Advent Calendar Day Eight - Generation Kill fic: Jump

[oxoniensis]

Day One | Avalanche, Generation Kill, Brad/Nate, R, 400 words | for pjvilar
Day Two | No Fu Manchu, Hawaii Five-0, Danny, Steve, PG, 803 words | for laceymcbain
Day Three | running away from nothing real, Inception, Eames/Ariadne, R, 1,358 words | for vinylroad
Day Four | they said a hundred times I should have died, Generation Kill, Brad/Nate, NC-17, 1,192 words | for pau494
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Comments

[daraq]

Cool! This story is a great way to get the day started - it will keep me smiling all day at work. Thank you!

[oxoniensis]

Glad to give you a good start to the day!

[traveller]

oh my actual god. this is AWESOME.

[oxoniensis]

Yay, thank you! I had fun with it!

[animeartistjo]

Batman.

Then again, he has Robin. XD

[oxoniensis]

Thank you!

I think the red is a combination of having something flashy to catch attention (and distract attention from their face in some cases), and because it's a patriotic sort of colour for American superheroes. But I'm like Brad - way more interested in what's under the superhero suit!

[animeartistjo]

I adore how you turned a one word prompt into an awesome SUPERHERO!AU. Only your devious mind could make the jump like that.

Also, I lovelovelove how Nate's civilian identity isn't the bumbling fool/dork Superman's is supposed to be and that it isn't really a big deal in the story overall.

Oh, and the fact that your bad guys weren't over-the-top villains but your run-of-the-mill thieves? Even better.

(what IS Nate's infatuation with red?)

[oxoniensis]

Devious? Moi?!

I do love prompts that I can run in all sorts of directions from - this was a fun one to work with.

Also, I lovelovelove how Nate's civilian identity isn't the bumbling fool/dork Superman's is supposed to be and that it isn't really a big deal in the story overall.

Oh, and the fact that your bad guys weren't over-the-top villains but your run-of-the-mill thieves? Even better.

I'm so glad that worked - I wanted to start with a familiar base, but didn't want to go with all the cliches.

[lemniciate]

Oh my! :O I kept wondering where this was going to go and then it became EVEN MORE AWESOME.

[oxoniensis]

Wheee, glad you enjoyed it!