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Mirrors in Belfast by John Steed Esq (R)
Fandom: THE AVENGERS
Character: Steed (some Steed/OFC)
Length: 15,835 words
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: his FF.net profile
Why this must be read:
At first, I wasn't sure about reccing this -- it's dark, dark, dark. This is an origin story of sorts for Steed, and at many points, you will not recognize him, not even as his less likeable earlier incarnation...and that is the whole point. This is one theory on how an ordinary spy could become the person that Steed is. Also, it's exceedingly well-written. Not for the faint of heart -- as the author warns in the summary, it's graphically violent -- but utterly fascinating.
I looked slowly around the pub again.
I smiled.
Those packages being exchanged contained everything from heroin to semi-automatic weapons with their identifying numbers carefully filed off. I shifted the package held in my hand. It was heavy. I had included nine millimeter ammunition preloaded in several clips for the Berettas. The weight was satisfying. Solid.
I had been told while still in training outside London that Belfast could be a very dangerous city. Perhaps the most dangerous outside Berlin. The information had been correct. And there was, I’d also discovered, undoubtedly a fortune to be made smuggling weapons into the city. If the IRA didn’t kill you first. Or the British.
I smiled again.
None of the chaps I went to school with would recognize me now. Probably not even the spooks with MI-6 would realize that under this grizzled, filthy apparition was one John Steed, Esquire.
Mirrors in Belfast
Character: Steed (some Steed/OFC)
Length: 15,835 words
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: his FF.net profile
Why this must be read:
At first, I wasn't sure about reccing this -- it's dark, dark, dark. This is an origin story of sorts for Steed, and at many points, you will not recognize him, not even as his less likeable earlier incarnation...and that is the whole point. This is one theory on how an ordinary spy could become the person that Steed is. Also, it's exceedingly well-written. Not for the faint of heart -- as the author warns in the summary, it's graphically violent -- but utterly fascinating.
I looked slowly around the pub again.
I smiled.
Those packages being exchanged contained everything from heroin to semi-automatic weapons with their identifying numbers carefully filed off. I shifted the package held in my hand. It was heavy. I had included nine millimeter ammunition preloaded in several clips for the Berettas. The weight was satisfying. Solid.
I had been told while still in training outside London that Belfast could be a very dangerous city. Perhaps the most dangerous outside Berlin. The information had been correct. And there was, I’d also discovered, undoubtedly a fortune to be made smuggling weapons into the city. If the IRA didn’t kill you first. Or the British.
I smiled again.
None of the chaps I went to school with would recognize me now. Probably not even the spooks with MI-6 would realize that under this grizzled, filthy apparition was one John Steed, Esquire.
Mirrors in Belfast
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i've no idea WHAT this fandom is but I might want to read this given the title. can you tell me if this is actually a 'real' Belfast or a strange one they have adapated?
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