Clio's writing journal

Author: Clio
Title: Score, score, score, score!
Pairing: American Idol: Ryan Seacrest/Simon Cowell
Rating: NC-17
Summary: The cheerleader who volunteers to wash Simon's car isn't quite what she seems—and Simon is more than happy to take advantage of the situation.
Length: 2100 words
Disclaimer: People sort of own themselves, don't they? Which means this is a work of fiction.
Notes: Fills the "uniforms/military fetish" square on my kink_bingo card!
Referred to in the drabble "Happy Birthday Simon!" so pre-season 7. Other than that just some good old-fashioned role-playing pwp.

( She bent over at the waist to pick up the pail, giving him an excellent view of her tight little arse, encased in bright red knickers that matched her uniform )

Author: Clio
Title: Desert Hearts
Pairing: American Idol: Ryan Seacrest/Simon Cowell
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Sometime during the third season Ryan started to care, and that's when everything went wrong.
Length: 1300 words
Disclaimer: People sort of own themselves, don't they? Which means this is a work of fiction.
Notes: Fills the "experimental: biting" square on my kissbingo card!
This is a bit darker than my usual style, but hey, I already wrote the happy ending so there you go! Many thanks to dana_kujan and honestys_easy for looking this over!

( Sex was the fuel that kept the engine running even when the car had left the road )

Author: Clio
Title: Imagine Me and You
Pairing: American Idol: Ryan Seacrest/Simon Cowell
Rating: NC17
Summary:Ryan and Simon have been working together on Idol for eight years and dating for almost as long; they've got their London-LA relationship down to a science. They hide in plain sight, they get close friends to pose as girlfriends, and if they combine business and pleasure on a few trips, no one is any the wiser.
But when Simon decides to leave the show, one of them will have to find the courage to do what it takes to keep them together. Luckily they have friends like Ellen and Elton to show them the way out.
Length: 19,000 words
Disclaimer: People sort of own themselves, don't they? Which means this is a work of fiction.

Written for the rpf_big_bang. Art by engel82. See masterpost for further notes and thanks.

masterpost | art | mix | fic

( mezhgan, ellen, julianne, sharon, emily and eric )

Author: Clio
Title: Takes One to Know One
Pairing: American Idol: Ryan Seacrest/Simon Cowell
Rating: R
Summary: Someone is using Simon Cowell's old methods to steal jewelry from the wealthy summering in the south of France, and only he has the skills to work out who is doing it and stop them before the police send him to jail instead. And rich young American Ryan Seacrest is a distraction he can't afford.
Length: 16,000 words
Disclaimer: People sort of own themselves, don't they? Which means this is a work of fiction.
Notes: Written for the reel_idol challenge and based on the film To Catch a Thief. Thanks to ignaz for her amazing beta skills and general cheerleading!
For reasons that will become clear, Ryan's parents in this story are not Gary and Connie Seacrest; instead they are Ryan's mentor Merv Griffin and his companion Eva Gabor.
Also, I've changed the timing from the post-WWII 1950s of the film to the post-WWI 1920s. (In doing so, I have slightly altered the timeline of an actor referred to in the story.) Please note that because this story is based on a romantic caper film, it does not reflect the actual attitudes toward race and sexuality prevalent among the American expats on the French Riviera in the late 1920s. While the shift in time period from the restrictive 1950s to the relatively permissive 1920s allowed a bit more freedom (Ellen's cross-dressing, Ryan's all but open homosexuality, Merv's general eccentricity, Randy's position as a bandleader), the reader should no more take away from this story that these were the possibilities for gays, lesbians, women, Jews, and blacks in this place at this time than they should that the main character is in any way representative of jewel thieves in general.

( 'Padre,' Ryan said, using the only father name Merv would answer to, 'what do you say about heading to the Riviera a little early?' )

Author: Clio
Title: Keep Your Enemies Closer, Chapter 1: The Unpleasantness at Club Idol
Pairing: American Idol: Adam Lambert/Kris Allen; established Ryan Seacrest/Simon Cowell
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Simon Cowell, manager of pop star hopefuls and owner of the hot downtown Club Idol, has been framed for a crime he didn't commit. Can new kid Kris Allen convince rival divas David Cook and Adam Lambert to work together to clear Simon's name? And what will happen when Simon asks Adam and Kris to "take care" of his boyfriend Ryan for him?
Chapter Length: 5800 words
Disclaimer: People sort of own themselves, don't they? Which means this is a work of fiction.
Notes: Keep Your Enemies Closer is an mystery AU set in the New York club scene of the mid-90s, when a rapidly gentrifying East Village contained chain stores and after hours clubs, hungry young artists and heroin dealers. As usual, there will be plenty of music to set the scene and bring you back to a time not long ago. Thank you to ali_wildgoose, who as usual went well beyond the call of beta-duty on this one, dreamerren, who encouraged me to keep going when I'd hit an impasse, and honestys_easy, who helped me give it that final polish. All the chapter titles for this story are from Dorothy L. Sayers's Lord Peter Wimsey novels, some of my favorite mysteries ever, as well as being one of my favorite romances. This chapter title from The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club.

The Unpleasantness at Club Idol | Whose Heroin? | Crowds of Witness | A Few Red Herrings | Have His Caretakers | Pushers Must Advertise | Glitzy Night

( The Unpleasantness at Club Idol )

Author: Clio
Title: So Much Depends Upon a Blue Honda Civic
Pairing: American Idol: Ryan Seacrest/Simon Cowell
Rating: G
Summary: Simon understands that cars are memories.
Length: 200 words
Disclaimer: People sort of own themselves, don't they? Which means this is a work of fiction.
Notes: I've been organizing fic today and in my travels I came across this double drabble that I'd never posted. It will likely become part of a later Rymon fic, but I may as well post it as is—though it probably should have a warning for fluffiness. Title adapted from the William Carlos Williams poem.

( So Much Depends Upon a Blue Honda Civic. Ryan/Simon, G. )

Author: Clio
Title: Serving in Silence
Pairing: American Idol: Ryan Seacrest/Simon Cowell
Rating: R for some dirty talk.
Summary: Ryan needs a girl to bring along on his trip to Simon's house in Barbados, but a friend knows just the person for the job.
Length: 1800 words
Disclaimer: People sort of own themselves, don't they? Which means this is a work of fiction.
Notes: Sara Jane Underwood, 2007 Playboy Playmate of the Year, went down to Barbados with Ryan but then wasn't seen with him again. Thanks to ali_wildgoose and evil_erato for their beta talents!

( The call came from Paris. )

Author: Clio
Title: The J-Word
Pairing: American Idol: Ryan Seacrest/Simon Cowell
Rating: NC-17
Summary: While Simon doesn't really mind Ryan baring his teeth at any and all rivals, perhaps some reassurance is in order.
Length: 1800 words
Disclaimer: People sort of own themselves, right? Which means this is a work of fiction.
Notes: Inspired by Ryan's season of claiming behavior. Huge thanks to lillijulianne and ali_wildgoose for looking this over.


(  'You need to know what you're risking when you stand next to me like this.'  )

Author: Clio
Title: Bound
Pairing: American Idol: Ryan Seacrest/Simon Cowell
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Simon just isn't getting it, and Ryan is frustrated, so he decides to get through to Simon by non-verbal means.
Length: 3300 words
Disclaimer: People sort of own themselves, don't they? Which means this is a work of fiction.
Notes: So two different people (maybe, it's anon so it's hard to tell) requested "dirty dirty power play with top!Ryan and bottom!Simon" on a recent American Idol kink meme. I don't know about you, but I can't get Simon to the bottom of the driveway in a drabble, much less a power play. Takes place this past Friday, the day after the party for Ryan's April 2008 Details cover, and makes reference to Simon's newly sculpted torso.
Ryan references something Chris Richardson said in part 5 of my story High Art, and Simon references Peanuts. Epigram as attributed.

(  'I thought we settled this, but you can't get it through that thick skull of yours.'  )

Author: Clio
Title: I Can't Think Straight
Pairing: American Idol: Ryan Seacrest/Simon Cowell
Rating: PG
Summary: Ryan Seacrest has a cold.
Length: 1700 words
Disclaimer: People sort of own themselves, don't they? Which means this is a work of fiction.
Notes: Thanks to lillijulianne and allysonsedai for the awesome betas and for the usual reassuring noises, even though in many ways nothing actually happens in this story. (Then again, I feel that way about most of my stories, so YMMV.)
This story was previously titled "No Way of Turning."

(  'I had a nice dream,' Ryan said.  )