crack_van | Caveat Emptor, or How Clay stopped ordering things on the internet, by Kelly Girl, R

Fandom: The Losers
Pairing: Clay/Jensen, after a fashion
Length: 3709
Author on LJ:

kelly_girl

Why this must be read:
Clay needs tech support in his unit. There are tech robots you can buy. Clay clicks the "buy" button on the Jensen 6000, Tech Edition, and ends up with...the Jensen 6000, Triple X Edition.

Yes, Clay has purchased a sexbot. And the comedy hijinx ensue.

But what I love about this story is that it doesn't immediately fall into the clichés of your typical sex-robot story. There isn't any sex. Hell, there's barely kissing, and that's not about sex, that's about getting even. It's not a story about a sexbot - it's a story about being a team, no matter how weird the circumstances are.

And it works so ridiculously well on that level. Jensen is a robot, but he's also Jensen, Clay is always Clay, and if Jensen occasionally slips up and offers to blow Clay, well, that's just what happens.

Excerpt:
The next two days were busy as they prepared for the mission. Clay watched the team integrate Jensen into the group. When Clay had first had his brilliant idea he thought he’d just turn the tech off and on when they needed it. After their initial meeting and the download, he never even considered it.

Plus, he had the sneaking suspicion that Jensen would strenuously object if he tried. For a robot designed to obey his orders he sometimes seemed to interpret them as suggestions or advice. He also talked and talked about any and everything and was a little geeky. Okay, a lot geeky. Clay now knew more about Doctor Who, Star Trek, Star Wars and something called ‘Jossverse,’ than he’d ever needed to know.

Caveat Emptor, or How Clay stopped ordering things on the internet