Summer Born (summerborn) wrote in pervy_werewolf, @ 2009-05-26 23:59:00 |
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Entry tags: | #lmom 2009, author: summerborn, kink: bondage, remus/severus |
LMOM #26: Bits of Blue and Gold (R)
TITLE: Bits of Blue and Gold (26 of 31)
AUTHOR: summerborn
RATING: Remus/Severus
PAIRING: R
KINK: Fantasies of bondage
CHALLENGE: Lusty Month of May 2009
AUTHOR NOTES: Hey, heads-up all, "uncharacteristically" is a long word (but fun to type). This story takes place post-war, but follows canon only through HBP. You may wish to start at the beginning of the story.
WORD COUNT THIS EPISODE: 760
"Of course," Severus went on after a moment's silence, "there are more difficulties than the manufacture of the phlogiston. You would have to be shaping the picture toward some particular image, instead of away from an image the way we do now."
"In other words," Remus said, "someone would have to know what they wanted it to look like."
"Yes."
"A director." He glanced at Draco, but he was thinking of what he would want a customized "memory" to show him: Severus, standing over him, gloriously nude – perhaps stroking himself while he looked down at Remus, hot and panting for him on the bed – would his hands be tied? Yes. Strapped into place, unable to resist as Severus knelt between his legs, moved his cock into position... and Severus would be looking pleased with himself, with what he was about to do... Remus shook himself back to the present.
Draco was frowning. "There's that word again. To be honest, I don't think this whole process is much like a Muggle film."
"Perhaps," Remus suggested, trying to catch the thread of conversation again, "that's because you didn't grow up watching Muggle films."
"I have seen them," Severus said slowly. "The analogy is not far off, although the critical difference is that a Muggle film merely captures something that is already happening, not creates it from nothing."
"All right, then. Where do you get this phlogiston from, if you can't create it out of thin air? What could be used instead of memories, since you're having trouble getting enough of them as it is?"
Severus frowned thoughtfully, tapping the fingers of one hand against his upper arm. Remus tried not to be distracted by the motion, by the tendons moving in Severus' strong hands, by the man's mere presence... but it was hard.
"There is a recipe," Severus said at last. "I understand it is extraordinarily difficult to brew."
"A potion?" Draco leaned forward in his chair. "Surely you can brew it, Severus."
"Of course I can. The question is do you really want to spend the time, not to mention the money, for the ingredients are not common, only to have an empty phlogiston base? It is the creation of the images that present the real obstacle." He looked at Remus again, eyes measuring.
Remus was never so inspired as he was when people he cared about needed help. "Perhaps you could create a memory in the same way a Muggle film is made – having actors and actresses play out their parts, knowing that one or more of them would be losing the memories later."
Severus and Draco exchanged a look.
Their lack of expression, Remus took as encouragement. "You could even have an extra person there to be the 'camera' if you wanted – the one paid specifically to watch so that his memory could be extracted later. That way he wouldn't even be missing out on the experiences, since he was never in it in the first place."
"Interesting," Draco said, still watching Severus.
"Of course, there are a number of obstacles in that approach as well," the former Potions master said. "There would still have to be a director, you would have to pay all of the actors, plus any props or setting that was used would have to be purchased or created."
Remus shrugged impatiently. "No more so than for a Muggle movie, Severus, and possibly it would be less trouble. If you find a Muggle who knows something about the business - "
Draco raised both of his eyebrows then, and Remus sighed inwardly. Perhaps some things didn't change. "Or a Muggleborn or whoever. It doesn't matter. You could read books from the library on the subject, for Merlin's sake."
"Not just a director," Severus murmured. "You'd need a writer as well – someone to come up with the scene ahead of time."
Draco nodded slowly. "Especially if we were going to have several scenes strung together to tell a larger story. The director would have his hands full on each individual scene."
"I still think it's impractical," Severus said, "but it's a great deal easier to do than designing and building a memory from scratch."
"All right then," Remus said, feeling uncharacteristically reckless. "It's decided. You two can have this idea and do what you want to with it, and Severus, you'll join me for dinner tonight. My treat."
A noise came from Draco, but Remus had eyes only for Severus' face. It didn't give much away, but Remus could clearly see that there was no disgust waiting there for him.
Continued in part 27.