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The O.C - I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
"I claim the new O.C character for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
hackthis." And torchthisnow is going, "You can't claim him. He’s mine.” And I’m all "Do you have a flag? -– No flag, no character!” - I bastardize Eddie Izzard in the name of [O.C. spoiler here]
The O.C.
Seth/[new character]/Ryan
(spoilers for 2:2 - The Way We Were)
I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
This was going to end badly before it even began –- Ryan knew that. He and Seth and Summer and Zach and Marissa and DJ and Anna and Luke and everyone involved -– all they ever seemed to do was hurt each other –- but they also brought he and Seth closer together in a weird, bonding way. Plus, Ryan always looked out for everyone else. He always did what everyone else wanted, and just once he wanted this.
If he couldn’t have Seth, then at least he could have this.
*
Ryan went to Portland for Seth -- more specifically, he went to Portland to get Seth back from Luke.
It wasn’t that Luke wanted Seth –- Luke had actually tracked Ryan down, with a little help from Sandy, and told Ryan that he didn’t really care that Cohen was queer, but he did care that Seth was always calling Luke by the wrong name, and if Ryan ever wanted Seth back -- well, Luke would just keep him in protective custody until Ryan could come and get him. Which was fine with Ryan because he was always going to come and get Seth one day, because that was how things were supposed to be.
Seth and Ryan. Ryan and Seth.
Enough said.
*
Ryan was never going to leave Portland without Seth. That was never an option. And leaving Seth again wasn’t really an option either. It wasn’t something they talked about –- it was actually something they very much didn’t talk about, but it was obvious in the way that everything between them was obvious. They didn’t have to say anything for everything to be said.
It was called subtext for a reason -- it wasn’t supposed to get out of hand.
*
Ryan loves the Cohens. It’s not the sort of thing that’s declared on a regular basis, but again, the subtext is there. He would never betray their trust by sleeping with their son under their roof. Or even in their guesthouse. So instead he looks and Seth looks back, and they go on about their business of making a mess of their lives by fucking other people, when they really should just get together and be done with it. But that would be too easy, and between the easy way and the hard way, the hard way is the only one that Ryan knows.
*
There was never room for anybody else in the Seth and Ryan equation. Summer and Marissa were just footnotes at the end of an impossibly long equation that would eventually be solved by moving or college or by something else in the long run.
There was never any room for anyone like Zach. There still isn’t. And this is a problem for everyone involved.
Whether or not Zach is a good or a bad thing has yet to be determined, but Ryan has to admit that the dynamic has changed. Zach is not Seth and Seth is not Zach. They are alike, but they’re different -- like the positive ends of two batteries that according to science, shouldn’t be attracted to each other -- but they are. The only thing worse is that not only do they go together, but Ryan can feel himself being pulled in both directions at once. At first Ryan was jealous -– now he’s just worried. He’s always wanted Seth, he shouldn’t want Zach too -- but he does.
*
This is going to end badly before it’s even begun –- Ryan knows that. Between the yelling and the brooding and the sulking –- and that’s just because Summer won’t take Seth back -- Ryan knows that this is all going to end badly.
The last time they tried to end it, Ryan left Seth and Seth left Ryan, and Ryan hadn’t even wanted Marissa or Theresa, but he’d wanted the baby. He’d wanted the baby so much, it would’ve been chance to get things right, and finally there would’ve been someone who loved him unconditionally and not because they thought he was the only person who would ever love them for the way they were.
But then he’d lost the baby -- they had lost the baby -- and that was such a bad ending, how much worse could things really get? It was almost as though Ryan had betrayed Theresa and the baby just by thinking of being with Seth, and after that was there really anything else left that could be taken away?
Probably not.
So Ryan does the only thing that makes sense anymore –- he kisses Zach back.
-end-
Read-through byserialkarma. Title from the song by His Royal Purpleness, Prince.
ETN: Also, people, look below,torchthisnow has a flag! I need a flag! Help me save my country!
Also, dude, how much do you hate sitting next to someone with the wide-spread thighs thing, OMG! I hate that so much! Word to everythingspasticat says!
hackthis." And torchthisnow is going, "You can't claim him. He’s mine.” And I’m all "Do you have a flag? -– No flag, no character!” - I bastardize Eddie Izzard in the name of [O.C. spoiler here]The O.C.
Seth/[new character]/Ryan
(spoilers for 2:2 - The Way We Were)
I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man
This was going to end badly before it even began –- Ryan knew that. He and Seth and Summer and Zach and Marissa and DJ and Anna and Luke and everyone involved -– all they ever seemed to do was hurt each other –- but they also brought he and Seth closer together in a weird, bonding way. Plus, Ryan always looked out for everyone else. He always did what everyone else wanted, and just once he wanted this.
If he couldn’t have Seth, then at least he could have this.
Ryan went to Portland for Seth -- more specifically, he went to Portland to get Seth back from Luke.
It wasn’t that Luke wanted Seth –- Luke had actually tracked Ryan down, with a little help from Sandy, and told Ryan that he didn’t really care that Cohen was queer, but he did care that Seth was always calling Luke by the wrong name, and if Ryan ever wanted Seth back -- well, Luke would just keep him in protective custody until Ryan could come and get him. Which was fine with Ryan because he was always going to come and get Seth one day, because that was how things were supposed to be.
Seth and Ryan. Ryan and Seth.
Enough said.
Ryan was never going to leave Portland without Seth. That was never an option. And leaving Seth again wasn’t really an option either. It wasn’t something they talked about –- it was actually something they very much didn’t talk about, but it was obvious in the way that everything between them was obvious. They didn’t have to say anything for everything to be said.
It was called subtext for a reason -- it wasn’t supposed to get out of hand.
Ryan loves the Cohens. It’s not the sort of thing that’s declared on a regular basis, but again, the subtext is there. He would never betray their trust by sleeping with their son under their roof. Or even in their guesthouse. So instead he looks and Seth looks back, and they go on about their business of making a mess of their lives by fucking other people, when they really should just get together and be done with it. But that would be too easy, and between the easy way and the hard way, the hard way is the only one that Ryan knows.
There was never room for anybody else in the Seth and Ryan equation. Summer and Marissa were just footnotes at the end of an impossibly long equation that would eventually be solved by moving or college or by something else in the long run.
There was never any room for anyone like Zach. There still isn’t. And this is a problem for everyone involved.
Whether or not Zach is a good or a bad thing has yet to be determined, but Ryan has to admit that the dynamic has changed. Zach is not Seth and Seth is not Zach. They are alike, but they’re different -- like the positive ends of two batteries that according to science, shouldn’t be attracted to each other -- but they are. The only thing worse is that not only do they go together, but Ryan can feel himself being pulled in both directions at once. At first Ryan was jealous -– now he’s just worried. He’s always wanted Seth, he shouldn’t want Zach too -- but he does.
This is going to end badly before it’s even begun –- Ryan knows that. Between the yelling and the brooding and the sulking –- and that’s just because Summer won’t take Seth back -- Ryan knows that this is all going to end badly.
The last time they tried to end it, Ryan left Seth and Seth left Ryan, and Ryan hadn’t even wanted Marissa or Theresa, but he’d wanted the baby. He’d wanted the baby so much, it would’ve been chance to get things right, and finally there would’ve been someone who loved him unconditionally and not because they thought he was the only person who would ever love them for the way they were.
But then he’d lost the baby -- they had lost the baby -- and that was such a bad ending, how much worse could things really get? It was almost as though Ryan had betrayed Theresa and the baby just by thinking of being with Seth, and after that was there really anything else left that could be taken away?
Probably not.
So Ryan does the only thing that makes sense anymore –- he kisses Zach back.
-end-
Read-through by
serialkarma. Title from the song by His Royal Purpleness, Prince. ETN: Also, people, look below,
torchthisnow has a flag! I need a flag! Help me save my country! Also, dude, how much do you hate sitting next to someone with the wide-spread thighs thing, OMG! I hate that so much! Word to everything
spasticat says!
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