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jasmasson.livejournal.com) wrote in
crack_van2011-12-05 09:00 am
Entry tags:
Best Practices in Workplace Relationships by BlackEyedGirl (NC17)
Fandom: THE SOCIAL NETWORK
Pairing: Mark/Eduardo
Length: 21,000 words
Author on LJ:
black_eyedgirl
Author Website: At AO3
Why this must be read: Well, it's one of those ones you feel faintly embarrassed reccing because anyone who has read in TSN must have read this, but! If you are new or somehow managed to miss it, I envy you getting to read this for the first time. This is an au, and there are some lovely AUs in TSN fandom. This one follows a pattern that's quite common in TSN aus: Mark is still Mark (somehow it seems hard to extract Mark from facebook), but Eduardo's circumstances are different...
In this, Eduardo comes to work at facebook as Mark's secretary. For me, even though I maybe favor Eduardo slightly as a character, TSN fic nearly always hangs on the Mark portrayal, and this one is lovely. He's clearly Mark...
Chris follows Mark back into the office. He says, “Can you try to be less of a- less you?”
“Why did he ask you?” Mark asks. “You’re not even a programmer – most of the interns have more of an idea what they’re doing than you do.”
“What did I just say?”
“I presumed you meant towards Eduardo.”
“Because God forbid you try not to be a dick to more than one person at a time.”
...but without the canon betrayal is not quite so sharp. Utterly wonderful plot, characters and dialogue.
They meet when Mark's already a billionaire and Eduardo is his new secretary/personal assistant...
Pairing: Mark/Eduardo
Length: 21,000 words
Author on LJ:
Author Website: At AO3
Why this must be read: Well, it's one of those ones you feel faintly embarrassed reccing because anyone who has read in TSN must have read this, but! If you are new or somehow managed to miss it, I envy you getting to read this for the first time. This is an au, and there are some lovely AUs in TSN fandom. This one follows a pattern that's quite common in TSN aus: Mark is still Mark (somehow it seems hard to extract Mark from facebook), but Eduardo's circumstances are different...
In this, Eduardo comes to work at facebook as Mark's secretary. For me, even though I maybe favor Eduardo slightly as a character, TSN fic nearly always hangs on the Mark portrayal, and this one is lovely. He's clearly Mark...
Chris follows Mark back into the office. He says, “Can you try to be less of a- less you?”
“Why did he ask you?” Mark asks. “You’re not even a programmer – most of the interns have more of an idea what they’re doing than you do.”
“What did I just say?”
“I presumed you meant towards Eduardo.”
“Because God forbid you try not to be a dick to more than one person at a time.”
...but without the canon betrayal is not quite so sharp. Utterly wonderful plot, characters and dialogue.
They meet when Mark's already a billionaire and Eduardo is his new secretary/personal assistant...

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Soooo true. *♥ and seconds the rec*
I'll go re-read it anyway, at least you can't go wrong with this one, eh? ^-^ Truly a fandom classic...
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Possibly my very favourite... ;)