OMG. I totally didn't need to know that bit about you taking it to bed with you. But I'm terribly glad you enjoyed it - I was worried you wouldn't.

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Date: 2005-11-17 05:13 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] queenofalostart.livejournal.com
Huh. Thanks for that. Quite nice, and I liked how you tied a lot of little things together into one tapestry. Lovely!

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Date: 2005-11-17 05:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bantha-fodder.livejournal.com
I was worried by the 'huh,' but I was calmed by the rest of your comments.

I was trying to tie in the things I've noticed from pictures and things (which makes me a crazy obsessed person), and construct a story from that, so.

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Date: 2005-11-18 07:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] reposoir.livejournal.com
I never thought I would ever read RPS, let alone HP actors' RPS and enjoy it. Wah! So good! Thank you so much for sharing! I'm afraid I haven't anything coherent to say except for some wibbling over here. Wah!

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Date: 2005-11-19 03:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bantha-fodder.livejournal.com
Haha. Excellent.

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Date: 2005-11-18 09:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dustyrumble.livejournal.com
That is good. Like, scrumptious food good. Like, orgasmic food good. It was written nicely and I liked it. Where can I find more, similar stuff? It doesn't have to be this particular pairing but... ^.^ Oooh, indeed. I am happy, this made my day. All nice and I loved how Dan and Stan are so different. How Dan doesn't really know what she's doing and Stan does. So clever, love-love-love! *grins* Er... allroundlovely!

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Date: 2005-11-19 03:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bantha-fodder.livejournal.com
This is AWESOME feedback. I often use a style similar to this (I try not to, but it happens) when I'm writing, if you're interested in browsing through my memories. I've written Cho, too, in this style, but most of the other things in this style are for BSG or Children of Dune, with a handful of other fandoms like S:AAB and BSGRPF.

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Date: 2005-11-19 04:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rawthorne.livejournal.com
You have an amazing writing style. I remember I read another one of your fics, a Children of Dune Leto/Ghani ficcie, a while ago and I was blown away. It's incredible how you can pen such strong emotions and underlying tension in such short sentences and patchy structure. I guess it should feel fragmented but it doesn't. Somehow it all flows unbeliveably smooth. Not to mention that the subject matter of the whole thing was yummy. Can't agree with you more, we need HP RPF!

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Date: 2005-11-20 04:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bantha-fodder.livejournal.com
Oh, thank you so much. I'm so glad it worked for you. The fragmented style is something I really like, as is clear from how often I use it.

and we DO need more HPRPF. There hasn't been any in ages. ARGH.

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Date: 2005-11-20 05:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shecrows.livejournal.com
whoa. just -- fabulous. i really, really enjoyed this. very believable. ♥

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Date: 2005-11-21 03:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bantha-fodder.livejournal.com
Thank you!

PS your icon is gorgeous.

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Date: 2005-11-20 05:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] carly-took.livejournal.com
This is just amazing! Would you please write more fics like this someday?
Robert and Katie are just too cute for words.

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Date: 2005-11-21 03:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bantha-fodder.livejournal.com
Hee! When you say 'more fics like this' do you mean RPF, or in this format?

Robert and Katie are STUNNING.

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Date: 2005-11-20 11:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] grrliz.livejournal.com
She glances over her shoulder, and Robert pulls a crack face.

I absolutely adore that the term "crack face" has made it into normal, every day usage and we all know what it means. :D

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Date: 2005-11-21 03:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bantha-fodder.livejournal.com
Plus, the fact that Robert does them so well. That certainly helps.

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Date: 2005-11-21 01:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] baggers.livejournal.com
HOW DARE THEY BE SO FUCKED UP AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE! :O

*zomg flails*

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Date: 2005-11-21 03:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bantha-fodder.livejournal.com
ZOMG YOU KNOW YOU LOVE IT, H0R!

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Date: 2005-11-21 03:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gemme.livejournal.com
holy harem! i love you for making me like RL(real-life) fic! this is possibly the only RL fic i've read that's been done well. i love it. write more..please? :]

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Date: 2005-11-21 03:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bantha-fodder.livejournal.com
HAHA Excellent! I am glad that you like it! This is my plot in life - to lure people in.

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Date: 2005-11-22 04:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] deerlike.livejournal.com
Oh my god, this was incredibly hot and I don't know how I stumbled upon this link, but am I ever glad I did! Seriously! I don't know, it's probably weird to hear someone say that they've sort of been shipping Robert and Katie together ever since that...premiere. Of, well, it was an American film. With cars. Goddamn it, I swear I know, but anyway, there were pictures and I completely goggled over them, and I kind of had a pang now of "I remember that!" when it was mentioned in this fic. Not that any of this is real. Er.

So, yes, brilliant, incredibly hot, I am gushing. A part of me is wondering, since you mentioned Clémence (and are probably referencing the Clémence/Katie/Robert photoshoot (http://cache.gettyimages.com/thumb/56003344.jpg?x=x&a=56003344&b=editorial_emea&t=1)), if you are ever planning on going into detail about that moment? Because omg, the looks shared between them (Clémence's knowing smirk, and the lechery of Robert), and the "hee, yes, I'm perfectly aware I'm sandwiched between them" smile on Katie's face is just begging for fic to be written.

I'll shut up now before I become tiresome. :)

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Date: 2005-11-23 12:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bantha-fodder.livejournal.com
Oh no, I understand totally. It was sort of accidental - I saw the photos from The Dukes of Hazzard premiere, and I thought it was awesome that Katie and Robert were out and about together, and then they looked so snuggly in some of those photo shoots - and then there was not a photo of the two of them together to be had from the NY and London premieres, so I started making up theories. Because I am That Sort of Person.

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Date: 2005-11-27 07:54 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jackieohno.livejournal.com
Oh god, i LOVE this story!! you write this so well; the dialogue and the thought processes of the characters are just so believeable!

In the darkness, she kisses Daniel. He licks her lips and holds her waist, but it's not the same.

"Okay," she says. "Thanks."

"Uh," he says.


WONDERFUL! I love this, oh wow. I'm being incoherent, I know. :D Please write more Katie/Rob fiction! Hell, you could write any kind of Rob or Katie fiction (or HP actor/character) fiction and I'd read it!


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Date: 2005-11-27 07:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jackieohno.livejournal.com
Oh and I've read through some of your comments--don't worry, I am that sort of person too: I was going 'eh? why didn't Robert and Katie pose together at all during the London and NY premieres? did they fight or something?' because they just seemed so cozy-like at the London photocall and cast portrait photoshoot! But I was made quite happy by the Tokyo premiere and cast conference, hee. Which is scary, because I don't even know these people, and I care enough to make up theories because...? Oh well! Fandom is strange place. I'm glad I found someone like me :D

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Date: 2005-11-28 05:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/___madcapp_/
this makes me think of a multicoloured scarf tossed about in the wind, i do so love it.

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Date: 2005-11-28 05:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bantha-fodder.livejournal.com
This feedback IS AWESOME.

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Date: 2005-11-28 07:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] guava1406.livejournal.com
Love it!Remember to write more.=D

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Date: 2005-11-30 04:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bantha-fodder.livejournal.com
I shall! I love this pairing so much.

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Date: 2005-11-29 09:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] flockofplatypi.livejournal.com
Oh, oh nice. Oh so very nice. I would like to pet it. And call it Stan. Because obviously, that is it's name.

[/creepy and lurky]

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Date: 2005-11-30 04:48 pm (UTC)

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Date: 2005-12-04 04:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] allthingsgood.livejournal.com
Never realized people wrote Katie/Robert fics but damnnnnnnn this was friggin good. I looooove this ship and I really wish they would get together and make us happy.

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Date: 2005-12-04 04:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bantha-fodder.livejournal.com
OMG me tooooo.

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Date: 2007-07-17 07:30 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] winterpolaris.livejournal.com
This comment is about a year and a half too late, but squeeeee, love it! I found my way here from [livejournal.com profile] quiet_charm and actually read this about twice or three times before I decided that I really need to comment. This was just so angsty and hot and the way you portrayed them is just... guh! I'm not sure if you still care for Rob/Katie anymore (please oh please say you do), but I'd love to friend you anyway, if you don't mind. It's so hard to find people who appreciate the OTP-ness that is Rob/Katie around these parts.

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Date: 2007-07-18 02:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bantha-fodder.livejournal.com
I would LOVE to write more Rob/Katie, they're so beautiful and I love writing them, but since they're no longer acting together I'm not sure that I can. :o/

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