Fic: Insensitive
Today is TARDIS Day - the 46th anniversary of the day the first-ever episode of Doctor Who was broadcast. (Due to the Kennedy assassination, it received spectacularly low ratings and had to be rebroadcast the next week.) It's also the anniversary of the day I was baptized. I'm not sure what that says about my lifelong interest in weirdnesses related to Time...
In my usual tangential manner, I do not have a Who-themed post prepared for today. Instead, I have a Sapphire & Steel drabble: my first writing in the fandom. I've been quite impressed by the quality of other fans' work, and sincerely hope this offering is up to par.
I was particularly influenced by
nemo_everbeing 's amazing " And This Gray Spirit" and thisiszircon 's " The Wallflower". And of course, I've got to thank David McCallum for being such a great actor. :D
Title: Insensitive
Summary: Why was Steel partnered with Sapphire?
Notes: Gen, 100 words. Sapphire/Steel UST.
Steel knows exactly why he was assigned as Sapphire's partner: his ruthlessness, lack of sympathy, his insensitivity.
Sapphire's a “sensitive”, in the old word: she senses things. Steel is her anchor to reality. Sapphire deals with indefinables, Steel with facts; Sapphire interacts with humans, Steel ignores them.
He's stubborn, driven, pragmatic. He keeps her on track, pushes her farther and harder. When she can't do the dirty work, he's always there.
His job demands he make sacrifices without hesitation. Including, if necessary, her. Steel was chosen because he can do that - can stay unattached.
He hides his failure well.
In my usual tangential manner, I do not have a Who-themed post prepared for today. Instead, I have a Sapphire & Steel drabble: my first writing in the fandom. I've been quite impressed by the quality of other fans' work, and sincerely hope this offering is up to par.
I was particularly influenced by
nemo_everbeing 's amazing " And This Gray Spirit" and thisiszircon 's " The Wallflower". And of course, I've got to thank David McCallum for being such a great actor. :D
Title: Insensitive
Summary: Why was Steel partnered with Sapphire?
Notes: Gen, 100 words. Sapphire/Steel UST.
Steel knows exactly why he was assigned as Sapphire's partner: his ruthlessness, lack of sympathy, his insensitivity.
Sapphire's a “sensitive”, in the old word: she senses things. Steel is her anchor to reality. Sapphire deals with indefinables, Steel with facts; Sapphire interacts with humans, Steel ignores them.
He's stubborn, driven, pragmatic. He keeps her on track, pushes her farther and harder. When she can't do the dirty work, he's always there.
His job demands he make sacrifices without hesitation. Including, if necessary, her. Steel was chosen because he can do that - can stay unattached.
He hides his failure well.