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Okay, so I don't know, you guys, I have been working on this since Friday and it's been eating at my brain. I blame Tumblr, for putting this picture as a Tumblr Radar picture last Thursday:



Now, for a little history about Ellie (as in, me, yes, okay, no, I'm not that arrogant). My father used to be very much into scuba diving when I was little, he was a big part of the local club and regularly went to trips to Egypt and the South coast of France for diving trips. He'd bring back amazing pictures and buy books about sea life all the time. Little to say, I was fascinated at the time - still am. I still really want to try scuba diving and go diving.
Another thing that firmly pushed the idea that 'being in the sea = cool' for me was a movie that I saw multiple times when I was little, and again as a teenager. A French movie, called Le Grand Bleu (it was released in the US under the translation, The Big Blue), which is a movie about freediving and freedivers and a beautiful and terrible friendship and an all-consuming love story. This movie had a huge impact on me, back in the day.

And, seeing this picture, and after [livejournal.com profile] perspi's recent post about freediving, all these ideas started assaulting me. I started writing this fic, where Steve is a freediver, and Danny meets him, and it's sort of consuming. I've been watching the movie again (just so you know, it's 3 hours long if you ever think about giving it a try) and I'm using it as a crutch to support the story I'm writing. It's not exceedingly long - I've just passed 7K and an important plot point in the story, but I really love it? I know it sounds horrible, to say things like that, but I just. I feel very proud of what I've got so far, and I really, dearly hope you guys will be interested and will want to read it.



“You never told me, how it feels to dive, for you.”

Steve lets out a soft breath, and Danny feels fingers in his hair, tugging lightly at blond strands, as if Steve needs something to anchor him in. Then Steve is shuffling just that bit closer, just close enough that he can bury his nose in Danny’s hair, just over his ear.

“It’s like slipping away. It’s like I weight nothing but I’m wearing the world on my shoulders. And then, the further I go down, the hardest it is to come back up.”

Danny’s stomach flips, clenches. “Why?”

“Because I need a reason.”

Steve pulls away, looks straight into Danny’s eyes, as if he’s trying to say things he can’t actually verbalize, so Danny pushes up on his elbow and leans down, lips brushing against Steve’s, tentative at first, the angle all wrong in that position. Still, it grows more forceful when Steve snakes a hand to the back of Danny’s neck and keeps him close, letting out a soft keening noise that Danny swallows, sets his insides on fire. He pulls away reluctantly, looking at Steve’s glazed over eyes.

“C’mon. Inside.”

Date: 2011-10-11 02:20 pm (UTC)
somehowunbroken: (5-0 Steve swimming)
From: [personal profile] somehowunbroken
I will reeeeeeead all the words *chinhands*

Date: 2011-10-11 02:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] delicatale.livejournal.com
I think my entry makes it sound like I'm writing in Steve's POV. HMMM.

Date: 2011-10-11 02:24 pm (UTC)
somehowunbroken: (5-0 Danny against fence)
From: [personal profile] somehowunbroken
I did get that impression, yes. But if it fits well into the scope of the story as is, then that's fine :)

Date: 2011-10-11 02:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] delicatale.livejournal.com
I changed that sentence a bit, should make itself more understandable now ^^. Because it is not in Steve's POV lalalalaaaaaaaa

Date: 2011-10-11 02:29 pm (UTC)
somehowunbroken: (5-0 Danny surf smile)
From: [personal profile] somehowunbroken
\o/

Date: 2011-10-11 02:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] camshaft22.livejournal.com
Oh wow. That is so very, very cool.

*camps out to wait*

Date: 2011-10-11 02:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] delicatale.livejournal.com
I honestly don't think it's going to take much longer? Couple of days, hopefully? it's literally eating away at me, needing to be written. I'm excited you want to read it!

Date: 2011-10-11 03:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] camshaft22.livejournal.com
YES.

This is going to be so very good.

Date: 2011-10-11 02:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shinysylver.livejournal.com
but I really love it? I know it sounds horrible, to say things like that, but I just. I feel very proud of what I've got so far

It doesn't sound horrible at all. If you didn't love it and weren't proud of it I would be worried. The fact that you are means it will be good.

“Because I need a reason.”

Also this killed me in all the good ways.

Date: 2011-10-11 02:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] delicatale.livejournal.com
As I told you yesterday, it's just that I feel like I'm managing to put in feelings I really wanted to get out and didn't manage in other fics.

\o/!

Date: 2011-10-11 02:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gothikmaus.livejournal.com
I, for one, would love to read it. :) And it's a good thing to be proud of something you wrote, you shouldn't feel bad about it. :)

Date: 2011-10-11 02:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] delicatale.livejournal.com
I don't feel bad about it, per se, I just feel like an arrogant little asshole and knowing how I feel about some people that boast about their work, I don't want to seem like that XD. I hope you like it!

Date: 2011-10-11 03:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gothikmaus.livejournal.com
Come on, you're allowed to be a little arrogant every now and then. Especially if you're good, and you ARE. :)

Date: 2011-10-11 02:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] perspi.livejournal.com
::joins in the chinhands club::

Date: 2011-10-11 03:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] delicatale.livejournal.com
*bites nail*

Date: 2011-10-11 02:59 pm (UTC)
ext_411194: (Default)
From: [identity profile] jazzybabe56.livejournal.com
bring it on! :-)

Date: 2011-10-11 03:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] delicatale.livejournal.com
...I will, allow me to finish it ;D

Date: 2011-10-11 03:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] forcellari.livejournal.com
Oh!! I loved Le Grand Bleu! Especially that haunting last scene..... O____O It fits Steve so perfectly! Yes write itttt!

Date: 2011-10-11 03:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] delicatale.livejournal.com
I'm using scenes and moments of the movie in the fic, but generally, apart from being inspired and having the same theme, the story is different. I couldn't show everything the movie shows in a fic, otherwise I would...but yeah, basically, Danny is Johanna, with a little more to his life than just Steve, though.

Date: 2011-10-11 03:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] forcellari.livejournal.com
I mean the character fits Steve, not the last scene! That would too much for my heart to take! :(

Date: 2011-10-11 03:46 pm (UTC)
ext_366346: (P&R- Leslie nom nom nom)
From: [identity profile] wolwiegirl3.livejournal.com
oh my, you can't go wrong with Le Grand Bleu ^^ Because, you know, Jean-Marc Barr, graou <3. I've been, in Greece, to the island where part of the beginning was shot, and it was simply beautiful, and so peaceful.
i can't wait for your new fic !

Date: 2011-10-11 04:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] delicatale.livejournal.com
I know, watching the movie I was reminded of how big a crush I had on him when I was little XD. It's not quite like the movie, but in parts it is ^^. I used a scene from the movie, actually, I loved writing it!

Date: 2011-10-11 04:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com
\o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/

Date: 2011-10-11 04:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] delicatale.livejournal.com
shhhhhhhhhhhh XD

Date: 2011-10-11 07:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] iseame.livejournal.com
It sound absolutely wonderful, love. I've always had a fascination for diving as well and that picture is just amazing. I'm quite positive that when you're done, I'll be reading your fic 100x! I gotta be honest, that little teaser, just the voices! Like the picture, it's kind of haunting and and and-I'm already hooked :)

Date: 2011-10-12 07:37 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] delicatale.livejournal.com
Heee! So glad! I got through the hardest parts now, there's only a few scenes left to write, I believe! I'm excited that you're excited!

Date: 2011-10-11 07:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lasamy.livejournal.com
Ooooohhhh! *_*


Can't wait for this !

Date: 2011-10-12 07:37 am (UTC)

Date: 2011-10-11 07:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] gunslingaaahhh.livejournal.com
i always like to read what you write, and i would very much like to read this!

and dude, i reblogged that pic! it blows my mind!

Date: 2011-10-12 07:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] delicatale.livejournal.com
That picture is amazing, seriously. In a way it's a shame that I'm not writing in Steve/s POV, but trying to recreate that kind of scene would probably make my brain explode into purple prose XD.

Date: 2011-10-11 09:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] witchy99.livejournal.com
YES PLEASE *flail*

I still have a bunch of other stories to read (so behind!!!) but this sounds just so...ujklfewnlagk. You see?

Date: 2011-10-12 07:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] delicatale.livejournal.com
Lol, hmmmmmmmmm, I'm not sure I'll see but I'll take your word for it ;D.

Date: 2011-10-13 08:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] theeverdream.livejournal.com
It doesn't sound bad to say you like something you've done! Which has already been said here but I'm saying it again because I really believe it.

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