Little Girl Lost by Perri Smith and CL Kamnikar (PG)

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Fandom: The Pretender
Pairing: Gen
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: seanachais

Why this must be read:

Years ago, 'the Centre steals their DNA and makes amazingly talented little Pretender babies' was an original, thought-provoking concept. Now it's a bit of a stock-standard cliche, but that doesn't stop some stories from taking this idea and shaping it so it's fun, interesting and thoughtful.

Little Girl Lost is a series of fics that split off from the Pretender canon after Flesh and Blood (3.08). It starts slow but it becomes a great gen, character-driven piece. Some of the turns of phrase are not as smooth as they could be, but in a piece this long and this fun, such minor quibbles can easily be overlooked in favour of the chase and the mystery.

An Excerpt:

"Great," she muttered under her breath, then raised her voice to give him his orders. "Copy the notes. Stay there and continue surveillance. And keep me informed." Miss Parker punched the OFF button with extra force, then stood in the center of the room debating whether it was worth it to order them to the airport, just so she could contradict Lyle. Probably not. There wouldn't be any clues at the marina, either, she was sure of it. This had the look of one of Jarod's very rare unpremeditated early exits. Something had come up, something he considered important. A clue to his past, maybe; or a clue to hers. Either way, there would be nothing to find in this life he'd just abandoned, no clue to his current or future whereabouts.


Little Girl Lost

Comments

[butterflykiki.livejournal.com]

I had no idea that Crack_van even had a Pretender tag, so yay on that; and thanks for the rec (even though it's two years later *g*). neonhummingbird was the other co-author on this one. I'm so glad we wrote this one early on, before it got so much a staple of the fandom.

*goes to pillage other recs*