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perpetual_motion"You'll Have to Wear a Beard"
[Don/Cosmo; Singin' in the Rain"]
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Author's Notes: I finally got to use the title! Props tojulianlee.
[Don/Cosmo; Singin' in the Rain]
“If you want to work here, you’ll have to get a beard.”
“I look terrible in beards. And they itch.”
RF gave Cosmo a glance. “Is he always like this?” He asked the question to Don.
“It’s the only way he is.”
“It’s why I’m not an actor. I can only be me.” Cosmo batted his eyelashes at RF.
RF looked from Cosmo to Don, then back to Cosmo. He sighed heavily when Cosmo smiled demurely and waved at him. “You’re sure you’re going to put up with him long enough to make it an issue?”
Don smiled that easy, gleaming smile that would help make him a stare. “I’ve put up with him since we were kids. It won’t change.”
“I’ll double your weekly salary.” RF was only half-joking.
“Not if you want to keep me.” Don wasn’t joking at all. “I won’t go without Cosmo.”
“Aw, Don.” Cosmo grinned and dropped his head onto Don’s shoulder.
RF recognized his defeat in the way Don kept looking at him. “All right. I planned to hire you both, anyway. I need a new leading man, and I need a piano player. You can act. Cosmo can play. All we have to do is find you a beard.” RF walked around his desk to sit down. He pulled his studio directory towards him and flipped it open. “Do you have any requests?”
Don looked at Cosmo. “You pick.”
“Are you sure you want him to do that?” RF had a sudden picture in his head of Cosmo in a wig and a dress, hanging onto Don’s arm at a premiere.
“Cosmo always chooses. He’s good at it.” Don smiled at Cosmo. Cosmo smiled back. RF had a sudden urge to send his wife flowers.
“Okay, then. Cosmo, any requests?”
Cosmo’s smile went wicked. “Lena.”
“No.” Don and RF protested at the same time.
“Why not?” Cosmo sounded falsely placating. “She’s a perfectly nice girl.”
“She kicked me, if you’ll recall.” Don looked peeved. “I won’t be seen with that…” He trailed off, unable to find the right word.
RF slipped in his two cents. “Don’s right, Cosmo. Lena will think the whole set-up is real, even if we explain to her that it’s for show.”
“Exactly.” Cosmo nodded decisively. “If she thinks it’s real, she won’t look for reasons it’s not. If she’s not looking, the fans aren’t looking, and you,” Cosmo pointed to RF, “have a new romantic movie couple on your hands. Think about it; Lockwood and Lamont! In love onscreen and off!”
RF had to admit that Cosmo made a strong case. He looked at Don. “It could work. Lena’s too enthralled by her own charms to think about anything else.”
“She *kicked* me.” Don looked pained, but something in his eyes made it obvious that he knew that he was beat. He sighed. “She may be the itchiest beard there is.”
[Don/Cosmo; Singin' in the Rain"]
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julianleeDis: Not mine.
Author's Notes: I finally got to use the title! Props to
julianlee.[Don/Cosmo; Singin' in the Rain]
“If you want to work here, you’ll have to get a beard.”
“I look terrible in beards. And they itch.”
RF gave Cosmo a glance. “Is he always like this?” He asked the question to Don.
“It’s the only way he is.”
“It’s why I’m not an actor. I can only be me.” Cosmo batted his eyelashes at RF.
RF looked from Cosmo to Don, then back to Cosmo. He sighed heavily when Cosmo smiled demurely and waved at him. “You’re sure you’re going to put up with him long enough to make it an issue?”
Don smiled that easy, gleaming smile that would help make him a stare. “I’ve put up with him since we were kids. It won’t change.”
“I’ll double your weekly salary.” RF was only half-joking.
“Not if you want to keep me.” Don wasn’t joking at all. “I won’t go without Cosmo.”
“Aw, Don.” Cosmo grinned and dropped his head onto Don’s shoulder.
RF recognized his defeat in the way Don kept looking at him. “All right. I planned to hire you both, anyway. I need a new leading man, and I need a piano player. You can act. Cosmo can play. All we have to do is find you a beard.” RF walked around his desk to sit down. He pulled his studio directory towards him and flipped it open. “Do you have any requests?”
Don looked at Cosmo. “You pick.”
“Are you sure you want him to do that?” RF had a sudden picture in his head of Cosmo in a wig and a dress, hanging onto Don’s arm at a premiere.
“Cosmo always chooses. He’s good at it.” Don smiled at Cosmo. Cosmo smiled back. RF had a sudden urge to send his wife flowers.
“Okay, then. Cosmo, any requests?”
Cosmo’s smile went wicked. “Lena.”
“No.” Don and RF protested at the same time.
“Why not?” Cosmo sounded falsely placating. “She’s a perfectly nice girl.”
“She kicked me, if you’ll recall.” Don looked peeved. “I won’t be seen with that…” He trailed off, unable to find the right word.
RF slipped in his two cents. “Don’s right, Cosmo. Lena will think the whole set-up is real, even if we explain to her that it’s for show.”
“Exactly.” Cosmo nodded decisively. “If she thinks it’s real, she won’t look for reasons it’s not. If she’s not looking, the fans aren’t looking, and you,” Cosmo pointed to RF, “have a new romantic movie couple on your hands. Think about it; Lockwood and Lamont! In love onscreen and off!”
RF had to admit that Cosmo made a strong case. He looked at Don. “It could work. Lena’s too enthralled by her own charms to think about anything else.”
“She *kicked* me.” Don looked pained, but something in his eyes made it obvious that he knew that he was beat. He sighed. “She may be the itchiest beard there is.”
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on 2004-12-17 06:39 pm (UTC)::Dies::
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This is genuis. I know I gush and get overexuberant sometimes, but this may be the best fic I've ever seen out of you. I hear Don & Cosmo in my head perfectly. You have Cosmo down to the hair - the stupid quips, the physical goofiness - the moment where he says, "Aw, Don," and puts his head on Don's shoulder could have been right out of the movie (like when Kathy kisses him and he falls off the couch).
And, oooh, the whole premise of Lena as a beard hand-picked by Cos - methinks the gentleman is just a weeee bit evil.
Thank you SO MUCH for making my crappy day bright. This is just...
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on 2004-12-17 07:19 pm (UTC)You really say the nicest things to me.
Please revive yourself so that you can get your next fic.