october challenge #10.AThin Dark Line.lorne/ronon

[vagablonde.livejournal.com]

Fandom: Stargate Atlantis
Title: A Thin Dark Line
Characters/pairing: lorne/ronon
Prompt: Oct 10 - Bruce Springsteen releases his 9th album "Tunnel of Love": write a drabble/ficlet inspired by one of the album's songs or song titles http://www.brucespringsteen.net/albums/tunnel.html
Word Count: 1297
Rating: Mature, GRAPHIC, Dark and violent sex involved.
Summary: A continuation of my Lost Boys AU found here: one way lost boys didn't happen
Author's Notes: Warnings: This borders on non-con, even though I’ve been assured it isn’t. It is by no means fluffy bunny fic. It’s dark, and violent and if you have doubts, you should play it safe and stay 300 feet from the rear of the vehicle at all times. There is also blood, but it isn’t bloodplay….just letting you know.
Beta'd by the fabulous drkcherry who I love and worship.....


The road is dark and it's a thin, thin line
But I want you to know I'll walk it for you any time
Maybe your other boyfriends couldn't pass the test
Well, if you're rough and ready for love
Honey, I'm tougher than the rest



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Over the course of the previous two days, Ronon had eaten a variety of vegetables, some sort of processed protein-nutrient substitute, and eggs of some local buzzard-like fowl. If the idiot Genii soldier had been a little quicker, they’d eaten the twenty-pound bird as well. Food had been a little scarce for his taste and when Ford’s lackeys had delivered a smallish roasted porcine animal to the table, Ronon had been quick to claim his share.

Halfway through the meal, he claimed part of Teyla’s as well.

“You want it back, take it back,” he sneered.

Teyla rolled her eyes. “”I will not confront you over food,” she muttered contemptuously.

“Stand down, Ronon,” Lorne ordered from his position a few feet away.

Evan didn’t like the look in Ronon’s eyes.

Ronon glanced at Evan from beneath the heavy fall of his dreds, the look a little more cavalier than Ronon’s norm. Without breaking his stare with Evan, Ronon reached over and took another slice of meat from Teyla’s tray.

“I said, knock it off.” Evan’s voice hardened, intense and low.

Ford had taken Sheppard through the gate on a supply run to show him how well the enzyme was working on his men. Normally in the absence of Sheppard’s leadership, Ronon had always defaulted to Lorne, but something told Evan that wasn’t the case today. This had been building since their altercation two days ago where Lorne had managed to hold his own until Sheppard walked in and put an end to it. The enzyme sang in his system, in his blood, and he didn’t want to hold back. He wanted the challenge that Ronon brought.

Wanted it bad.

Ronon stood up, walking around the table and shoving Evan with one hand in the center of his chest. Evan took a couple of steps back but collected himself and stepped forward again, not giving any ground.

Ronon shoved with both hands now, body-checking Evan hard and sending him to the floor.

“Stop this, both of you!” Teyla ordered, grabbing Ronon’s arm.

Ronon jerked his arm out of Teyla’s grip, shaking her off as easily as he had his coat earlier. She stood between the two men while Evan climbed to his feet, wiping at the blood on his mouth with the back of his hand.

“It’s okay, Teyla,” Evan waved her away. “Just leave us alone for a minute.”

Teyla looked unhappy at the request.

“It’s okay,” he repeated.

She didn’t look convinced but left the cave reluctantly.

Lorne squared back up on Ronon, pulling himself to his full height, which fell well short of Ronon’s.

“Okay,” he said, offering one last shot at reason. “The enzyme is messing with both of us right now, you sure this is where you want to - “

Ronon jabbed quickly to Evan’s mouth. The blow landed solidly, whipping Evan’s head back. He staggered backwards but kept his feet and brought his hand up to his face again, watching Ronon lick the back of his hand where he’d brought blood. Evan blocked the next blow but it sent him into the cave wall.

Ronon followed him, pinning him against the cold stone, fingerless gloves of one hand scraping roughly on Evan’s cheek, the other hand cupping Evan’s cock.

“Don’t you want to see what you can do on the enzyme, what you can feel on it?”

Evan didn’t answer. He didn’t mind Ronon’s attentions, hell, he would’ve dropped his pants for Ronon at any time had the opportunity ever presented itself, had wanted to on several occasions. A relationship with Ronon was something he’d always intended to pursue, but he couldn’t lose the veneer of command right now.

“Don’t do this,” Evan said simply, “not like this.”

Ronon closed his fingers around Evan’s throat, not pressing the advantage, his teeth scraping over Evan’s jaw. He shoved Evan around, face first into the rock, but Evan braced himself on his hands, fighting back. He had to stay in control, he had to stay in charge – this whole, fucked-up encounter was devolving into who was the Alpha-male and Evan knew he couldn’t give the title up. He pushed against the rock with everything he had, rearing his head back and butting Ronon in the face.

Ronon staggered backwards and Evan pressed the temporary advantage. If he lost it, he’d never get it back, not now. He pounded a series of fists into Ronon and broke one of the chairs across Ronon’s back. Hyped on the enzyme, it hardly slowed the larger man. Ronon flung Evan to the ground and Evan rolled with the fall, pulling two usable pieces of the chair from the pile of debris and swung around to face Ronon again, hoping the endless days of sparring with Teyla would pay off.

Ronon charged at him and Evan sidestepped the rush, letting Ronon’s momentum carry him into the wall. Ronon slammed into it, taking the impact full-body. He whirled back quickly, grabbing Evan by the neck and slamming him face down across the table. Evan fought to push himself off, but Ronon’s superior weight held him in place.

Reaching under him, Ronon ripped the web-belt from its buckle and tore at the buttons of Evan’s trousers.

“Things are going to be a little different now,” Ronon smiled just as Evan turned on his side and pulled his legs beneath him, kicking out solidly and connecting with Ronon’s chest.

He didn’t fail to press the advantage this time, slamming into Ronon and pushing him against the wall. Evan pushed a hand into Ronon’s face, cracking his head against the solid wooden mantle that held a variety of jars and urns. Grabbing the broken chair, he swung one end of a leg across Ronon’s face, cracking the wood in the process, smashing Ronon’s face to one side.

Evan grabbed a handful of Ronon’s dreds, yanking the dazed man’s head back at a painful angle.

“Not like this!” Evan snarled, low and dangerous, next to Ronon’s ear, breaking a jar from the mantle and holding the ragged ceramic to Ronon’s throat.

Ronon looked at him out of the corner of a rapidly swelling eye. Evan could see the debate raging within him and held his stance lest the wrong emotion won out. Ronon started to grin and Evan tightened his hold on his hair, dragging him forward to the floor. Ronon’s low-slung pants didn’t put up the resistance that Lorne’s BDUs had earlier and Lorne shoved them out of his way. He spit into his palm, pushing his fingers into Ronon brutally, following with his cock, his hand still fisted in Ronon’s bloodied dreds and the heel of his palm pressing Ronon’s face in the dirt.

He pushed roughly into Ronon’s body, thrusting against him, his balls hitting Ronon’s ass. After a moment Ronon pushed back, impaling himself on Lorne’s cock, grunting, trying to get Lorne in deeper. Lorne pulled Ronon to his knees and drove into him, reaching beneath him for his cock, slapping it hard and was rewarded by Ronon’s loud grunt. Lorne jacked him, hard and fast and Ronon came, his cum wetting Lorne’s hand and the dirt floor. Lorne came a second later, his hips hitching against Ronon’s ass as he rode out the orgasm.

Lorne pulled his softening cock out of Ronon’s body and stood up, wiping himself off with a cloth from the table before tucking himself into his BDUs and fastening the buttons again. He offered a hand down, pulling Ronon to his feet and watched as Ronon did the same to his clothes.

Without a word, Ronon sat back at the table, taking the last intact plate of food and pushing it into the middle, between them.

Comments

[drkcherry.livejournal.com]

Well my goodness, that didn't take you long to think of a title...lol

[vagablonde.livejournal.com]

I cheated. I was trying to type that line from the song and typed it wrong. Then it struck me, Hey - that works!!!

[sarspasm.livejournal.com]

Well, that's...dark. *hides from the boys*

[vagablonde.livejournal.com]

You were warned. It was something that needed to be exorcize from my hardrive.

Hope you aren't scarred for life or anything....

[drkcherry.livejournal.com]

Neither non-con or dark fic are my thing, but there was just something about this piece that called to me.

I think what it was was seeing Lorne in that role. While he's shown leading, he's not always shown as a leader. The images I have seen of the Lorne character always have his face either blank or smiling. He doesn't seem threatening to me.

This image you have created, dark, threatening, ALPHA...worked for me.

[vagablonde.livejournal.com]

And these are but a few of the reasons I love you. You let me push characters and tell me when I've fallen off the wagon and when I haven't.

This is the Lorne I see, carefully tucked in behind that bland smiling facade.

[sarspasm.livejournal.com]

You really see Lorne as being that dark and threatening?

[vagablonde.livejournal.com]

I see him as being capable of it. I think there is some place inside of him that could be that, yes.

But it isn't threatening. It's just a reality of who he is, maybe who he's been. I think quite alot of us are that way. Lorne would be capable of going places to get things done, horrible places the rest of us won't want to know about. But I also think he has the kind of moral courage that won't let him unless he is forced to.

[sarspasm.livejournal.com]

Ah, see that, I can see. Especially with drugs involved, and what he's seen/done in the line. And yeah, most of us have a dark side to which we go if pushed.

But I also think he has the kind of moral courage that won't let him unless he is forced to.
That was what I was worried you weren't saying. Just because he could resort to some, shall we say drastic measures, I don't think he'd do so lightly. He couldn't do what he does, and gotten to the point where he's gotten without moral fiber of some kind, or he'd have snapped and started killing civilians long ago.

[vagablonde.livejournal.com]

and what, after all, is darker than the guy standing next to you, who likes hotdogs and beer and mows his sister's lawns on weekends and wears the uniform and has done what is necessary in the line of duty without anyone ever seeing what it takes sometimes? It's the happygolucky soldiers who seem to have it all together that worry me the most.

I'll admit to probably reading too much into the character, but I compare him to people I have known from the services, Seals and Recon, and the people he matches up to are the ones who have incredible moral courage, but also the ability to have completed jobs that would have destroyed any of the rest of us.

[sarspasm.livejournal.com]

It's the happygolucky soldiers who seem to have it all together that worry me the most.
Wordy McWordington. Because that's where the bland/blank face comes in- a coping mechanism/survival skill. There's something far less creepy about some one who just maintains/survives with deadpan/dry humor than fake cheery? Although I'm biased, because happy-go-lucky people in general irritate me.

but also the ability to have completed jobs that would have destroyed any of the rest of us.
YES. That is exactly what I see in him. And Sheppard, for all that he irritates the hell out of me sometimes. Sheppard seems darker to me. I don' tknow if that's purely a function of how much he's seen/done beyond used-to-be-a-surveyor!Lorne, or something more innate. He certainly has more issues. Because with Lorne, I sense most of his darkness coming from experience, not within. Sheppard is a more ambiguous figure for me.

[vagablonde.livejournal.com]

I would totally agree with that. SHeppard is a screwed up individual and some of that probably comes from the rather lonely childhood that the writers keep hinting at. Lorne on the other hand, is one of those guys who agreed to do a job and did it, no matter what he had to do to get it done. He doesn't talk about it, doesn't brag about it, just does it. Alot has changed for the character since it was first incepted. But word! Lorne's dark is from experience, not because he is a dark person.

[sarspasm.livejournal.com]

EXACTLY. WE ARE PSYCHIC TWINS. BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!1!

I may or may not have polished off 2/3 of the bottle of champagne from dinner by myself. Verdict's not in.

[vagablonde.livejournal.com]

And you didn't share!!!!!!!!

And again, I totally agree. About the brilliant part. We are, indeed!

[drkcherry.livejournal.com]

Ok maybe threatening is the wrong word.

If you look at Ronon and Lorne, Ronon would be intimidating.

If you look at, ack, McKay and Lorne, neither of them look intimidating. However I believe Lorne has something that isn't close to the surface. It would have to be in order for him to be a Major and Sheppard's second in command.

Take Ford. He looked like a young kid, however, I knew when it came to it, he could take charge and do what had to be done.

And yeah I'm so not explaining myself well.

[vagablonde.livejournal.com]

He isn't threatening par se, but like I was telling you earlier, I wouldn't want to piss him off, ever. He doesn't seem like the type to be pushed.

Plus, alot of what I see in him is based on who the character was in SG-1's Enemy Mine episode. There is a drastic change and there has to be a reason for it. We've already seen that he can be vastly different people. Folks like that can change again, they have a resolve that is best not tapped.

Just my opinion on the character.

[sarspasm.livejournal.com]

It would have to be in order for him to be a Major and Sheppard's second in command.

Oh, okay, that makes sense to me. "Threatening" was what caught my attention. Dark, yeah, I could see that. I mean, the man battles friggin' space vampires and the Genii for a living. He's fought Unas, and probably Jaffa or played some part against the system lords in order to have a more military detail in Atlantis. That'd leave a mark on a person. Goes back to the whole idea of "every time you kill another person, it takes a piece of your soul"-- you'd have to be able to set aside some of those feelings, or you'd go mad.

Ford could be irritating, but yeah. The training, dude, it all goes back to the training.

And yeah I'm so not explaining myself well.
You're making sense to me. :D Should I be worried for us both?

[vagablonde.livejournal.com]

I mean, the man battles friggin' space vampires and the Genii for a living.

Okay - apparently I am as shallow as I have long suspected I am, cause that line is just hawt. It made me hawt. And not in the "oooo, she's all sexy" way; in the "she needs to take a cold shower" way.

He's fought Unas, and probably Jaffa or played some part against the system lords in order to have a more military detail in Atlantis.

DAMMIT!!!! Plot bunnie. Right there. Sittin' in the middle of the highway. I'm never getting any sleep tonight.

Ford could be irritating

Ford was a big clumsy puppy. He was too eager, too cocky, too ready to pick a fight, but still the kinda guy you'd want by your side when it hit the fan.

You're making sense to me. :D Should I be worried for us both?
Now I'm worried cause it seemed kinda coherent to me.....

[sarspasm.livejournal.com]

I might be persuaded to forgive you. Might.

[vagablonde.livejournal.com]

Oooookay....who's it gonna take and what do they have to do?

[sarspasm.livejournal.com]

*ponders* Decisions, decisions.

[vagablonde.livejournal.com]

::taps dainty little foot::

Come on now, the porn ain't gonna wait forever!!!

[sarspasm.livejournal.com]

Well in that case, the world needs more Sheppard/Lorne. It's, like, your erotic patriotic duty! Or something.

[vagablonde.livejournal.com]

sheppard/lorne it is then, now: shall they be serious, snarky, do you want full on porn or teasing, do you want an actual plot....

Pick and choose.

[sarspasm.livejournal.com]

Squeeee!

Hmm, you know, I'ma have to go with plot. NO DEATH. Snark is always good.

[larian.livejournal.com]

Oh my....yeah, I imagine Lorne does seem pretty easy going, until he's backed into a wall (literally and figureatively). Sort of like John seemed laid back until the Genii arrived in Atlantis. It was dark-ish, but it also seems plausible. Ford was dark too, after the enzyme...it makes sense that the others would have those feelings too, even if they had just started taking it

[gomeroi.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed your two Lorne/Ronon fics.

I've never seen a dark side of Lorne before and I believe that he does have one, if he is pushed to a limit. Usually he's pretty easy going guy and has a super nice great sexy looking smile.

[vagablonde.livejournal.com]

We've had a great discussion of Lorne's potential darker side and we all agree that if pushed he'd do whatever needed to be done. He'd shut down all the smiles and the nice and the wit and just do the job no matter the consequence.

He really does have a super sexy smile, doesn't he? Those dimples are to die for!! Thanks for leaving me feedback, I'm glad you enjoyed the fics!

[vagablonde.livejournal.com]

Most soldiers who have actually seen combat have that in them. Same as alot of cops, that's why the cops go bad. You're exposed to the element in your surroundings and it changes you. You don't have to give in to it, and that's where I think Lorne is the better person, but still it is there and you tap into it when you choose to. It is all about the training and what these guys have seen and been through.

An adrenaline rush, which is what I think the enzyme basically is, is a great thing at first but after a while it starts to drive you insane and if you lose it, you feel like you're dying only you're really just going back to normal. Same as with any addiction.

[ria-kukalaka.livejournal.com]

Both this fic and the resulting discussion are incredibly interesting. I totally agree with what you said about Nick being capable of being darker if it was needed. Of course being drugged takes away that choice. I do like that he still tried to reason first though. And I can understand his struggle for dominance here though, how he's not ready to just let Ronon take his position.

What I'd really like to see now is what happens when they're both back to themselves. Does this ruin Lorne's chance of pursuing that relationship with Ronon?

[drkcherry.livejournal.com]

What I'd really like to see now is what happens when they're both back to themselves. Does this ruin Lorne's chance of pursuing that relationship with Ronon?

I would also like to find out that answer. Maybe if we bug her enough she'll write it!

[ria-kukalaka.livejournal.com]

hey, i'm up for bugging or pleading or begging or whatever it takes.

Please? Pretty please? *bats eyelashes*

[vagablonde.livejournal.com]

Oh my gawd, you guys are like stalkers!!

Organized stalkers!!

You're ganging up on me!!!!

fine. but it will have to wait until after the october challenges are over and I'm not promising anything!!

[drkcherry.livejournal.com]

fine. but it will have to wait until after the october challenges are over and I'm not promising anything!!

The above was what I got in my email box. Works for me.

[vagablonde.livejournal.com]

You are so very wrong on so many levels......

[drkcherry.livejournal.com]

Wrong am I? Huh, no birthday present for you missy!

That is of course if Amazon ever releases the damn thing. Amazon is the bane of my existence, I swear it is.

[vagablonde.livejournal.com]

ooooo prezzies!!

::is easily distracted::

[drkcherry.livejournal.com]

Of course right after I posted that Amazon emailed me with a 'hey bitca we mailed the stuff'. Still isn't supposed to arrive until 2 after your birthday...sigh

[vagablonde.livejournal.com]

well, as you recall, Amazon.dum did this at christmas last year and I made out!

[drkcherry.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you made end up with double stuff and I may also get a refund for it...lol

[vagablonde.livejournal.com]

gotta love those guys! And it only took them, what, three months to get it right?

[vagablonde.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the feedback - I really enjoyed the discussion the fic got going!!