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laleiaI finished NaNo. There will possibly be a more comprehensive Thoughts On My NaNo Experience And My NaNo Novel post later, if I feel up to it, but in the meantime, in honor of having finished, and because apparently Undercovers is canceled, here is a fic snippet that has been floating around my harddrive since the I saw the first few episodes. I wasn't quite satified with it, but it doesn't look like there will be enough canon that I ever will, so you can have it.
Fandom: Undercovers
Title: Fanboy
Characters: Hoyt, Samantha, Steven
Summary: I’m not lying, it truly is an honor to work with Steven Bloom. But ...
I’m not lying, it truly is an honor to work with Steven Bloom. It’s always kind of exciting when you work with someone whose missions you’ve studied as model missions in training, who you’ve been told: This is who you should emulate.
And working with the man is a real treat. To see his mind tick, to see why he makes his decisions, and how. To see him sift through the possible solutions and then choose the best one in a split second on instinct – it’s an educational experience I wouldn’t pass up for a lifetime.
But to be honest, while it’s an honor and a treat working with Steven Bloom, the one I would love nothing better to do than to fanboy is Samantha Gilliam. I mean, the woman’s track record is beyond legendary. Steven Bloom may be well-known for his maverick decisions and his ability to turn some of the most desperate situations around at the last minute with action-hero-level stuff, Samantha Gilliam left the Agency having maintained a near-perfect track record. Her success rate is insanely high.
People (mostly jealous people who have nothing better to do with their times) whisper that it’s why she left – she became too neurotic about that perfect record, and she wanted to leave without spoiling it with failure. But they’re just being petty. Because Samantha Gilliam would never have spoiled her near-perfect record. She’s just too amazing.
(I may have written one or two papers on her. What can I say? Legends in the CIA can be a dime a dozen, but spies like Samantha Gilliam become the stuff that myths are made of.)
It’s just too bad her husband’s security clearance isn’t high enough for me to properly fanboy her.
Fandom: Undercovers
Title: Fanboy
Characters: Hoyt, Samantha, Steven
Summary: I’m not lying, it truly is an honor to work with Steven Bloom. But ...
I’m not lying, it truly is an honor to work with Steven Bloom. It’s always kind of exciting when you work with someone whose missions you’ve studied as model missions in training, who you’ve been told: This is who you should emulate.
And working with the man is a real treat. To see his mind tick, to see why he makes his decisions, and how. To see him sift through the possible solutions and then choose the best one in a split second on instinct – it’s an educational experience I wouldn’t pass up for a lifetime.
But to be honest, while it’s an honor and a treat working with Steven Bloom, the one I would love nothing better to do than to fanboy is Samantha Gilliam. I mean, the woman’s track record is beyond legendary. Steven Bloom may be well-known for his maverick decisions and his ability to turn some of the most desperate situations around at the last minute with action-hero-level stuff, Samantha Gilliam left the Agency having maintained a near-perfect track record. Her success rate is insanely high.
People (mostly jealous people who have nothing better to do with their times) whisper that it’s why she left – she became too neurotic about that perfect record, and she wanted to leave without spoiling it with failure. But they’re just being petty. Because Samantha Gilliam would never have spoiled her near-perfect record. She’s just too amazing.
(I may have written one or two papers on her. What can I say? Legends in the CIA can be a dime a dozen, but spies like Samantha Gilliam become the stuff that myths are made of.)
It’s just too bad her husband’s security clearance isn’t high enough for me to properly fanboy her.
