Title: Hold it Against Me
Author: AHumanFemale, Power-Bottom-Barba (Cap_Against_The_Clap), Robin Hood (kjack89)
Rating: Explicit
Word Count: 11,939
Chapters: 3/3
Tags: Rafael Barba/Dominick “Sonny” Carisi Jr., Rafael Barba, Dominick “Sonny” Carisi Jr., Developing Relationship, Banter, Fluff and Feels, Eventual Smut, Other Additional Tags to be Added
Summary: “You know, pride is one of the seven deadly sins.”
Carisi struggled to keep his voice light as he leaned against the bars of the holding cell, peering through them at Barba, who was slumped, forlorn, on the hard metal bench. Barba looked up at him, already scowling, and suspiciously unsurprised to see him there. “I was raised Catholic,” he said, with just a hint of his usual snark. “I’d like to think I remember something as basic as the seven deadly sins.”
“And yet you still refuse to just swallow your pride, huh?” Carisi asked, aiming for rhetorical and missing by a mile, the stress of the day creeping into his voice as he straightened. “It doesn’t take much, Counselor. Pretty sure all you owe is an apology and a small payment and you’d be free to go.”
Barba huffed a sigh and tipped his head back against the wall. “Oh, is that all?” he asked. “Did you come all this way to enlighten me of what I have to do to be released from jail after being held in contempt of court?”
Comments: An intoxicating fic that’s characterization, beautifully-written prose and dialogue, and portrayal of inexpressible feelings will leave you hungover from emotion.
Barba stood, meeting his eyes evenly. “I’ve never once planned on you, Det. Carisi,” he said with just a hint of his usual snark. “But there are such things as happy accidents.”
