Pretty Little Thing (G) by Mendax

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Happy February, everybody! This is my first time driving for Mag7 and I'm excited. If you've never seen the show, all episodes are available for free streaming on Hulu.com (not available in all countries).

I'm going to start out slow but not easy, with some missing-thoughts fic from the second season episode "Vendetta".

Fandom: The Magnificent Seven
Pairing: None
Length: 311
Author on LJ: mendax
Author Website: Mendax's fic on AO3
Why this must be read: It gives gut-wrenching insight to one of the Nichols brothers, minor characters who are rarely painted in fic as anything other than stock-standard villanous. By making Peter so human as he observes our young Casey, Mendax succeeded in making my skin crawl while making me feel badly for him, all at the same time. Impressive.

She really is a pretty little thing. Peter almost feels foolish for having mistaken her for a boy, except girls just don’t go around in trousers and beat-up boss hats. At least not in Kansas City.

He grins as he mentally hears the words the way she spoke them, all lit up with a thousand daydreams made of unformed yearning and romantic notions.

He is more interested, of course, in the way she leans toward him as he speaks. Unformed yearning indeed.

Pretty Little Thing