Hello, just a taster to see if anyone would be interested! First real shot at this, do hope it's reasonable! x
Prologue
The vow was ingrained with Arthur, its significance sacred and outweighing all other trivial promises created on the grounds of a fleeting observation of fault. No, this pledge had spawned naturally from years of mandatory surveillance on the job. His role required hyperacuity and it would be deceitful to pretend that he had not noticed the steady demise of his partner as the years ticked by.
Although Cobb was evidently the greatest of the team in terms of skill and experience, he lacked the ability of emotional detachment, which had created considerable difficulties when working. Cobb didn't care for specificity, unlike Arthur (who found unambiguity a necessity), thus he allowed the lines between fantasy and reality to become blurred. To Arthur, it signalled the starting signs of weakness – a trait he loathed most.
Therefore, it was only natural that these observations would accumulate to the ultimate oath: he would not become Dominic Cobb, for reality mattered too much.
At least, that's what he had felt before he had been so cruelly engulfed by love and its downfalls.
"I will not become Dominic Cobb," Arthur mumbled, in a slightly bemused tone, whilst connecting himself to the machine. "Don't we all, eventually?"
And with that, he laid himself down on the old, battered reclining chair located within the middle of a derelict warehouse and allowed the sweet darkness to submerge him once more. As his eyes fluttered closed he was welcomed to the land he had created for them, where the air was cleaner and the sky that little bit brighter.