#and I have a little hc Eames got a little lost in his forgeries in the beginning when he was still mastering it

[valerileygreen]

Been thinking about Arthur's state of mind after inception.

Of course at first he was elated, running the high of having pulled off the impossible and escaped with their lives and sanity intact.

And then the adrenaline wore down and he realized he was finally free to do anything he wanted, but after almost 2 years driven by a single purpose he didn't know what to do with that freedom. A huge chapter of his life had just ended and he felt directionless and empty with nothing to look forward to.

But then Eames was there. Eames who was a forger and knew perfectly well what it meant to lose your sense of self. Eames who knew him so well and could see he was coming apart and held him tight and close till it felt like all his pieces were glued back together and he felt like a whole person once again. And with Eames' help he got re-acquainted with himself, and learned to enjoy life again just for the sake of it. Eames saved him and gave him a new purpose by giving him his life back and his old dreams, everything that had been upended with Mal's death, and even a relatively new dream. A life together.