Olego's RPS

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS A REAL PERSON STORY, AND COMPLETELY FICTIONAL. THIS STORY IS ABOUT LUKE MACFARLANE AND MATTHEW RHYS, AND THE STORY IS TOTALLY MADE UP BY ME. IT'S ONLY FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES, NOTHING ELSE.

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Rate: PG-13
Disclaimer: Just borrowing.
Summary: During the shooting of season one, Luke and Matthew gets to know each other.

Word count: 1075

Luke follows the studio host onto the set. People are everywhere fixing the last details of the current set. The studio host walks up to the person Luke, after some quick googling, knows is Matthew. They are introduced and the studio host leaves them alone.

Matthew explains the scene he is in the middle of shooting right now, and Luke listens, perplexed over the thick accent. Apparently his googling hadn’t been good enough, because not once did he read anything about this guy being British. It did however state that he lived with actor friend Ioan Gruffudd for a decade or so, but that not making either of them gay.

Oh well, he seems nice and their mindless chatter breaks the ice. In only two days Luke will be back on the set to prepare to shoot his first scene as Scotty Wandell, the love interest of Kevin Walker. The first episode of seven to come for Luke, a job he never thought he would be able to get, and yet, here he is. It’s a real show and it’s actually a career – even if it’s just seven episodes.

Matthew smiles and excuses himself, saying he needs to go back to the set and Luke finds himself standing there alone. He watches Matthew go back to the stage. Sally Field emerges along with a young guy Luke knows that plays one of the brothers and then Calista Flockhart joins them.

Luke watches the four of them speak with the director, observing Matthew’s moves when he listens, speaks and laughs. He might be straight, if he insists, and Luke starts wondering how much Matthew knows about him. Has he bothered to ask someone about him? Did he google Luke? Does he know that Luke is gay? How would he?

Luke sees that it’s time to leave if he wants to make it to the appointment he made with a friend, but the worry about how Matthew will be to do intimate and tender scenes with lingers and grows. He slowly walks from the set, watching Matthew get into position to start the new scene.

*****

Matthew throws himself onto his couch with his newly-opened cold beer. He looks at the time. It’s late again. This job is great, but the days are long. It’s been a while since he worked like this and he isn’t yet used to the early mornings and the late nights.

He does what he always does – repeats the day in his head. Overall it was very good. He got to meet Luke, the guy who will play his love interest. He seemed very nice and easy to be around, and they will probably manage to work well together.

He’s played gay characters before, but Kevin is different. He isn’t defined by being gay, which is great, but there are scenes where he interacts with this love interest and they share kisses, so he really needs to get those scenes to fit in with the character’s personality from other scenes with work and family.

He hasn’t actually kissed other guys before when playing gay roles, but except for maybe some scruffy beard, how could it be different? It will be quite a challenge and Matthew knows that the response from Luke will be vital for getting it all right.

In two days they will do some drama exercises together to get to know each other and get comfortable and then they will start shooting. Matthew has always liked those drama sessions, they do wonders for personal chemistry and, quite frankly, getting to know the beautiful ladies he plays opposite. For friendship and… fun.

*****

Luke and Matthew are both early to the drama room at the set. They meet with the coach for their exercises who tells them what they will do, explaining the simple exercises.. They are all chosen to lead to them being comfortable touching and kissing each other.

They start with basic massage and playing exercises and speak about random things while doing so. Matthew mentions Wales and how much he misses it, and how his mother calls him even more often nowadays as he started the new job. Luke laughs and tells him that he experiences the same from his mother and from his sisters. They joke and say they should each do a newsletter to their families, to save everyone time.

“For this next exercise,” the drama couch interrupts them. “I want you,” she points at Matthew, “to want to kiss him,” she points at Luke. “And you’re playing hard to get,” she takes a step back and then adds: “But neither of you can speak a word.”

Both Matthew and Luke smile goofily at each other. Matthew looks around and sees some chairs piled in a corner of the room. He walks over and fetches two of them, placing them next to each other over where Luke is standing, like it’s a bus. He makes an inviting gesture for Luke to sit, which he does, at the edge of one of the chairs.

Matthew sits down next to him and stares at Luke with a big smile. He continues to smile and move closer until Luke is more leaning towards the chair than actually sitting on it and Matthew is sitting on both of them. Without further notice Matthew leans over and kisses Luke on the lips, quick and wet, and then leaning back on his chair.

Luke stares at him in shock, real or pretend, and after a few seconds of thinking, he does the same, leaning over to kiss Matthew back. This time it lingers more and their lips adjust to each other. When they part they both seem pretty satisfied, but also a bit embarrassed.

“Very nice, you both,” The coach says, clapping her hands together. “We will finish with a short relaxing exercise where you lie down on the floor,” she explains what they are going to do, not noticing the blush on Luke’s neck lingering, nor the sudden glances Matthew sends Luke from the corner of his eye.

So now he’s kissed a guy too, and that wasn’t so bad. Matthew’s minds wanders when he should be listening to further instructions. Luke’s response to his own quite forceful kiss was a bit odd. When he has done similar things with female co-stars they usually either act mad or shy. Not once has anyone immediately kissed him back. And a good kiss, at that.