The Aftermath Of Paperclips And Partial Nudity // Merlin RPF // Colin/Bradley

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Title: The Aftermath Of Paperclips And Partial Nudity
Fandom: Merlin RPF
Character/Pairing: Colin/Bradley, appearances by Angel, Katie, and Joe Dempsie
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~800
Summary: In which the Paperclip Incident makes stuff happen. Four separate conversations taking place during another one of those Important Meetings. Prequel-type thing to Passing Notes.
Notes: OK, so. doompaw and I wrote this weird comment fic about Katie bullying Bradley, I discussed the repercussions of such an event with thisissirius, and then I ran into this conversation I once had about Bradley being weird with sophieisgod and this baby was born. YOU CAN BLAME THEM FOR THIS.

Also, while you're here: facesofbradley (run by thisissirius and lonelyfajita), a comm about Bradley's Stupid Face. IT'S AS AWESOME AS IT SOUNDS, AND I LOVE IT TO A RIDICULOUS DEGREE.





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(OH GOD, CAT MACROS)

Katie's surprised by how quickly the results come in. Until she takes a look at the pictures. All she has to say is: Colin and Bradley really need to take their extracurricular activities to more private places. God, she will never be able to wash those not-entirely-mental images from her mind. But the were kind of hot. Sort of.

The next day, she walks up to a tree wear Colin and Bradley are - or so they say - "doing homework".

"You know what's really disgusting?" Katie asks as she plops down next to them. She ignores Bradley, who keeps flashing her annoyed, 'PLEASE GO AWAY' looks.

"Hmm?" Colin replies.

"All those people who have sex on their hotel balconies. I so did not need to see that, last night."

Colin blushes a bit and makes a weird, coughing sound. Bradley chokes on his Coke and spills half the bottle on his chainmail.

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(CAT MACROS. Real!Katie probably isn't into them at all, but PI Katie needs a break now and then, you know?)

Costuming is, of course, pretty pissed off about the coke thing, and Bradley's scene is moved back while they clean it up and re-dress him.

In the meantime, Katie's scene with Colin has been moved up to accommodate.

"You really shouldn't tease him so much," Colin says between takes.

"I really should," Katie replies just as seriously. "And I was serious about the balcony thing. Not that it's not lucrative."

For the first time in the four months she's known Colin, he actually whips his head around and turns an unusually bright shade of pink, not just his usual low flush. "WHAT?"

Oh, Katie thinks. Interesting.

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Colin spends the next couple of days giving her wary glances and combing through various tabloid magazines like a hawk (not like it matters, since images of him and Bradley having sex on a balcony would probably end up in the first few pages, due to the sheer insanity).

Apparently he thinks Katie is a secret paparazzo in her spare time. It's very amusing, especially when Bradley catches on.

He corners her one day when she's leaving craft services (well, 'finds and drags away very obviously' to be accurate) and proceeds to make sad eyes at her and ask, "What have you and Colin been doing lately?"

It takes Katie a lot of effort to keep from bursting into hysterical laughter. "Obviously Colin and I are having a secret love affair," she says flatly.