now, the second time means more to me.

[inflightdata]

glow
Spooks; Harry, Ruth, cast
802 words, G

Note: Written for the Secret Santa at spooky_doings, organised by the lovely melanie_anne, to whom I was assigned. Her prompts included: someone singing off-key, misuse of surveillance equipment, and the phrase "You look -- different." In terms of timeline, the fic is set somewhere after episode 5.10. Hope you enjoy! ♥

Comments

[delgaserasca]

Ohhhh, girl. This is lovely - and bonus points for putting Ros in a paper hat ♥

[inflightdata]

No, thank YOU.

(Seriously. You are. THE BOMB. You are pretty much entirely to blame for my Spookiness, you realise.)

. . .I'm going go to bed, now.

[delgaserasca]

I'm sure your spookiness is self-manifesting, lols.

Quick question before you sleep - well, two questions. 1/ Did my parcel get to you yet? I'm not expecting it to, but maybe? 2/ omg, what TIME is it where you are?!

[inflightdata]

It was. . . 5AM? I sat down at two, telling myself I wasn't going to go to bed until I'd finished and posted the bloody thing, forgetting I had to go to work the same day. On Christmas Eve. My, that was a fun shift.

And - yes! Yes! It came on the 23rd (my time) and I nearly wet myself with glee when my nana told me I had a parcel from the UK and went to be all squeeful on Facebook. YOU'D BETTER BE EXPECTING SOMETHING FROM AUSTRALIA IN RETURN SOON, LADY. ♥

[atlashrugged]

!!! I'm about 2.5 seasons behind you, but have seen enough of Ros to know that she wouldn't quite appreciate that paper hat.

Oh, Ruth/Harry. (I like to think they are kind of slowly hurtling towards each other.) I love this everywhere. As lawfully as I can. Nice job.

[inflightdata]

I'm just beginning to work through S6, at the moment, actually. It's not bad, even without Ruth. Desperately hoping for Ruth's return might be part of the reason why.

That's kind of hot. Pics? And thanks!

[atlashrugged]

Oh, I thought you had seen everything. I've seen up to 6.4 now and while it's okay, I still prefer the earlier seasons. We'll see, I suppose.

No pictures because it's IN MY MIND. (And it changes per the fic I want to write. Currently, I want him to track her down to some random European city, say Florence, and just follow her for a while. It's been a year and she's still wearing Ros' coat, which is too large, hiding most of her hands and dragging slightly when she walks up a set of stairs. There are other things, but I'm too frustrated to imagine it'd do the show justice. Besides, I have to finish my Gibbs/Abby ficathon story. Ugh.)

[odainath]

Lovely! I really adored that.

[inflightdata]

Thank you!

[jaybee65]

Ohhhh, I love this. You've struck a really nice balance between poignance and humor, and all the characters are just dead-on.

It may be your first Spooks fic, but I hope it's not your last!

[inflightdata]

That's such a relief to hear - I found it kind of tough, trying to nail down everybody's tone, and was worried how I went. So thank you for your reassurances!

I don't think it will. The people in the fandom are wonderful, and I'm really enjoying playing with the characters, so!

[belantana]

yes, idiotically sentimental, but not altogether absurd - Words cannot express exactly how much I love this line. Brilliant! I second the hope that this be the first of many Spooks fics from you. And Merry Christmas :)

[inflightdata]

Aw, thank you so much! Hopefully it will be. I hope you had/are having a good Christmas!