Fic: Temporarily
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meridian_roseTitle: Temporarily
Fandom: Original
'Verse/Series: Aura
Pairing/Characters: Nikolai, Aura, Carter
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 628
Prompt: For the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
writerverse prompts 'emergency', 'unexpected', 'enough'
Summary: At a costume party, Carter finds himself in the middle of an unexpected disturbance
Warnings: implied non-major character death
Aura pushed past the gathering crowd with rather more grace than Carter, following close behind her. It was Carter's instinct to run toward a disturbance, as well as to prevent civilians from doing the same, but there would be no stopping Aura from getting involved - since there was no sign of Nikolai, Carter had a feeling he was probably already mixed up in whatever was causing the guests to congregate near the fireplace.
Sometimes he hated being right.
Nikolai was crouched down at the side of a man sprawled on the expensive rug. A pretty Asian woman dressed as Princess Leia was kneeling down opposite Nikolai, a worried frown on her face.
"I'll call an ambulance," offered a pirate, his incongruously modern phone in his hand.
"No," Nikolai said. "No need to bother the emergency services." He'd pushed his mask up onto his head to expose his face and fixed the pirate with a glare. The pirate blanched and pocketed his phone.
"Nikki?" Aura asked. He gave her a look and while Carter couldn't interpret it, she seemed to, for she took Carter's hand and whispered, "Follow our lead." She released him and Carter waited to see what would happen next, his hand moving to his holster, just in case.
"Where's Eva? She's a med student, right?" a young female witch asked, but no-one seemed to know.
"He's fine. Just needs some air," Nikolai said firmly. Princess Leia shook her head – Carter was fascinated with what he thought was a wig, and wondered if the buns were stitched tightly so they wouldn't come undone if she kept up the vigorous movement.
"I don't think he's breathing," she said in a low voice. She was a little upset, but otherwise rather collected, which impressed Carter.
Nikolai stared at her. "He's fine."
"But –"
"Enough. Everything is all right." He softened his tone a little and added, "Go and enjoy the party."
For a moment she still hesitated and then she climbed to her feet and dusted off her hands.
"Nothing to see," Nikolai said to the crowd.
Carter put one hand on a green-skinned alien's shoulder. "You heard the man. Move along." The alien did so and Carter glared at a couple of other onlookers until they too moved away. Nikolai might have Allure, but when the moon wasn't up, nothing could beat a cop stare for making people want to be somewhere else.
"What's going on?" Carter asked as Nikolai turned the fallen man onto his back. The only costume the man was wearing was a black suit with a crisp white shirt. Already pale skinned, the man's face was ashen and his lips were blue tinged. Carter had a terrible feeling that Leia had been right. He lowered his voice. "Is he dead?"
"Yes. Temporarily." Nikolai was exuding calm, as if this were something that happened frequently in his presence. Maybe it did. Carter knew there was a lot he didn't know or understand about them.
Aura took Leia's place and bit at her lip. She reached out and smoothed dark hair from the man's face. "Oh, Robin," she said softly. "What are you doing here?"
"He's one of you?" It was a reasonable, if disquieting guess, because that was exactly what Carter needed, wasn't it. More immortal types in the city.
On the other hand, it meant not having to call in a dead body and then spend another night dealing with witnesses that Nikolai and Aura had charmed. So there was that.
Nikolai nodded. He gathered the man up into his arms. "Carter, bring the car around. I'll carry him."
Carter sighed and fumbled in his pocket for his car keys. Of course there had been trouble. Just not the sort he'd been expecting.
Fandom: Original
'Verse/Series: Aura
Pairing/Characters: Nikolai, Aura, Carter
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 628
Prompt: For the
writerverse prompts 'emergency', 'unexpected', 'enough'Summary: At a costume party, Carter finds himself in the middle of an unexpected disturbance
Warnings: implied non-major character death
Aura pushed past the gathering crowd with rather more grace than Carter, following close behind her. It was Carter's instinct to run toward a disturbance, as well as to prevent civilians from doing the same, but there would be no stopping Aura from getting involved - since there was no sign of Nikolai, Carter had a feeling he was probably already mixed up in whatever was causing the guests to congregate near the fireplace.
Sometimes he hated being right.
Nikolai was crouched down at the side of a man sprawled on the expensive rug. A pretty Asian woman dressed as Princess Leia was kneeling down opposite Nikolai, a worried frown on her face.
"I'll call an ambulance," offered a pirate, his incongruously modern phone in his hand.
"No," Nikolai said. "No need to bother the emergency services." He'd pushed his mask up onto his head to expose his face and fixed the pirate with a glare. The pirate blanched and pocketed his phone.
"Nikki?" Aura asked. He gave her a look and while Carter couldn't interpret it, she seemed to, for she took Carter's hand and whispered, "Follow our lead." She released him and Carter waited to see what would happen next, his hand moving to his holster, just in case.
"Where's Eva? She's a med student, right?" a young female witch asked, but no-one seemed to know.
"He's fine. Just needs some air," Nikolai said firmly. Princess Leia shook her head – Carter was fascinated with what he thought was a wig, and wondered if the buns were stitched tightly so they wouldn't come undone if she kept up the vigorous movement.
"I don't think he's breathing," she said in a low voice. She was a little upset, but otherwise rather collected, which impressed Carter.
Nikolai stared at her. "He's fine."
"But –"
"Enough. Everything is all right." He softened his tone a little and added, "Go and enjoy the party."
For a moment she still hesitated and then she climbed to her feet and dusted off her hands.
"Nothing to see," Nikolai said to the crowd.
Carter put one hand on a green-skinned alien's shoulder. "You heard the man. Move along." The alien did so and Carter glared at a couple of other onlookers until they too moved away. Nikolai might have Allure, but when the moon wasn't up, nothing could beat a cop stare for making people want to be somewhere else.
"What's going on?" Carter asked as Nikolai turned the fallen man onto his back. The only costume the man was wearing was a black suit with a crisp white shirt. Already pale skinned, the man's face was ashen and his lips were blue tinged. Carter had a terrible feeling that Leia had been right. He lowered his voice. "Is he dead?"
"Yes. Temporarily." Nikolai was exuding calm, as if this were something that happened frequently in his presence. Maybe it did. Carter knew there was a lot he didn't know or understand about them.
Aura took Leia's place and bit at her lip. She reached out and smoothed dark hair from the man's face. "Oh, Robin," she said softly. "What are you doing here?"
"He's one of you?" It was a reasonable, if disquieting guess, because that was exactly what Carter needed, wasn't it. More immortal types in the city.
On the other hand, it meant not having to call in a dead body and then spend another night dealing with witnesses that Nikolai and Aura had charmed. So there was that.
Nikolai nodded. He gathered the man up into his arms. "Carter, bring the car around. I'll carry him."
Carter sighed and fumbled in his pocket for his car keys. Of course there had been trouble. Just not the sort he'd been expecting.
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Date: 2012-08-27 10:34 am (UTC)Another AWESOME new chapter in the Aura world honey.
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Date: 2012-08-27 01:21 pm (UTC)Thank you so much for your comment :D
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Date: 2012-08-27 12:38 pm (UTC)MOAR!!! I NEED MOAR!!! What's just happened? What's going on? Who is this? What is it all about? What's going to happen next? OMG OMG!! So many questions!! I can't!!!
Nikolai might have Allure, but when the moon wasn't up, nothing could beat a cop stare for making people want to be somewhere else
LOLOLOL :D
"Yes. Temporarily." Nikolai was exuding calm, as if this were something that happened frequently in his presence. Maybe it did.
Gods, I soooooo love this!! :D
On the other hand, it meant not having to call in a dead body
Always look on the bright side of things, yes? :D
Of course there had been trouble. Just not the sort he'd been expecting.
Damn, I'm dying of curiosity here!! Please, bb, write more soon!!
*FLAILS HARD*
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Date: 2012-08-27 01:26 pm (UTC)In the desert island fic, there's a mention of 'dreamy-eyed Robin' when I hadn't made the decision on gender, so I'm saying this is the same character. He's taking shape now.
I'm working on getting Carter's 'voice', sort of deadpan snark, and I think that's coming across so yay :D
I'm not sure what happens next but I'm working on it! I have the rest of the writerverse quick fic prompts to work from, so I'll see what I can do.
Also I need to write another letter and response like the Honor one I did before - any suggestions on what you'd like to see? Any characters, any of my original fic or characters I'm familiar with in my many fandoms!
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Date: 2012-08-28 08:38 am (UTC)Carter's voice is great!))))
Thank you, bb!! *HUGS*
A letter... hm... I'd love to see a letter in the Aura verse, of course. But if it's not possible then your mermaids verse, please! :D A letter found in a bottle maybe? :D
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Date: 2012-08-28 09:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-08-27 06:20 pm (UTC)For some reason the fact that everyone's in costume so we refer to them as Princess Leia and the green-skinned alien, etc, really makes me smile :D
I also love the 'bring the car around.' Nikolai and Aura, so calm in the face of temporary death ;)
Lovely :D
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Date: 2012-08-27 06:59 pm (UTC)Oh, yes, calm in a crisis is something Nikolai is an old hand at. He's also giving Carter orders and to his own surprise, Carter is following them. Maybe he's not completely immune to the Allure :D
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