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📓 - some fic ideas with George? :D

Put "📓" or some other version of a book emoji into my inbox and I'll explain the plot of a fanfiction that I haven't written but daydream about.

Hello I swear I did not mean to take this long but unfortunately time is fake and I only have one (1) real concrete idea with George and I am 99% sure you know it already but I am also rotating several other ideas at any point in time so let me introduce you to the shooting at the sun lore and the actor au I built around it (For those not in the know or no remembering rn, shooting at the sun is a graphics set I made a few weeks back, linked above)

There is a lot of yapping about actors gewis starring in a fictional adaptation of a fictional novel down below the cut :3c

First of all, context on Shooting at the Sun, the book, in the universe I'm playing around in here because it matters to me.

The way I imagine it is that it is a sort of film noir detective novella from the 1950s, set in a (then) contemporary Monaco. I'm not really familiar with European literature of that time but I would imagine that the themes prevalent then were similar to the ones prevalent in American literature, that is (iirc) not fitting in. So I would imagine the novella is thematically somewhere there. And really that isnt important, the important part is that it has two protagonists, a pair of detectives, who arrive in Monaco to investigate a fire. The plot and everything is largely irrelevant, what is important though is that the two detectives have a lot of sexual tension between then, though nothing explicit romantic or sexual ever happens on screen, though it is largely understood that the tension is intentional.

There was a movie adaptation of the novella released a few years after it came out which came out to middling reviews, though since then it has become a sort of a cult classic amongst movie fans.

Present day, Toto Wolff is a well established director of the more arthouse end of the spectrum movies, and he announces a new adaptation of the novella and thats where the gewis bit actually starts. Well a loose adaptation, loose enough that some points are more important than others.

Okay lore out of the way actual gewis yapping now:

Lewis is cast almost immediately and it makes sense. He is a regular collaborator of Toto, he fits the role to a T, and he is also working on it in terms of production (asdfg forgot the term for it lol). He is also a well respected actor who has done his fair share of roles in popular franchises and successful one off movies, both within and outside of the UK. He is a shoe in for the role of the older and more experienced detective no questions asked.

George meanwhile, is a bit of a disaster, as George always tends to be. He is UKs newest theatre darling but this is his will be his first time acting in a movie and the only reason he even took that role is because Alex practically shoved him into it. Cause you see, he grew up admiring Lewis but somehow ended up as a theatre actor on accident. And well, this is a possibility to co-star with his childhood idol, but he has read the script and Alexander I cannot co-star in this with Lewis he is literally my gay awakening. Alexander. ALEXANDER.

Alex, by the way, is Georges childhood buddy just like irl, and is also a stage actor, slightly less successful than George but still a well established guy. And in the spirit of being Alex he is also a little shit and is the one who pushes George into taking the role. Payback for spending his teenage years watching George deny he is into Lewis or something.

Initially, the filming is sorta shit. Both George and Lewis do their best but it just is not working, George thinks he is not doing his best, he would almost say he is getting stage fright if he was not trained out of stage fright years ago, but maybe being so starstruck by Lewis is doing things to him still. He is doing his best but his best is not enough and he is ready to pull out of the movie for an actual film actor to fill his role.

The thing is, Lewis is the guy that suggested for George to take the other leading role and even tho Toto did not object, Lewis really, really wants George to succeed. This is where I start loosing the plot however the point is, plot happens and gewis do get close, and George looses some of his starstruck stage fright and actually the scenes start sounding good. Sure he still lives in fear of the latter scenes of the movie where the tension is really high but the first part at least is nice, fun even, he would go so far as to call Lewis a genuine friend.

Alex, for the record, is having a field day with Georges fumbling. In the background in between filming days George is still absolutely loosing it, even after getting close with Lewis. Probably because of getting close with Lewis. Professional actor but cannot act for shit in his personal life, he is not fooling anyone that his crush on Lewis is still not very much a thing and Alex can and will be seated here with his popcorn. He is already threatening to sneak himself into the premiere just so he can see George absolutely fumble it in a movie. Affectionate, of course.

The lost plot continues but somehow or something they get to the more tension filled scenes, struggle, and solve the struggle by fucking. How? Idk man, like I said, here the plot is lost beyond vibes and gewis dancing around each other. Oh yeah at some point the tension is actually real and then it is also real but less tense and more… anticipatory? Idk how to say it lol.

Anyway, the movie is successful, Gewis get praised for their tension and chemistry on screen as if they did not make out on set every single chance they got, probably get an award for their acting at some point on the film festival circuit. George gets asked if he’s planning to return to stage or stay in movies, he says he does not know (he fully knows that he would do another movie with Lewis in a heartbeat. Otherwise? He has no idea), Lewis idk what he does