Summary- The relationship of Arthur and Ariadne based off different songs. Each chapter is what song the story is based off of.
Disclaimer- I do not own Inception or the song Brilliant Disguise by Bruce Springsteen
Dedicated to: Electrical storm 1996
A/N- So here's the next installment! This is another sad one, but I really like the song so I hoped it turned out alright!
Sometimes, Arthur supposed, all you had just wasn't enough. He had tried so hard, doing everything he could have possibly done. But it was useless. They had built themselves a web of lies so thick that neither of them could tell truth from lie anymore. What made it worse was that Arthur knew about Ariadne's lies, but he couldn't do anything about it. Confronting her would just bring forth his own lies, of which he was sure that Aridane was aware. It was hard to lie to someone who knew you so well.
Arthur had spent many nights lying in bed wondering how Ariadne, such a fun-loving and creative human being could possibly be in love with such a factual and uptight man. He had tried everything to be what he thought she needed, but now he knew that he should have been what she wanted instead. He couldn't ask Ariadne what it was that she wanted because now, it was too late. It was obvious that they were past the point of no return.
They lived every day like they were happy and tried every moment to keep up the façade of faithfulness but faking just made the inevitable harder to bear. So finally, they realized what they had to do.
This night, Arthur lay alone in his bed, lost in thought and trying not to think about the emptiness he felt. He prayed, for what might have been the first time in his life, that they would find a way to fix the brokenness that had surrounded them. But for now, he was left alone, suffering slowly and silently.
A/N- I feel like this was really short. But I hope that you all enjoyed it! Remember, requests are closed but if you do requests something it goes on a possible list. Just thought I'd mention that one more time. ALSO I've been trying to figure out a way to put a link to people's profiles in the dedication, but so far fanfiction won't let me. If anyone knows how, please let me know! Thanks everyone, please keep reviewing!
PS- Most of you might know this but I just wanted to let you all know that I have a new A/A story out that isn't a one-shot, it's 2 chapters right now and will eventually be 5 chapters. It's called "Beauty in Our Mistakes" and if you go to my profile you can read it. Again, thank you all sosososo much!