less is more challenge, wilby wonderful: eyelash (duck/dan)

Dan climbs into the truck, buckles up the old seatbelt, then watches Duck do the same. Duck puts the key into the ignition. He looks over to Dan, starts to turn away but stops.

"Hey," Duck says. He leans in, straining a bit against the belt, and Dan can feel his face heating up, his blood starting to pound a little bit more. "Stay still a second-- you've got a thing--"

Dan licks his own lips. Duck's face is close to his, just a few inches away, and Duck's vision is concentrated heavy on Dan's face. He reaches his finger out and strokes it lightly across the soft skin under Dan's eye.

Duck moves back a little, smiling. The lines around his mouth are all crinkled up and his eyes look amused. "You got an eyelash," he says softly. He lifts his finger so Dan can see the tiny black hair lying on the edge. "You have to make a wish now."

Dan says, "Okay." His voice is a little husky. He moves his mouth closer to Duck's hand. It feels like it takes a long time, much longer than the brief second it must be, for his breath to move across Duck's finger and blow the eyelash away.

Duck waits a moment, and then he sits back in his seat, turns his attention back to the front and starts the truck. "You wish for something good?" he asks as they start to leave the parking lot.

"Yeah," says Dan, watching Duck's long tanned fingers wrapped around the steering wheel. "I think so."

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[Less is more! All the cool kids are doing it! /peer pressure]

HI LET'S PLAY PICSPAM

In the spirit of Less is More day, who wants to play duelling screencaps? That's ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS a fun game!

For those of you who don't know, the Less is More challenge is this: So here's the challenge: write the hottest fic you can (all fandoms are welcome, as is slash, het, threesomes, whatever) that doesn't involve any actual sexing. Maybe some above-the-waist touching (fingertips on a wrist, breath on the back of a neck), and maybe a kiss or two if you absolutely must, but that's it—we want flirting and longing and proximity and teasing and when-we-get-home-I'm-going-to-fuck-you-through-the-mattress non-explicit HOTNESS.

So, uh, the screencap equivalent of that would be the tiny tiny things that are hot out of all proportion. Ray naked in Doctor Longball, not so much. Fraser and Victoria kissing against the door while she's in his serge? Again, too much. The way Fraser rests his hand on Ray's knee oh-so-casually in Mountie on the Bounty, as if it BELONGS there? Hell yes.

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Come on, you guys, what do you have to share? Doesn't have to be Due South fandom, of course; any fandom is welcome. Maybe this will even help inspire someone to write more for the challenge -- we can only hope!