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    Life is not all fluff and sugar, particularly for a Quartermaster and his agent partners. Coping with the worst side of everyday life puts a strain on them all.

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  1. Public Bookmark 61

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    Instead of deadly neutral, Bond's voice had been contemplative, and it suddenly clicks in place, what the questions – the baiting – are about. Q's interpretation is slightly off. Bond is on assignment, no doubt about that, but for the purposes of this phone call, Q is the mission.

    Q smiles, and goes straight for the kill. "You're testing my limits."

    "Ah." And Q can almost hear Bond's answering smile in the slight drawl he infuses into his reply. "Not your limits, no."

     

    Three conversations, three interactions, and the ways relationships deepen with small moments of contact.

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    18 Oct 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 2

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    My 2025 submissions for the MI6 Cafe's Last Drabble Writer Standing competition.

    Week 1: FOIL
    Sometimes regret is sweet.

    Week 2 : BENCH AND WATER IMAGE
    Q just wants a home for every stray.

    Week 3: Each paragraph must have one fewer sentences in it than the last, ending with one sentence. The word count is 200 words exactly.

    Week 4: Drabble must be 100 words exactly and the color purple must feature.

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    09 Oct 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 2

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    James Bond and colleagues participate in a scheme to rescue an exploited Omega brainwashed into subservience (Q). Everything seems to be going as planned… which is not how James necessarily planned it. This story is unfinished (discontinued).

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    30 Sep 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 65

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    “It’s not what you think. I’ve just never…” Bond clears his throat, and if Q didn’t know any better he’d say the man was nervous. “God, with all the things I’ve done. I’ve never done that.”

     

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    It's a rare thing, but there are some experiences new to James Bond. Q is happy to fill in the gaps.

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    09 Sep 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 5

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    1999, UK boarding school: Alec Trevelyan, seventeen, football captain, fluent in French, Russian and subtle intimidation – is the last person who wants a new roommate.
    Dominique “Q” Harcourt, fifteen, prodigy, allergic to half the planet – is the last person the school should put in Alec’s room. And yet.
    2014, Romania: Alec Trevelyan, now MI6, kicks in a door in Bucharest and finds Q exactly where he shouldn’t be – mid-theft.
    A maddening ordeal of blind trust, weaponised bureaucracy and choosing each other on purpose.

    [September prompt: high school sweethearts]

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    08 Sep 2025