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"Never recreate places from your memory. Always imagine new places!"

—Dom Cobb

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Recommended by fiftysix
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames, some Yusuf/Ariadne and Cobb/Saito (but mostly Arthur/Eames).
Arguably the most famous Inception author in the net now. She is the person behind the famous Inception Coffee Shop-AU fic, and has written many more good quality stories, especially in the humor (bordering crack) and fluff side. Her Domestic Verse fics are a must-read.

Recommended by fiftysix
Pairing(s): Mostly Arthur/Eames, with the occasional Yusuf/Ariadne and some gen.
One of the best Inception authors I've ever encountered in the internet. Her characterization is amazing; she can show all sorts of sides to characters while keeping them in character, and has an amazing writing style. The quality of her stories is always high, with beautiful, nicely-paced story line. Definitely recommended.

Recomended by fiftysix
Pairing(s): Arthur/Eames.
Another one of the best Inception authors in the internet. She has a way with words that will keep you captivated with every single one of her stories, from the start until the end. Her works, especially her kink meme fills (that have now been de-anoned and posted in her journal) are definitely of high standard.

Stories focused on the family and the friendly relationships of the cast. Plot-focused stories or light day-in-the-life stories. Pretty much anything that isn't focused on romance.

I Don't Think You Think I Think About Improbability by karanguni

Recommended by Leradny
Status: Complete
Summary: Saito, on a vacation with thieves and thieves.
Tags: Crossover between Inception and Ocean's Eleven. Comedy

The Replacements by LithiumDoll

Recommended by beeftony, Zaptech
Status: Complete
Summary: "I'm going to kill them," Ariadne said flatly when the line finally picked up. "They're dead men. Yusuf's pretty confident he's planned the perfect murder and Saito's promised to cover the legal fees just in case."

Breadcrumbs for a dead and dying man by hope_calaris

Recommended by magentastorm
Status: Complete
Summary: For all her wit and quick learning, Ariadne doesn’t understand the fact that they not only are losing one of their friends but two.
Tags: Death Fic

Alternate Universe Fics

Stories where one fundamental aspect of the series is completely overhauled from its point of origin.

Tryst by itakethewords

Recommended by beeftony
Status: Complete
Summary: A stolen night, a stolen dream. Secrets for secrets. She gives him a perfect night before she destroys his world.

I've Got Nothing to Do Today but Smile (The Only Living Boy in New York) by gyzym

Recommended by fiftysix
Status: Complete
Summary: Arthur's a corporate lawyer, Eames owns the coffee shop across the street, and all good love stories start with a quadruple shot latte.

Patience, A Steady Hand by Helenish

Recommended by The Lover She Used To Be
Status: Complete
Summary: 821 A.D. Arthur is in the nightmare business. Eames is a thief, a liar, and versatile with a pen.
Tags: Slash, some non-con

Stories focused on the romantic relationships between the cast.

The Trick is to Keep Breathing by ffodder

Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Vanished from the internet. Please post a link if found.
Recommended by: Mokyn
Summary: Arthur's life is laid out in neat, elegant folds and tucked-in corners, and he's finding it increasingly difficult to hide a certain part of his past from a frustrated (and determined) Eames.
Tags: Slash, Dead Fic, Deleted Fic - Alternate source sought -

Tailor Made by Handful of Silence

Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Status: Complete
Recommended by: tictactoe
Summary: When Eames first meets Arthur, he thinks he has his character pegged from the clothes he is wearing. Conservative type, little imagination. He turns out to be quite wrong, but this time, because it's Arthur, he doesn't mind that much.
Tags: Slash

Burn my Bridges by knowmydark

Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Status: Complete
Recommended by: tictactoe
Summary: Arthur begins to slip over the brink, and it's easier than he thought it would be.
Tags: Dark Fic Death Fic

Mute-Eames Fills by Anon and balphas

Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Status:
- Fill 1: Complete
- Fill 2: Dead
Recommended by: Godborn and 20thcenturyvole
Summary: Two different (both amazing) fills for the inception kink meme, in a prompt where Eames loses his tongue.

Bless You, Autocorrect by Evie Specter

Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Status: Complete
Recommended by: Flame Feathers
Summary: Humorous fluff about autocorrect leading to ... interesting text messages.

The Carrick by Strange Little Swirl (also known as thursdays_girl in LJ)

Pairing: Dom/Ariadne
Status: Complete
Recommended by swampariadne
Summary: The team starts to delve back into the world of dreams to rehabilitate coma patients, but going under means facing secrets they have all been keeping.
Tags: AU Fic

Chasing Dominic by World's Neighbor

Pairing: Dom/Ariadne
Status: Complete
Recommended by swampariadne
Summary: Post-movie. It's over. Dom Cobb didn't wake up. Ariadne prepares for the challenge to bring him back out, seeing that she is the only one who can. In Limbo, she finds the many faces of Dom Cobb and the many faces of herself.

Matryoshka by mixed.vinyl

Pairing: Arthur/Ariadne
Status: Complete
Recommended by beeftony, chibiaries
Summary: Half a year after their successful inception, Ariadne receives an offer of another job with the team, and just like the last time, she has no idea what she's getting into.

Capitulation by A.Annie.N

Pairing: Arthur/Ariadne
Status: Complete
Recommended by beeftony
Summary: Falling. The bishop falls for her, as does the die for him. It's like a kick; pulling them up for air when they find themselves drowning in the shadows of an ill-fated dream, thrown in by someone who wants nothing more than to rip them apart.

Happy Endings by fluffyandkagura

Pairing: Arthur/Ariadne
Status: Complete
Recommended by beeftony
Summary: Because sometimes even our nightmares have a hidden happy ending. After awaking from a nightmare, Arthur invites Ariadne to dinner. After 3 glasses of wine, Arthur gets more than he bargained for.

In the After by freeze1

Pairing: Arthur/Ariadne
Status: Complete
Recommended by beeftony
Summary: It isn't until the black smudge of Cobb's suit dissolves into the crowd that it occurs to Ariadne she has no where to go.

Past the Point of Repression by cchelez

Pairing: Arthur/Ariadne
Recommended by beeftony
Status: Complete
Summary: The team finishes the job and goes their separate ways but where some are able to forget about the past, Arthur still hangs on to the memories that will not fade.

Coveted by HarlequinEnigma896

Pairings: Arthur/Ariadne, one-sided Eames/Ariadne
Recommended by beeftony
Status: Complete
Summary: She belonged to the point man, and the forger didn't stand a chance.

Fallout by BurstingAtTheSeams

Pairing: Arthur/Ariadne
Status: Complete
Recommended by beeftony
Summary: Set during and post-Inception. Ariadne thought she would be overjoyed after successfully completing the Inception. But she wasn't prepared for what came next, the overwhelming sense of loss and the dangerous fallout from the job. How will they cope?
Tags: Dark Fic

Time Enough by VR_Trakowski

Pairing: Arthur/Ariadne
Status: Complete
Recommended by Arashi 110
Summary: If you can't win with the hand you're dealt, change the rules.
Tags: Character death, bittersweet ending.

The Greedyhearts by weatherfront

Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Recommended by SLamar and 20thcenturyvole
Status: Complete
Summary: AU. Eames is an art thief who isn't exactly all that great at what he does, and Arthur is a detective who enjoys the chase a little more than he'd like to admit.
Tags: A kink meme, comedy, AU Fic, Slash

OH&S by Mercurial_Wit

Pairing: Arthur/Eames, Ariadne/Saito
Status: Complete
Recommended by 20thcenturyvole
Summary: "It's always the most experienced dreamers who get blase about the process and start falling into bad habits."

Towards Zero by Mirabella

Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Status: Complete
Recommended by 20thcenturyvole
Summary: Five levels down, and five to dig yourself back out. Arthur met Eames' projection long before he met Eames.
Tags: Lemon NSFW

En Route to Transylvania by Weatherfront

Pairing: Arthur/Eames, Cobb/Mal
Recommended by 20thcenturyvole
Status: Complete
Summary: AU. Arthur is a vampire. Eames herds goats. I have not been drinking.
Tags: AU Fic

Palm, Ditch, Steal by Imperfectcircle

Pairing: Arthur/Eames, Ariadne/Saito
Recommended by 20thcenturyvole
Status: Complete
Summary: Heists, experiments, dreams and lies.

Everything You Never Wanted To Know About Lying by apiphile

Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Recommended by Heart-mint
Status: Complete
Summary: Eames is manipulative, slippery, and a compulsive liar.

Destructive Testing by thereisafire

Pairing: Ariadne/Mal
Recommended by beeftony
Status: Complete
Summary: "I can teach you things you never knew, dearest. We can build a dream together." Mal's curls tickle Ariadne's face, her hot breath on Ariadne's neck.
Tags: Femme Slash

Rapid Eye Movement by Dana Norram

Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Recommended by yahikochan
Status: Complete
Summary: Dreams were overrated.
Tags: Slash, Rated M/NC-17 for sexual situations and language

Hush by fishwrites

Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Recommended by Pan Boleyn
Status: Complete
Summary: "Arthur loves Eames in an unconditional, overwhelming sort of way. A week later, Arthur goes missing. Ten days after that, Eames finds him unconscious in a hotel, the PASIV humming gently by the bed. in which Arthur deliberately traps himself in Limbo"

Our Last Night On Earth by Dana Norram

Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Recommended by yahikochan
Status: Complete
Summary: In which Philippa is kidnapped, Arthur feels guilty, Eames pours him some coffee and the team has to do something that might be a little more tricky than inception itself.
Tags: Oneshot, Slash, Rated M/NC-17 for sexual situations and language

Requiescat by whiskyrunner

Pairing: Arthur/Eames (Eames/Neil)
Recommended by yahikochan and generalwinter
Status: Complete
Summary: The death of Neil McCormick was gradual, not sudden, and not permanent by any means. In the end, Arthur goes much more quickly.
Tags: Crossover with the Gregg Araki movie, Mysterious Skin. Slash, Rated M/NC-17 for sexual situations,language, dub-con, mentions of non-con and child abuse.

eye on authority, thumb print's a forgery by imogenedisease

Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Recommended by zoestertoaster
Status: Complete
Summary: “Oh,” Eames says. “A potential riot. I must be going love, ta!” “Don’t get shanked!” Arthur yells, but Eames has already hung up.

The Delphini Trials by atomicskull

Pairing: Arthur/Eames (not exactly the focus, however)
Recommended by Thinks Too Much
Status: Complete
Summary: Years after the movie, mind crime becomes a public scandal. A witch hunt takes off. Phillipa, now an adult, watches as Arthur, Eames and all of the others get caught up in it.
Tags: Dark Fic

Presque Vu by rageprufrock

Pairing: Arthur/Eames, Dom/Mal
Recommended by Eveandriss
Status: Complete
Summary: Or, "on the tip of the tongue." Arthur meets Mal first. He inherits Dom, after. Everything else is on him.
Tags: Slash

The Music Makers by rageprufrock

Pairing: Arthur/Eames, Dom/Mal
Recommended by RainKrystal
Status: Complete
Summary: A. Graham Cole was twenty-one years old when he was killed in action in Iraq. At the time of his death, he was a corporal with the psychological operations unit of the United States Army. He was four days away from wrapping up his third tour in the Middle East and had already packed for his return stateside. This is the official story. The truth is, of course, somewhat different.
Tags: Slash

i am the hero of this story (don't need to be saved) by electrumqueen

Pairing: Dom/Mal, and depending on your point of view, shades of Arthur/Dom, Arthur/Mal, and Arthur/Dom/Mal
Recommended by RainKrystal
Status: Complete
Summary: Mal wakes up. Dom doesn't.
Tags: Slash

The Dreamers of the Day by deathgetsusall and Rrrowr

Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Recommended by Eveandriss
Status: Complete
Summary: Before Cobb, they’d both been the best at the game. Before they were legends, they had been young.
Tags: Slash

In the Garden of the Commendatore by Jubilee 3

Pairing: Robert/Ariadne
Recommended by copperfishtail
Status: Complete
Summary: Ariadne and Robert build a green skyscraper.
Tags: Oneshot, mild NSFW

Every Little Thing by Ciircee

Pairing: Arthur/Eames
Recommended by ramber
Status: Complete
Summary: Arthur is a giant purple squid-monster (with great hair) and Eames really couldn't care less. Because he is Arthur.
Tags: Crack Fic, Humor Fic, AU Fic, Childhood Sweethearts Fic,
Comments: Love is Blind, even before puberty. It doesn't matter what you look like, just who you're with as Eames found out when he met baby Arthur.

Helix Trap by Croik

Pairing: Robert/Eames
Recommended by: ald0us
Status: Complete
Summary: After the Inception proves successful, Eames tracks down Robert out of concern for its unusual side effects. Meanwhile, Arthur is hired to a dangerous job that forces the rest of the team to take sides: whether to defend Robert and his fragile mind, or ruin him completely.
Tags: set in Canon, post-Canon, rare ship, long fic, includes Arthur/Ariadne

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