Fic: Tabula Rasa (Magnificent 7/Dollhouse) All
A quick ficlet before I go freak out about work and varsity again. Still. Actually, since sometime in December. It should calm down in a few weeks. Hopefully.
Title: Tabula Rasa
Claim: Vin Tanner (Magnificent 7)
Fandoms: Magnificent 7/Dollhouse
Prompt: 027 - Parents
Summary: Adelle DeWitt offers Vin a choice.
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Adelle DeWitt was a resourceful woman. She’d fought long and hard, and often dirty, to get where she was. If compassion and mercy had largely been sacrificed along the way, well, she’d thought it well worth it.
She’d tried to keep her distance, tried to maintain objectivity, but she’d come to see them as something like her children. They were innocent and vulnerable, and it was her responsibility to make sure they knew everything they needed to before they were sent out into the world.
This one was beautiful; he hadn’t quite grown out of the sharp, awkward angles of youth, but he was lithe and dangerous, with the purest blue eyes she’d ever seen. They were shadowed with the knowledge of what people were like at their worst. They’d seen violence, war, death and precious little else.
The chances that a jury would believe him innocent of the murder charge were slim. No matter how softly spoken he was, it wouldn’t make up for the fact that he was an ex-gang member and high school dropout who hunted the dregs of society. Even serving his country in the Rangers wouldn’t stand him in good stead. He’d left with an honorable discharge, but the circumstances were questionable at best.
It was almost a mercy, what she was offering.
He glared at her from the corner of the room. Unlike most of their volunteers, he didn’t pace or fidget in the chair. His stance was too tense and wary to be anything but a cornered animal. Her eyes traced over him once more. Maybe he’d be Foxtrot.
He was perfect. Perhaps even an equal to Echo, which was more than she could have hoped for. Though she’d miss the stubborn set of his jaw and the fire in his eyes.
“How would you like a clean slate?”
Title: Tabula Rasa
Claim: Vin Tanner (Magnificent 7)
Fandoms: Magnificent 7/Dollhouse
Prompt: 027 - Parents
Summary: Adelle DeWitt offers Vin a choice.
Table
Adelle DeWitt was a resourceful woman. She’d fought long and hard, and often dirty, to get where she was. If compassion and mercy had largely been sacrificed along the way, well, she’d thought it well worth it.
She’d tried to keep her distance, tried to maintain objectivity, but she’d come to see them as something like her children. They were innocent and vulnerable, and it was her responsibility to make sure they knew everything they needed to before they were sent out into the world.
This one was beautiful; he hadn’t quite grown out of the sharp, awkward angles of youth, but he was lithe and dangerous, with the purest blue eyes she’d ever seen. They were shadowed with the knowledge of what people were like at their worst. They’d seen violence, war, death and precious little else.
The chances that a jury would believe him innocent of the murder charge were slim. No matter how softly spoken he was, it wouldn’t make up for the fact that he was an ex-gang member and high school dropout who hunted the dregs of society. Even serving his country in the Rangers wouldn’t stand him in good stead. He’d left with an honorable discharge, but the circumstances were questionable at best.
It was almost a mercy, what she was offering.
He glared at her from the corner of the room. Unlike most of their volunteers, he didn’t pace or fidget in the chair. His stance was too tense and wary to be anything but a cornered animal. Her eyes traced over him once more. Maybe he’d be Foxtrot.
He was perfect. Perhaps even an equal to Echo, which was more than she could have hoped for. Though she’d miss the stubborn set of his jaw and the fire in his eyes.
“How would you like a clean slate?”