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ONE INCH FROM THE EDGE
Faraday/Vasquez

Welp! I was all queued up to finally hit 100 fic posted to AO3 and it only seemed fitting that this most auspicious honor go to the pairing that pulled me back into fandom all those years ago. I’ve made so many new friends since joining back up with AO3, many of whom I can’t imagine my life without and I’m just very, very glad to be here so I hope y’all enjoy this bit of fluff in celebration. Inspired by an anonymous prompter on Tumblr who asked for an “in secret kiss” between a pairing of my choosing as part of a couple of kiss memes I’m currently running over there. (Links in endnote of fic for anyone who’d like to participate.)

Summary: On the morning of Rose Creek’s reckoning, Faraday’s neckerchief goes missing. Luckily, he has a pretty good idea of who took it.

“You think you’re real cute,” Faraday muttered into the wet heat of Vasquez’s mouth, and swallowed down the answering chuckle.

He sank his teeth gently into the pulp of Vasquez’s lower lip, mouth curling at the corners when the other man caught a moan in the back of his throat and opened up for him. There wasn’t time for much more than this — the slick, sweet slide of Vasquez’s tongue curling against his own — but Faraday was greedy enough for this strange, tender intimacy that had sprung up between them to take what he could get and covet it until such time as he could glut himself anew.

“Trading goddamn favors like maidens in a fairytale.”

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MINOR ERRORS IN TRANSLATION
Joshua Faraday/Vasquez

“Remember what you said the other day?”

“No,” Faraday said, pointed.

“You told the whole saloon you were pregnant,” Vasquez provided helpfully.

(In which Faraday is affectionately taken to task for a slight misstep in his greater lingual education.)

Author's Note:I shared an Obscenely Domestic Starters Meme on Tumblr and the lovely gatesofivoryandhorn requested some Varaday so here it is!

Short and sweet, but it was super nice to dip my toe back into this lovely fandom. Here are some translations for you:

Dime algo que no sepa, guero. - Tell me something I don’t know, guero.

Tal vez. - Probably.

Y tan dulce en tu parte. - And very sweet on your part.

Te gusta esa mierda Mexicana. - You like that Mexican shit.

Besame. - Kiss me.

Yo se que me entiendes, pendejito. - I know you understand me, (affectionate form of) asshole.

Besame. Vamos, rápido. - Kiss me. Let’s go, quick.

ladrones - thieves

The joke is that in Spanish, “embarazada” means “pregnant” but sounds to an unfamiliar English-speaking ear like it should mean “embarrassed.” It’s a very common mishap for learners of the language to make.

All Spanish provided with the caveat that, while I was technically considered fluent in the language at one point in time, I haven’t used it regularly in, oh. Seven years or so? There may be some mistakes and I welcome corrections. :)

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