[30 Days of Fic - Day 14] "Never Been Caught"

[kc_obrien]

"Damnit, Josie, I said to stop!" Mark cocked back the hammer of his pistol, and the sound did what his voice wouldn't.

"Mark," she replied, turning towards him, her hands in the air, "you can't do this."

"I'm sorry, but I have to." He swallowed hard, his hand going to the cuffs attached to his belt. "You're under arrest for multiple counts of grand larceny."

She smiled; it was a small, wistful thing. "You know you're not going to send me to jail, my love."

He swallowed hard, holstering his pistol and taking her right hand in his, turning her around gently, pressing her against the hood of the car. So very close she'd been to yet another escape. "I'm sorry, but my duty..."

"Your duty is to your heart!" she cried, looking over her shoulder at him.

"My heart is in my duty." He closed his eyes a moment, holding her fast with his left hand.

Her movements were quick as a snake and somehow it ended with his wrist in her hands, one cuff closing around it with a series of visceral clicks. He barely had time to gasp before she had his other hand cuffed and threw him to the ground. "I'm sorry, my love, but today is not the day." Quietly, she lowered herself on top of him and gave him a long, slow kiss.

Mark laughed in response, shaking his head. "What now?"

"Now? I run, my love. Don't worry, I'll call someone to come pick you up."

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Today's '30 Days of Fic' task was to write the end of a romance novel entitled "Never Been Caught"

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Comments

[meridian_rose]

I rather like this. I don't read too many romances because I don't like the endings, which always seem to be herosexual monogamy plus babies; it's dull and predictable. This leaves things open-ended, where maybe Mark chases Josie down again in the sequel :D

[kc_obrien]

Exactly. I wanted something tricksy and a little funny. It's how I like my interplay between 'romantic entities' in general. It's the tet-a-tet where every conversation, even if completely playfully, is a contest. (Fiona and Michael in Burn Notice, Castle and Beckett in Castle or Neal Caffrey and Peter Burke in White Collar (Don't try to tell me that's not weird and fun bro-mance there).

[meridian_rose]

Great examples, all three of them :D
Caffrey and Burke are definitely in a bromance - not that I don't adore El and love that there are so many threesome fics for them. I'm waiting for season two to air here, but the bit at the end of season one when Neal tells Peter that he's the only one he didn't say goodbye to was because he [Peter] was the only one who could stop him [Neal] from leaving - made me a bit teary, quite honestly :D

[kc_obrien]

White Collar has quickly become one of my favorite shows. While I don't do a lot of fanfiction (I'd rather actually take a shot at doing an hour drama format writing sample on most of these shows) I take a lot of my interaction base from the way those shows are written.