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[bringstheheat]

Buck Manly was adrift. He had been ripped away from his home and from his busty alien queen. But all was not lost. In his new city he'd found a striking alien prince, Zien who was swiftly winning over Buck with his brilliant mind and flowing midnight locks and smiles that reminded him of a sunrise.

.....

Buck wraps his glistening biceps around his alien prince, pressing his lips to his, tasting the warm salt of his dusky skin.

This wasn't his home, but perhaps it could be.

[The chapters come in fits and starts, Buck Manly on his next great adventure. Nobody can track the source, but the chapters become a full fledged book with solid science and detailed world building.
.. oh. And sex.
Lots and lots of purple prose.]

((ooc: this will just show up on the network. Nobody knows where it came from or why))

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[goodviberations]

Cisco has never been big on erotica. No judgement, it just wasn't his thing. Until Buck Manly. This shit is good. And some of the lines are enough to make him blush.

He's tried back tracing the origin to figure out who's writing it, but there hasn't been any luck. It's almost like even Gideon doesn't know she's broadcasting it.

So, of course, his next stop is his roommate. Now mostly recovered from the storm, he's gotten himself settled at home again. Cisco would be lying if he said he wasn't glad to have him back.

"Mick, please tell me you've seen this," he says, waving his comm for emphasis.

[bringstheheat]

It's good to be back.
Mick can rest in his room and occasionally work on another chapter or three of his book. Haircut is happy and all in all? Life is pretty good.

He looks up from his tablet, swiftly locking it so Cisco can't see the next plot outline for his book.

"Seen what?"

What? He's not working on anything. Nothing to see here.

[goodviberations]

Cisco plops into his space easily, comfortable with it now that he knows he's welcome there. He doesn't even have to look to reach out and give Haircut a fond scritch.

"Gideon has been broadcasting this book," he explains, handing over his comm. "Some sort of sci-fi adventure romance. It's so good, man. I can't figure out who's writing it, though."

[bringstheheat]

Haircut trills at the attention and Mick swallows. Sci-fi adventure? Romance?

No.
Oh no.

If Gideon had been human Mick would have hunted her down on the spot. That book was his. Nobody else needed to see that!

"Oh. That. It's.. it's not really my style."

[goodviberations]

Cisco's smile fades a bit.

"Dude, you love sci-fi," he says. It's one of the first things they had bonded over as roommates. "Don't tell me Mick Rory has a weak constitution for smut." A little tease, but it's slightly off.

[bringstheheat]

Nobody was supposed to read those stories. Nobody.
Especially that one.

He pulls a face at the halfhearted tease. "It just ain't my thing, okay?"

[goodviberations]

The rest of his smile drops, and there's a weird ache in his chest.

"Is it- is it because the characters are both men?" He doesn't want to believe it, but he also doesn't know why Mick wouldn't appreciate a good sci-fi romance.

[bringstheheat]

Mick looks up sharply at the question. "I am not some kinda homophone." Homophobe. Whatever.

[goodviberations]

Well that makes him feel a little better. He doesn't even correct him, because he knows what he means.

"Then why not give it a chance? The main character is great. He actually reminds me a little of you. A good man with a not so good past."

[bringstheheat]

This conversation is going to kill him.

"The main character is not me." Really, it isn't. Mick hadn't intended for it to be - it was just easier to write from a similar perspective.

[goodviberations]

"I didn't say he was," he says, shaking his head. "Just that he reminds me of you. It's not like any of these characters are based on people we know."

That would be crazy, wouldn't it?

[bringstheheat]

Side.Eye.

So he doesn't know. That's.. that's almost a relief.
So Mick gets up. Walks into his room. When he comes back out he's holding a sheaf of paper. An early manuscript of the next adventure of one Buck Manly.

"You can't tell anyone. Ever." Is it a threat? A plea? Probably a little of both.

[goodviberations]

Cisco doesn't even understand what's happening at first. He thinks Mick has just decided he'd had enough interaction for today and gone to his room, which is fine. Cisco had learned to respect Mick's limited tolerance for people.

But then he's coming back out, and he's got...papers? It isn't until he reads the title page that he realizes what this is.

"Dude," he says, clearly elated. "I won't say a word. I swear."

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[chosenbylightning]

a;dfsaiefakssjdfdh!!!!!

DUDE.
Tell me you've read this.

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[goodviberations]

I'm on my second read-through, dude.

It's so good.

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[chosenbylightning]

And that hot alien prince doesn't seem at ALL familiar??

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[goodviberations]

No. Should he?

[He wracks his brain, but he can't think of any other character that reminds him of Zien.]

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[chosenbylightning]

[Cisco.
Bro.
You're making his head hurt.] You're telling me none of those characters is even the slightest bit familiar?

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[goodviberations]

Are you saying this person plagiarized from something else?

[Sorry, dude. He's totally not following you.]

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[chosenbylightning]

Dude.
Exotic alien prince, super smart, "flowing midnight locks". That sure sounds like someone I know.

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[goodviberations]

[There's a looooong pause.]

Dude, you think Prince Zien is me? Are you feeling okay?

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[chosenbylightning]

[That's it. He's going with Savitar and locking them both in a closet.]

Isn't it obvious??

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[goodviberations]

Lots of people are smart and have black hair, Barry.

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[chosenbylightning]

Right.
People like YOU.

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[goodviberations]

Yeah, and Tom Hiddleston as Loki. And Severus Snape.