HT100 Challenge #176: 8 Hard Years, #08: View

[levitatethis]

Title: In Check
Author: levitatethis
Challenge #08: View
Challenge #176: 8 Hard Years
Rated: PG
Word Count: 100
Character: Murphy
Warning: Nothing
A/N: The sixth of eight drabbles written for the April challenge.

Sean leans forward, gripping the railing, and stares below.

The barbarian horde.

He trails his gaze from person to person, looking for any

Comments

[neonsharpie]

Nice look from the authority's perspective. Sean's a CO, supposed to be the one in charge, but in reality he's vunerable, can lose control at any time.

[levitatethis]

I can only imagine what it's like to work a job like that. The position comes with a certain air of authority, but the reality is that everything can come undone in a second.

Thank you!

[lisacali]

You really caught how fragile the whole system is - nice drabble!

[levitatethis]

Thanks! Although the uniform comes with this symbolic sense of power and control, really it's just cloth, material, easily undone and stripped away.