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This little vignette is a follow-up of Red, one of eight Borderlines-inspired drabbles written by Liz H[livejournal.com profile] lisabellex. Her sexy drabble has got me thinking of what Zeke’s reaction might be if he saw Casey wearing the same robe. I would like to thank the wonderful [livejournal.com profile] vshendria for her generous permission to use her Borderlines!Casey/Zeke characters and the equally wonderful [livejournal.com profile] lisabellex for her go-ahead to use that very sexy red robe in this little story of mine.

Title : Red 2
Rating : R
Pairing : Casey/Zeke
Summary : Zeke sees red.
Beta : [livejournal.com profile] lisabellex. Thank you so much for everything . You are beautiful.
A/N: Borderlines!Casey/Zeke and Roy belong to [livejournal.com profile] vshendria and the original Red belongs to lisabellex. The phrase Art Made Flesh belongs to [livejournal.com profile] _grievousangel. Zeke here has nicked it from Houseparty!Viggo.


RED

Casey’s wearing red silk. It’s a robe… a brief, flimsy affair designed with a woman’s body in mind. Roy purchased it with Casey’s body in mind.

Now the robe has slipped open and Roy is staring.

Casey’s absorbed in his handiwork. He carefully spreads his toes and lifts the brush once more to paint red liquid beauty onto short, boyish toenails.

He sighs. He’s found contentment. The serene smile on his face mirrors an inner tranquillity. He’s fully immersed… temporarily disconnected from an unkind world… happy and safe in this perfect moment.

“Red becomes you, Casey Connor,” Roy murmurs quietly.



RED 2


Another time. Another place


Zeke enters the bedroom and stops short. His eyes widen. He can’t believe what he is seeing.

Casey…

Lying propped up on their bed, his eyes closed.

Wearing nothing but the flimsiest of robe. A silk robe that was clearly made for a woman’s body; a blood-red robe that contrasts deeply with his satin-smooth, creamy pale skin. It’s buttoned-up, but it’s opened at the throat, exposing the purpling bruise that Zeke has put there the night before. A robe so sheer and clinging that Casey couldn’t have looked any sexier naked.

Art-made-flesh, the thought comes unbidden to Zeke’s mind and he feels himself growing hard.

Time seems to stand still.

Zeke doesn’t say anything, but Casey twitches and stirs. Perhaps Casey can hear his heart beating loudly and arrhythmically against his ribcage, and the harsh, uneven sound of his breathing.

Casey opens his eyes slowly and looks up uncertainly at Zeke. He sees Zeke’s expression tighten.

“Zeke?” Casey’s voice quivers.

“Where did you get that, that thing you’re wearing?” Zeke asks quietly.

“It’s, it’s mine,” Casey stammers, his eyes round. “Roy b-bought it for me”.

It takes only two strides for Zeke to reach Casey. Shaking, he reaches out and grabs a fistful of silk chiffon. He doesn’t mean to rip the robe, he really doesn’t but that’s exactly what happens. The thin fabric tears with a sickening sound.

For a moment, they just stare at each other. Zeke looks appalled while Casey looks plain frightened as he shrinks back into his pillows.

“You are going to get rid of this,” Zeke enunciates slowly and carefully, trying to control his shaking, “and you are never ever gonna wear anything that shithead bought for you ever again. Do you understand? You know what this makes you look like?” He pauses, then continues without waiting for an answer. ” It makes you look like a – “ Zeke stops himself, horrified at what he is just about to say.

“Go on, s-say it,” Casey’s eyes have started to fill up with tears. He looks devastated. “It makes me look like a, a s-slut. That’s what you were going to say, weren’t you?”

Zeke lets his breath out slowly and releases his hold on the robe.

He turns and leaves the room without another word.

Date: 2005-06-12 12:57 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] layne67.livejournal.com
Thank you. I just had to write this when I read Liz's Red. My first thought was oh no, Zeke's going to hate this robe and that's leaving the whole nail polish thing out of the equation. You know, him being Zeke. Sasha would probably like the robe though.My beta and I were discussing a bit on this. She said that Zeke would probably not mind the robe that much if it's not from Roy, or if Zeke's drunk ( he has to be very drunk IMO). What do you think?

BTW I love your icon!

Date: 2005-06-12 01:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alchemie.livejournal.com
I would agree. If it's from Roy Zeke wouldn't be happy. BUT - I'd like to think he'd feel guilty for hurting Casey and would make it up to him. ;-)

Thanks for the comment on my icon. I did the C/Z graphics for [livejournal.com profile] vshendria's Borderlines website too. *puffs up chest* :)

Date: 2005-06-12 10:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] aranel80.livejournal.com
oh you did those beautiful graphics on the website?! I love those so much, they make the website looks much prettier, very well done!

Date: 2005-06-13 03:01 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] layne67.livejournal.com
Aranel, maybe it's for some Casey/Zeke photo manips? *grins*

Date: 2005-06-13 02:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] layne67.livejournal.com
I love those graphics alchemilla. I think Elijah was at his most beautiful when he was photographed as Casey, you know, the ones with him all in white and with the most tragic expressions on his face.

Date: 2005-06-13 04:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alchemie.livejournal.com
I agree those are lovely pictures. But that's not Elijah as "Casey". They were Elijah modelling designer clothes. But I do think they capture the essence of Casey.

Date: 2005-06-13 06:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alchemie.livejournal.com
ps - Now I'm wondering if you're right. Where those ads out the same time as The Faculty? Elijah was modelling clothes.... but maybe it accompanied an article on The Faculty. *scratches head*

Date: 2005-06-14 06:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] layne67.livejournal.com
Actually I didn't know that those photos were ads. But Elijah looked so Casey in them that I just presume that they're taken as part of The Faculty promotional campaign. What brand clothes was he wearing? Were they Tommy Hilfiger's?

Date: 2005-06-14 08:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alchemie.livejournal.com
I guess I'm right. I double checked. Calvin Klein and Helmut Lang. Here's a close up of the page - it was in Madmoiselle magazine:

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