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[Podfic] Cold Read of “Blindsided” by NotLonelyJustAlone by Sirenby for NotLonelyJustAlone
Fandoms: James Bond (Craig Movies)
09 Jun 2025
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It was all supposed to be an effing joke. Something they’d talked about to kill a bit of downtime, an exercise in ‘could never happen’ but a way to plan out how things could have gone better without going mad because it could never actually happen.
Q realized his vision was beginning to fade out at the edges and let out a slightly hysterical laugh which snapped him enough out of his panic to realize he was firstly, about to have an effing panic attack and secondly, in shock.
“Shit,” he muttered, running a hand over his face before setting his jaw, removing his glasses, and putting his head between his knees. Undignified?
So bloody what? He was sixteen, for Christ’s sake! He defied anyone not to panic a bit at losing over half of their lives after effing sneezing.
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- Part 3 of [Podfics] Cold Reads by Sirenby
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“I bet you can’t name five things that make me an attractive option.” Q cocks his head, as if considering Bond. “We can’t all seduce our way to as long a trail of broken lovers as you. Even at your advanced age.”
Q thinks Bond is incapable of actually being offended, hence why he feels safe to throw aspersions his way. Indeed, Bond’s eyes register surprise, then they crinkle in amusement.
“I bet you I can name six.”
“Hmm?”
“Six reasons why our dear Quartermaster is a catch. Number one, you’re incredibly charming.”
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Or, what if Bond crashes Q’s date that night and never bloody leaves. A slow burn following NTTD and beyond, including Bond and Q discovering what they want in life and how to be the kind of people that can hold onto it.
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The Star to Every Wandering Barque (podfic) by Likolow for poestheblackcat
Fandoms: James Bond (Craig Movies), James Bond (Movies), James Bond - All Media Types, James Bond (Movies 1962-1989)
19 Oct 2024
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AU story in which Q is seriously injured when Blofeld’s men shoot at the car at the end of Spectre. Bond and the other agents realize just how much their Quartermaster means to them. Features OCs (Q’s friends and family) but no romantic pairings. Mostly hurt/comfort and family.
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Bond arrives back in England battered and bruised after going MIA at the end of a dodgy mission. Q takes it upon himself to take care of the stubborn 'double-oh' agent. The following events take them on a journey neither of them was expecting.
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Takes place not long after the events of Skyfall. Lots of Bonds blatant flirting and lots of Q being awkward. This fic is 'banter' heavy and has elements of humour, chaos, angst and wit. -
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Did you know Q has a life beyond MI6, with family and friends and everything? Well, Bond definitely does now, and he’s being thrown right into it. Assassination missions might just look easy in comparison.
In which two things are on show: Q’s backstory and Bond’s lack of new coping mechanisms.
This can be read as part of the ‘On the Bench’ series or as a standalone story.
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- Part 7 of On the Bench.
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M recruits a feral young hacker
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She passed him a teacup and he held it with anxious care. M guessed that it might be the finest china he’d ever touched. “I’d hoped we could have a friendly chat after all that officious nonsense.”He sipped his tea and watched her so suspiciously that she had to suppress a smile. The world had been unkind to this one and he had no reason to trust any authority figure he encountered. She would prove herself a woman of her word, for good or ill, and he’d repay her with his purest devotion.
He’d fight it of course, but in no time at all he would belong to her, an elegant new weapon to wield for queen and country.
It was almost too easy.
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Звезда для Чертовски Большого Корабля by Teen_Fox_Sam
Fandoms: James Bond (Craig Movies), James Bond (Movies), James Bond - All Media Types, James Bond (Classic movies)
25 Mar 2023
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От пер: Ау, в котором отец Кью - отставной агент 007. Он пугающий, опасный и чертовски заботливый. Кью гениальный сын и наглый квартирмейстер, который вырос, окруженный шпионажем и наукой. Агенты пытаются с этим жить.
От автора: АУ, по которому Кью был ранен людьми Блофельда в конце Спектра. Бонд и остальные агенты наконец осознают, как важен для них Квартирмейстер.
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- Part 1 of АУ: Яркая звезда
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Pinky Promise by Only_1_Truth for Danger_Zone24
Fandoms: James Bond (Craig Movies), Sherlock (TV)
06 Nov 2022
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When M tells James to take a vacation and make something for himself to go home to other than alcohol and sex, 007 is not enthused. The closest thing he had to a home was Skyfall Lodge, and even he had to admit that it was incredibly old and needed updating for it to be livable and safe. When Trevelyan steps in to say that he knows a bloke who can rig up security systems, however - and is discreet besides - James decides to accept some professional help.
But despite being an MI6 assassin-spy who's seen just about everything, James isn't prepared for the distrustful, aloof boffin who turns up on his doorstep, full of exactly the sort of thing agents couldn't get enough of: secrets and surprises. Q isn't a mission, though, so it will be up to James to figure out how to deal with (and maybe, just maybe, get close to) this posh young man without hurting him worse than he already is.
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The Little Polymath by poestheblackcat
Fandoms: James Bond (Craig Movies), James Bond (Movies 1962-1989), James Bond (Dalton Movies)
08 Oct 2022
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In 2002, twelve-year-old Q begins his studies at Cambridge and makes a friend (sort of maybe definitely). In 2012, the recruitment of an unconventional boffin sparks the birth of the Equipment Retrieval Unit (ERUdites for short). Bright Star ‘verse.
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- Part 42 of Bright Star 'verse
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Awareness of the world began to seep in despite his best efforts. Neck aching, head protesting…
He tried to ignore it for just a few more minutes of not dealing with the real world.
“007.”
He should have known better. He’d probably fallen asleep in Q’s office again. The chair was comfortable for about an hour before its sadistic side came out to torture the unwary.
Coffee-scented steam was wafted under his nose, the mug remaining there as his hand shot up to claim the offering.
“Identify.”
Bond didn’t bother to open his eyes. “A radio and a gun. It’s not exactly Christmas, is it?”
“Confirmed. Counter?”
“The weight disparity between the contents of bay seven before and after I left post helicopter hitting a bridge.”
“Roughly one thousand, five hundred and thirty-eight kilograms,” Q said dryly, sounding slightly exasperated. “Why ask me a question you wouldn’t know the answer to yourself as reassurance that I’m who I’m purporting to be?”
“The snark is unmistakable, Quartermaster,” Bond drawled, grinning and opening his eyes while bringing the coffee up. It froze before he could tip it to drink.
“Yeah, about that,” Q said—except it wasn’t Q.
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- Part 9 of Blindsided
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“Trevelyan?”
Alec glanced up sharply with the shock of not noticing Smithers’ approach jolting through his limbs. “Smithy?”
“Something wrong?”
“Probably not. Just… missed a letter I expected.” He tried to dismiss it.
Tried. Because he and Luke had never actually managed a vacation together before. With James, sure, but not alone.
Not that this trip was very ‘alone’, all told, but he didn’t want to let his paranoid agent brain kick in for no reason. There was probably a perfectly justifiable explanation for the letter being late. Even if this was two days later than any of the others had ever been.
In over twenty-five years of receiving them.
Nothing to worry about at all.
(Reading the series is not necessary to understand this fic)
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- Part 8 of Blindsided
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“006.”
“Yes, R?”
“You brought a kitten with an explosives-rigged collar not only into MI6’s executive offices but on a plane—with all of the pressure changes that involves—in your pocket?”
The outrage was beautiful.
(Reading the rest of the series is unnecessary.)
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- Part 7 of Blindsided
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The sheer bloody arrogance.
…That had been him, a lifetime ago. Cocky and sure and confident of ability with no idea of the realities of the aftermath.
He’s known better for a long time, now, only took seeing bits of brain and bone flowing towards him like boats in eddies of blood to understand. Still.
Yes.
Still.
Sometimes the monster that is 006 and the man that is Alec have to have a bit of a tussle.
(Reading the rest of the series is unnecessary.)
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- Part 6 of Blindsided
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“Do you believe in time travel?”
That was from absolutely nowhere.
Not that James was a stranger to following up any random thought to distract himself in stressful situations; he didn’t ask. They’d done this a few times too many over the years; but he sure as hell needed the distraction too. “I’ve read about those…” he dove back through some of the most useless information he’d read about for the sake of conversation with a mark and found the right name, “tachyon particles. Affecting the past in the present or something,” he shook his head. He’d had a better understanding at the time, but that had been quite a while ago. He thought the newer theories considered them purely hypothetical nonsense, besides. “Presuming you don’t mean the standard ‘we’re farther through time now than five minutes ago’ sort of time travel.”
“More the Back to the Future sort,” Alec agreed.
(Reading Blindsided before this is recommended, but not required).
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- Part 4 of Blindsided
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It was all supposed to be an effing joke. Something they’d talked about to kill a bit of downtime, an exercise in ‘could never happen’ but a way to plan out how things could have gone better without going mad because it could never actually happen.
Q realized his vision was beginning to fade out at the edges and let out a slightly hysterical laugh which snapped him enough out of his panic to realize he was firstly, about to have an effing panic attack and secondly, in shock.
“Shit,” he muttered, running a hand over his face before setting his jaw, removing his glasses, and putting his head between his knees. Undignified?
So bloody what? He was sixteen, for Christ’s sake! He defied anyone not to panic a bit at losing over half of their lives after effing sneezing.
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- Part 1 of Blindsided
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Everyone seemed to put so much emphasis on words as part of communication but most of their important things were said in small movements.
Or…
He’d always presumed so.
It had been one of those missions that on paper had gone brilliantly, better than could be hoped but in actuality had hit a few of those buttons he hadn’t known he had and left him fighting new demons while those long-conquered perked their heads in interest, hoping he’d loose his hold on them, too, whilst distracted.
If he’d been able to wrap himself around Luke when he arrived he’d have been fine, that’s all this was.
Simple bad timing.
(Reading the rest of the series is unnecessary to understand this fic)
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- Part 3 of Blindsided
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Bond is out of the country on a long-term operation. Q, bored and lonely in London, thinks it might be fun to reimagine how they meet.
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Q's world gets turned upside-down when MI6 decides that they want to recruit him. As a uniquely powerful magic-user, Q can usually handle himself very well, but will he stand a chance when it's just him against multiple highly-trained MI6 agents tasked to bring him in?
All Q knows is that this is going to end in flames - and that's before another stranger gets thrown into the equation.
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- Part 3 of If Magic Were Known
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Room after room he found no sign of intrusion, nothing out of place, but a noise from the stairs had him warily circling around to the official entrance and down those stairs, virtually never used, to reenter the front door and attempt to circle around to catch whoever was in their home unawares.
There was no one visible, but his straining ears picked up something in Daniel’s room.
Which was empty, as was the attached bathroom and the closets involved with both, and those in the hall, too—
Now there was something happening in Alec’s basement flat.
With a silent snarl of frustration 007 went about clearing Alec’s flat and, when he found nothing but heard something from the main room of the ground-floor flat he very nearly cursed aloud.
(Reading the rest of the series isn’t necessary.)
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- Part 2 of Blindsided
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Exploding Pen by poestheblackcat
Fandoms: James Bond (Craig Movies), James Bond (Movies 1962-1989), James Bond (Dalton Movies)
26 Feb 2022
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“Were you expecting an exploding pen? We don’t really go in for that sort of thing anymore.” Q and the exploding pen, in 2016 (Chapter 1) and 1993 (Chapter 2). Bright Star ‘verse.
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- Part 32 of Bright Star 'verse