fandom is the corruptor
Here we go again. I said: Name three fics that you think I will never, ever, ever write. In return, I will attempt to write a snippet of one of them.
limmenel said: A fic in which Mac commits homicide in cold blood.
title: Justice Is Blind
with: Mac
rated: R
disclaim: not my idea, not my characters, not my responsibility
note: AU off of “Raising Shane”
An eye for an eye, and the whole world goes bind.
Mac knows it’s true.
Mac has heard this lesson, has seen it borne out dozens of times, but perhaps he’s never learned it. Perhaps he’s never wanted to learn it, the possibility of a night like this one looming in his subconscious.
Shane Casey drops to the floor. It’s over so quickly he never sees Mac, never has the time for the thought to register-he is dying, he is dead. The blood pool soaks into the carpet. His apartment is small, shabbily furnished. Painfully typical.
Mac thinks of Danny, who almost bled out at the scene. He thinks of Hawkes, who had eventually been cleared of all charges but is no longer employable at the crime lab. State policy. He thinks of Stella, who stood between Peyton and the gun, and thank God they are both alive. Thank God, because if it were otherwise, Mac would have needed a different strategy, a way to draw this out as long as possible.
Mac shakes himself back to the present. He needs to remain clear headed. God has nothing to do with this.
The girlfriend surprises Mac, but there’s little he can do about it. Her mouth opens. The silencer pffs; her breath hisses. Mac has fired three times, center mass, and she’s dead before she hits the ground.
Mac stands over her for a moment. Her eyes are green. He resists the impulse to close them. There are civilian casualties in every war. This is a lesson he has learned, and he’s thankful for it.
He could tell himself that this is the only way to make his people safe, but he knows that’s not entirely true. He needs to remain clear headed.
An eye for an eye, and the whole world goes blind, he says to himself, and he’s past caring about the truth of the matter. He moves carefully about the small apartment, planting evidence, removing evidence.
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Thanks for reading. Should there be a vote about how in or out of character this is? I was going for in-character, of course, but it's a difficult starting place.
limmenel said: A fic in which Mac commits homicide in cold blood.
title: Justice Is Blind
with: Mac
rated: R
disclaim: not my idea, not my characters, not my responsibility
note: AU off of “Raising Shane”
An eye for an eye, and the whole world goes bind.
Mac knows it’s true.
Mac has heard this lesson, has seen it borne out dozens of times, but perhaps he’s never learned it. Perhaps he’s never wanted to learn it, the possibility of a night like this one looming in his subconscious.
Shane Casey drops to the floor. It’s over so quickly he never sees Mac, never has the time for the thought to register-he is dying, he is dead. The blood pool soaks into the carpet. His apartment is small, shabbily furnished. Painfully typical.
Mac thinks of Danny, who almost bled out at the scene. He thinks of Hawkes, who had eventually been cleared of all charges but is no longer employable at the crime lab. State policy. He thinks of Stella, who stood between Peyton and the gun, and thank God they are both alive. Thank God, because if it were otherwise, Mac would have needed a different strategy, a way to draw this out as long as possible.
Mac shakes himself back to the present. He needs to remain clear headed. God has nothing to do with this.
The girlfriend surprises Mac, but there’s little he can do about it. Her mouth opens. The silencer pffs; her breath hisses. Mac has fired three times, center mass, and she’s dead before she hits the ground.
Mac stands over her for a moment. Her eyes are green. He resists the impulse to close them. There are civilian casualties in every war. This is a lesson he has learned, and he’s thankful for it.
He could tell himself that this is the only way to make his people safe, but he knows that’s not entirely true. He needs to remain clear headed.
An eye for an eye, and the whole world goes blind, he says to himself, and he’s past caring about the truth of the matter. He moves carefully about the small apartment, planting evidence, removing evidence.
...
Thanks for reading. Should there be a vote about how in or out of character this is? I was going for in-character, of course, but it's a difficult starting place.