Title: Feelings Never Told
#: Track 14. Tva av oss
Author: Lucifer Rosemaunt

Fandom: Phantom of the Opera
Pairing(s): Erik/Raoul
Summary: Series of ficlets with songs used as inspiration.
Warning(s): slash
Word Count: 430
Rating: K+

A/N: Remember, there is a fanmix attached to this; go to my profile to download.
Story note: Two and a half. Darn. I was hoping I would actually make the one song quota.

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X-models - Tva av oss [Swedish]

You probably wonder sometimes like I do
Is there someone else
Who can make you weak
But we're like a jigsaw puzzle
Each fitting with one piece

Upon seeing the vicomte, Erik stopped hiding his presence. "Where is she?" He jumped down from the ledge upon which he'd been creeping.

"Where do you think she is?" Raoul shrugged.

Standing straighter, Erik stalked forward, hoping to loom over the blond. He stood as close as he was comfortable with, hoping to unnerve the younger man, but Raoul looked rather unimpressed. Neither of them dared to move further away in fear it would be a sign of weakness.

"She is not in danger," Erik stated. It should have been a question. The letter he'd received had stated that she was in desperate need of assistance, but it was obvious now that he had been deceived.

Raoul replied anyway, "No."

And from this close Erik could easily see the grin he was trying to suppress. "If you continue to abuse her name as such, I will no longer believe you." It was a weak threat; it was hardly a threat at all, just a statement of fact, but ever since he'd been compelled to keep his patron alive, there was little that he could threaten and be believed otherwise. Erik only spoke truths; he did not speak empty promises.

However, he would have promised to kill him right there since the younger man began to laugh. Luckily, Raoul had enough sense of self-preservation to take several steps away from him. "No need to lie."

"You believe me fool enough to come at such an obvious deception again?" Erik challenged. He stayed his ground. If he moved any closer to the vicomte, he would certainly hurt him.

"No." Raoul was still grinning at him. Erik had seen this particular expression usually when Raoul spoke to Christine, when they were in yet another joke that he was not privy to or did not believe to be humorous. "Christine is your weakness. Despite the fact you know she should be with Madame Giry at this moment, that sinister question 'what if' makes you come regardless of the deception."

Erik was silenced by his observation. "Well?" He prompted after a long silence where Raoul's grin only widened. "What is it you need now?"

Raoul smiled outright then. "Nothing." He looked as innocently at Erik as he could manage – it would have been more convincing if he hadn't already given his ruse away. "It was not I who sent the letter." He turned to leave, but Erik's next sentence stopped him.

"I will find your weakness." Scowling, Erik clenched his hands into fists. "And I will exploit it."

Raoul's answering smile told him to try.

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End ficlet

A/N: Don't forget to R/R (Read and Review)!
Fic Review: It would help a lot more if I understood the lyrics. DX I did a quick read of the lyrics before I started trying to write it and this is what happened. I don't think it fits the lyrics all too well, but I did use concepts from it.

Btw, shortly after this conversation, Erik kidnaps Philippe and uses him a ransom to get Raoul to do whatever the hell he wants. XD