Cold Waters by Zooeyrye (PG)
Fandom: SPOOKS (MI-5)
Pairing: None
Length: 5000 words
Author on LJ: zooeyrye
Author Website: Foolish Times
Why this must be read:
Dimitri’s onscreen characterization was a bit thin, to put it lightly. This story assembles the puzzle pieces of Dimitri’s canon backstory into a dimensional character, a man who despite his courage and resourcefulness finds himself at a loss after an MI-5 operation goes wrong.
The author succeeds at bringing life to Dimitri’s character through his love for the sea, which is transformed into a post-traumatic terror of drowning. His interactions with the other characters, Lucas in particular, are also well done, and bring a small, unexpected ray of hope into the often bleak Spooks canon.
This story is a great Dimitri story, a great Lucas story, and a great exploration of Spooks’ longest-running theme, the price of spying.
Excerpt:
It was almost midnight when Dimitri left the docks. He debated on the drive back to London where he should go. He knew that the team needed to know he was alive. He knew they all probably assumed he was dead. Thames House was going to be nearly empty now, though. He was still mulling things over when a familiar face appeared in his mind, and he gave the driver directions to a flat he had only ever been to once.
He paid the driver with the money David had given him, and waited until the black taxi had disappeared before heading up the street to the tall building and ringing the doorbell.
Several seconds later, the door opened, and Lucas appeared. He stared at Dimitri. The hand he was using to hold open the door came into view and Dimitri registered the now slackened grip on his gun.
“I swam to France,” said Dimitri, grinning tiredly. “How was your week?”
Cold Waters
Pairing: None
Length: 5000 words
Author on LJ: zooeyrye
Author Website: Foolish Times
Why this must be read:
Dimitri’s onscreen characterization was a bit thin, to put it lightly. This story assembles the puzzle pieces of Dimitri’s canon backstory into a dimensional character, a man who despite his courage and resourcefulness finds himself at a loss after an MI-5 operation goes wrong.
The author succeeds at bringing life to Dimitri’s character through his love for the sea, which is transformed into a post-traumatic terror of drowning. His interactions with the other characters, Lucas in particular, are also well done, and bring a small, unexpected ray of hope into the often bleak Spooks canon.
This story is a great Dimitri story, a great Lucas story, and a great exploration of Spooks’ longest-running theme, the price of spying.
Excerpt:
It was almost midnight when Dimitri left the docks. He debated on the drive back to London where he should go. He knew that the team needed to know he was alive. He knew they all probably assumed he was dead. Thames House was going to be nearly empty now, though. He was still mulling things over when a familiar face appeared in his mind, and he gave the driver directions to a flat he had only ever been to once.
He paid the driver with the money David had given him, and waited until the black taxi had disappeared before heading up the street to the tall building and ringing the doorbell.
Several seconds later, the door opened, and Lucas appeared. He stared at Dimitri. The hand he was using to hold open the door came into view and Dimitri registered the now slackened grip on his gun.
“I swam to France,” said Dimitri, grinning tiredly. “How was your week?”
Cold Waters