Title: Red Corvette

Author: kieta_seraphim

Band(s)/Fandom(s): Left for dead 2 and Left for dead

Rating: PG-13/T

Paring(s): NickxEllis and mentions of FrancisxZoey and RochellexLouis

Genre: Fluff (somewhere in-between romance and humor).

Warnings: Mentions of sex, kissing, cursing.

Comments: Part of Snapshots series.

One shot/ chapters: Double-shot, part 1

Summary: Ellis' thoughts on what his friends would be if they were cars.

Word count: 654

Red Corvette

As a mechanic there were things that Ellis could tell about people because of the car they drove or the shape the car was in. Somewhere along the lines, Ellis had started thinking of people as cars, perhaps it was because he didn't have a whole lot of friends or if it was because he spent too much time in the shop working on cars, he had just started doing it. His mother was a 1955 Buick Roadmaster. Well-built, classic, strong and dependable. His mother was always putting herself above everyone in her life. His best friend Keith was like a 1971 Rolls Royce silver shadow. He was always in the hospital for things like the Rolls Royce was always in the shop, but they were built to take a lickin' and would come back for more every time.

However it wasn't like Ellis thought of everyone as cars. It was more people he liked or really hated. Like he always thought of Tommy Gregorson whom he'd gone to high school as a Ford Pinto Wagon. Ugly, and would blow up if you managed to hit the in the back. He never liked Tommy Gregorson. The friendly mailman, Christopher Hallis, Ellis had known for years was like a Jeep. Rugged, built-for the outdoors, and a little unconventional.

The first person outside of his family and friends was an older guy, a local high school coach. Ellis knew his name, but he tended to just call him Coach because Coach seemed to like it that way. Coach always brought his old Ford Bronco in for Ellis to service. They'd eventually become friends. Ellis always thought of Coach as an 1970s Chevrolet truck. Coach was strong, dependable, and a natural leader. He always gave Ellis bits of advice even if Ellis didn't think he needed it.

Soon after, Coach had introduced him to a husband and wife, newscaster and businessman duo of Louis and Rochelle. He thought the duo could be a little strange. The two didn't live in Savannah, but they often visited Coach, so Ellis saw them enough. Ellis always thought of Rochelle as a Porsche Cayenne. Not too big, not too small, luxurious, but could get down and dirty when needed. Louis on the other hand, Ellis thought of more as a Volkswagen Beetle. He was kinda cutsey, really bright and a little crazy. A bright yellow beetle to be exact. Louis was quite the ray of sunshine.

Through Rochelle, he had met Zoey. Zoey lived Southwest of Savannah in Atlanta with her on-again-off-again boyfriend Francis. Zoey was really pretty and Ellis had been a little infatuated with her before Francis had come along. He thought of Zoey as a good friend, even if she did flirt with Keith on occasions to make Francis jealous. Zoey, he thought of as a Mazda Miata. Not girly, kinda sporty, and fast. Ellis had once seen Zoey walk around in nothing but one of Francis' vests. And well the biker, he couldn't think of a car, truck or suv that he could picture Francis as. He was instead a Harley, loud, obnoxious, unique, and unsafe.

And Francis had introduced Ellis to Francis' best friend, Nicolas. Ellis and Nick had gotten really close since they had first met. Up until he had met Nick, Ellis hadn't thought that he could be attracted to men. Nick however had other plans and blew all the things Ellis had read in the good lord's book out of the water. The con-man had first kissed him under the willow tree out back, not two weeks after they met. And Ellis had never felt anything like it. The slide of the con-man's lips over his own and their tongues dancing together. The sensations were like lightning. It was then and there that Ellis decided that Nick was like a Red Corvette. Fast, no hesitation, smooth, and flashy. And he was all Ellis'.

TBC...

Part 2 will contain sex. If you don't want to read that, stop now. For the rest of you, stay tuned.