Anomaly (Team Angst)
Title: Price of Service, The
Round 24: Team Angst - Rare Pairings/Anomaly
Author: lilacs_roses
Pairing/Characters: Colby Granger/Ian Edgerton; Ian Edgerton/Don Eppes
Rating/Category: PG / implied slash
Spoilers: the ‘spy’ storyline - Janus List, Trust Metric
Summary: Colby’s been incarcerated and Ian can’t handle it
Warnings: tissue warning! partner betrayal; major character death; couple of bad words
Beta: Rambler, Laura_Trekkie
Anomaly - noun: a deviation from the common rule, type, arrangement, or form.
Author’s Notes: I’ve only participated in two of the writeoff’s - this being the second - and when I saw it was to be the last, I really wanted to do something; then I saw it was for ‘rare pairings,’ and my mind automatically went to some mix of Don/Ian/Colby.
This particular piece comes from a story that is in my ‘to be written’ folder - an excerpt of which is in my LJ - but with a completely different twist. This wrote itself - taking me only about an hour to get the major stuff down and when I asked Rambler to read it, she said, and I quote: “… took my breath away [almost made me cry]… tissue warning definitely in order… it’s good!”
Many heartfelt thanks to my wonderful readers/betas for everything. You are all wonderful and awesome!!
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