Friday: Free For All
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comment_ficHappy weekend, everyone! It's that time again - the Friday Free for All. That means all fandoms, pairings, and prompts are accepted.
All our usual rules apply, of course.
No more than 5 prompts in a row, and no more than 3 prompts per fandom. When someone answers your prompt, you can prompt again.
No spoilers in your prompts for at least one week after the original air/publication date. This is especially important now that shows are starting to come back from hiatus! If you have spoilers in the story, please warn in bold and leave at least 3 spaces.
Please remember to format your prompts appropriately. For example:
So let's get things rolling! And don't forget, this weekend is one of our Lonely Prompt Challenges. Be sure to tune in. :)
All our usual rules apply, of course.
No more than 5 prompts in a row, and no more than 3 prompts per fandom. When someone answers your prompt, you can prompt again.
No spoilers in your prompts for at least one week after the original air/publication date. This is especially important now that shows are starting to come back from hiatus! If you have spoilers in the story, please warn in bold and leave at least 3 spaces.
Please remember to format your prompts appropriately. For example:
Firefly, Mal, in all these things we come undone
Burn Notice/Leverage, Mike/Tara, well that was entirely unexpected (... alright, maybe not)
So let's get things rolling! And don't forget, this weekend is one of our Lonely Prompt Challenges. Be sure to tune in. :)
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Date: 2010-01-22 02:39 pm (UTC)might not be what you wanted
Date: 2010-01-22 07:39 pm (UTC)Sometimes he thinks of him as a different man entirely. FutureJohn. He's brave and brilliant and oh-so-wonderful.
And kind of a dick.
Future John decided to send Cameron back here. Made her beautiful and strong and assertive and seductive. Made her twist and turn his feelings and his hormones in countless ways, probably told her how to make John feel safe with her.
Future John had no qualms with manipulating a kid his age.
John's jealous, too, of future John. Not just for the fact that he's so much better than John is now. Because of Cameron. She obeys the orders of futureJohn. She might not have so many secrets from future John. She was probably just his wind-up doll, the reprogrammed girl-cyborg he liked best. Perfect for playing on the insecurities of teenage John.
Future John probably thought of him as a ridiculous child. Cameron was just his plaything. And he sent her back to teenaged John, to make him into her plaything. Something she could wind up or shelve depending on her mood.
If things were just a little bit different, John would suspect that Cameron is just a gamepiece, just a high-stakes toy in the never-ending tension between him and his future self. That the conversation is between the two of them, and she is just the communication device. He could think this, if only Cameron were just a little more like the others, if she weren't quite so good at learning, at becoming something or someone new. If she weren't quite so good at joining the conversation.
"Let's get going," Derek said, interrupting his thoughts, "And Sarah says to take that thing with you," he added, gesturing at Cameron.
Cameron looked at him then, confused to be called a thing. Or maybe she was looking to see if John would react to it.
John sighed as he got ready to leave. Cameron joined him, giving him a quick look all over. He thought, once again, how her silence spoke volumes.
Re: might not be what you wanted
Date: 2010-01-22 08:31 pm (UTC)