Promising Start, 1 of 2
anonymous
November 5 2011, 19:31:30 UTC
This is a 221b, written in 221 words, the last ending in "b".
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She sat in his office, waiting. Apparently the workday began when he felt like it.
Promising start, this.
A few minutes later he appeared in a weary whirlwind, rumpled and stubbled and laden with hardcopy files. She realized he must've been at the office for hours already that morning. Perhaps he'd never made it home.
"Sorry I'm late." He deposited his armload onto the desk and scrubbed fingers through his hair, bringing new chaos to old disorder. "Glad you're here."
"Thanks, Sir."
"Don't thank me yet." A rueful, sideways grin. "Give you the bad news first, shall I?"
No pause for a reply. "I'm proud of my team. We do good work. But on the toughest cases, when time's of the essence, I sometimes bring in a consulting detective. My methods aren't always-"
Appreciated? Wise? Legal?
"-popular. My call. My responsibility."
So that's why he's DI Lestrade, not DCI, at his age."I'm good at questioning suspects and witnesses, talking to victims' families. But I'm
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Re: Promising Start, 2 of 2morganstuartNovember 7 2011, 18:59:30 UTC
I'm de-anoning to say there's a polished version up now here, and to thank you wholeheartedly for your lovely rec of this yesterday. I really appreciate it!
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She sat in his office, waiting. Apparently the workday began when he felt like it.
Promising start, this.
A few minutes later he appeared in a weary whirlwind, rumpled and stubbled and laden with hardcopy files. She realized he must've been at the office for hours already that morning. Perhaps he'd never made it home.
"Sorry I'm late." He deposited his armload onto the desk and scrubbed fingers through his hair, bringing new chaos to old disorder. "Glad you're here."
"Thanks, Sir."
"Don't thank me yet." A rueful, sideways grin. "Give you the bad news first, shall I?"
No pause for a reply. "I'm proud of my team. We do good work. But on the toughest cases, when time's of the essence, I sometimes bring in a consulting detective. My methods aren't always-"
Appreciated? Wise? Legal?
"-popular. My call. My responsibility."
So that's why he's DI Lestrade, not DCI, at his age."I'm good at questioning suspects and witnesses, talking to victims' families. But I'm ( ... )
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