3:10 Fic

[cmk418]

I don't normally post fanfiction this quickly, but I really fell in love with this pairing. No real spoilers for the film (events in the fic happen long before the film begins)

Title: The Green-Eyed Monster
Characters: Charlie Prince, Ben Wade (hints o' slash)
Word Count: 220
Rating: PG



Boss always liked going into the town the payroll was headed for after we’d stolen it. I’d thought it was suicide the first couple of times, but he always knew how and when to get out. They’ll never catch him, I thought. And I knew that as long as I stuck close enough, they’d never catch me either.

This town was different. Boss saw some pretty young thing, a dancing girl in the saloon. He remarked on her right off, “Ain’t she a sweet looking gal, Charlie? Look at those green eyes.”

Now, from where I was sitting the man must have been color-blind cause those eyes were anything but green. But he was smitten and nothing short of a posse of ten men with shotguns was gonna be taking his eyes off the woman.

He said that he’d catch up to me and the rest of the gang in a couple of hours. Kicked me aside, just like that. As if I hadn’t been following him faithfully ever since we broke out of Yuma together. Women were fickle. They didn’t last, but Boss didn’t seem to care. Maybe if I had green eyes, he’d have noticed that I was the one always by his side.

I left without a word. I’d wait for him though. Long as it took.

Comments

[michele659.livejournal.com]

When I read the last two lines I actually said "Ohhhh" out loud. I know nothing about these characters yet as I haven't seen the movie,but I could feel poor Charlie's sadness. Pushed aside by a delusional love (I bet Charlie was right and that woman's eyes were not green)and left to wait.
You described Charlie's lovestruck devotion so well. I believed him when he said he'd wait as long as it took!

[cmk418]

Thanks for the comment. The movie really is worth seeing, especially for the relationship between those two.

[the-reverand.livejournal.com]

One of favorite of Charlie's scenes (and there are many) is sitting in the saloon with Wade, saying he'd go across the border. And very quietly adding "I'll wait for you."

Of course, he didn't cross the border! Stayed right there in town. Poor lovestruck Charlie.

Nice fic. :)

[cmk418]

I loved Charlie so much in this film, it seemed that my eyes gravitated toward him in every scene he was in. Of course, I'm a sucker for unrequited (or impossible) love so the relationship between him and Ben seemed to fill that very nicely.

Thanks for reading!