a little more fic for the holidays
There are a couple of ideas swimming around in my head, not to mention unfinished projects, and there is never as much free time as a break ought to have. Regardless, this piece demanded being finished off before I turned my attention to anything else. Unfortunately for basically everyone not me, it's the continuing adventures (or conversations, at
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See, the other side of this (and the reason the dynamic between them is so complicated) is that there's a sense where their inherent competition with one another was let off the leash the moment they're on opposite sides of the law, or right and wrong as they see it. Where before they competed, but within the bounds that they both recognised that they were both catching thieves, doing the honourable thing. I seem to recall something (it might have been Rogers talking about it on his blog) where the drinking on the roof together ritual was a way they acknowledged who was currently "ahead" between the two of them.
So although I think Sterling has certain opinions about what Nate's doing and why, I think he's also relishing the opportunity to really go head-to-head. Probably a little more than Nate, who has other considerations, but I think it's there for Nate too. So ... I really don't know where they stand with each other right now. Like you, I want the show to get Sterling back (S3 just wasn't the same without him!) and keep exploring that.
I see what you mean with the interaction thing, now. A lot of it plays at the subtext level, of course, because Nate is not someone who openly or easily shows his affection for people. Nate being Nate, I think we may just have to take it a little bit on faith, or by the team's interpretation of what he does, I guess. Like in Beantown Bailout, I think it was, Sophie saying that he did miss them, even though that wasn't necessarily obvious from the scene.
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