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bedlamsbardPlaying with the idea of a new character in the Bardverse following Mac's demotion at the end of Bloody Sunday, and our core characters reaction to him: Lieutenant Neal Winchester, late of the crime scene division of the Lawrence Police Department in Lawrence, Kansas (name and location pertinent if you want to look at it that way), recently hired by the NYPD to head the NYPD crime lab. Does not actually appear in this ficlet. If I were to continue writing Blue Blood, he'd probably first appear there in the novel-lengths. As per usual, I have no idea what he looks like. I'm not a visual writer, guys (which does not explain why I write from tv/movie/comics fandoms usually. *sigh*).
Also with a special appearance by ghost!Aiden
“You know,” Danny said, feet kicked up on Mac’s coffee table, “if I didn’t hate the guy’s guts on principle, he’d actually be a pretty decent boss.”
“Danny,” Mac said, narrow-eyed.
“I mean, sure, he’s got the whole holier-than-thou thing goin’ on with him, but you had that too. Well, I mean, you don’t anymore, but you know what I mean. So does Lindsay. Maybe it’s a Midwest thing.” He turned to Flack. “What do you think?”
“I think that if you don’t get your boots off Mac’s table he’s gonna kick your ass, Messer,” Flack said, hooking an arm over the back of the couch next to Danny’s neck.
Danny took his feet off the table. “What do you think, Stel?”
“I think Winchester knows what he’s doing,” Stella said, swirling her champagne around. “This is good, Danny. Where’d you get it?”
“Christmas present,” Danny shrugged.
“Which fell off the back of a truck?”
“Absolutely not,” he said indignantly. “My uncle gave it to me, from Nicky Pagliuca. Where it came from before that, well –” He shrugged. “Not my problem.”
“You suck as a cop, Danny,” Flack said, rolling his eyes.
“I’ve also been told I suck as a cop on the take,” Danny said, cheerful now. “You know, what with the whole refusing to take money to rat out my pals thing, ya know.”
Mac pinched the bridge of his nose between his fingers. “I don’t need to hear this.”
Aiden materialized suddenly next to Danny, perching on the armrest of the couch with her legs crossed over each other. “On the bright side,” she said to Danny, who tilted his head up consideringly, “he can’t try and fire you again.”
“He didn’t fire me the first time,” Danny pointed out indignantly. “He threatened, and I quit, and then he rehired me without even telling me.”
“Now we just gotta worry about Lieutenant Kansas gettin’ fed up with us and pullin’ another trick like that,” Flack said, leaning forward with his elbows on his knees. “You pissed off, Mac?”
“I think Lieutenant Winchester is very competent,” Mac said diplomatically. “He has a lot of experience as a CSI –”
“– in Kansas,” Aiden put in.
“– and in a command position.”
“Again, I repeat: in Lawrence fucking Kansas,” Aiden said. “This is New York City. There’s a tiny bit of a difference.”
“Just a little,” Flack nodded. “Look on the bright side, Aiden: you don’t got to work with him, just show up and creep him out occasionally.”
“Here, have a new boss from the middle of nowhere,” Danny said bitterly, and knocked back his glass of champagne. “Happy fucking New Year.”
Off to watch Buffy season five and write kickass Anakin now. Happy New Year! May 2007 be happier than 2006!
Also with a special appearance by ghost!Aiden
“You know,” Danny said, feet kicked up on Mac’s coffee table, “if I didn’t hate the guy’s guts on principle, he’d actually be a pretty decent boss.”
“Danny,” Mac said, narrow-eyed.
“I mean, sure, he’s got the whole holier-than-thou thing goin’ on with him, but you had that too. Well, I mean, you don’t anymore, but you know what I mean. So does Lindsay. Maybe it’s a Midwest thing.” He turned to Flack. “What do you think?”
“I think that if you don’t get your boots off Mac’s table he’s gonna kick your ass, Messer,” Flack said, hooking an arm over the back of the couch next to Danny’s neck.
Danny took his feet off the table. “What do you think, Stel?”
“I think Winchester knows what he’s doing,” Stella said, swirling her champagne around. “This is good, Danny. Where’d you get it?”
“Christmas present,” Danny shrugged.
“Which fell off the back of a truck?”
“Absolutely not,” he said indignantly. “My uncle gave it to me, from Nicky Pagliuca. Where it came from before that, well –” He shrugged. “Not my problem.”
“You suck as a cop, Danny,” Flack said, rolling his eyes.
“I’ve also been told I suck as a cop on the take,” Danny said, cheerful now. “You know, what with the whole refusing to take money to rat out my pals thing, ya know.”
Mac pinched the bridge of his nose between his fingers. “I don’t need to hear this.”
Aiden materialized suddenly next to Danny, perching on the armrest of the couch with her legs crossed over each other. “On the bright side,” she said to Danny, who tilted his head up consideringly, “he can’t try and fire you again.”
“He didn’t fire me the first time,” Danny pointed out indignantly. “He threatened, and I quit, and then he rehired me without even telling me.”
“Now we just gotta worry about Lieutenant Kansas gettin’ fed up with us and pullin’ another trick like that,” Flack said, leaning forward with his elbows on his knees. “You pissed off, Mac?”
“I think Lieutenant Winchester is very competent,” Mac said diplomatically. “He has a lot of experience as a CSI –”
“– in Kansas,” Aiden put in.
“– and in a command position.”
“Again, I repeat: in Lawrence fucking Kansas,” Aiden said. “This is New York City. There’s a tiny bit of a difference.”
“Just a little,” Flack nodded. “Look on the bright side, Aiden: you don’t got to work with him, just show up and creep him out occasionally.”
“Here, have a new boss from the middle of nowhere,” Danny said bitterly, and knocked back his glass of champagne. “Happy fucking New Year.”
Off to watch Buffy season five and write kickass Anakin now. Happy New Year! May 2007 be happier than 2006!
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Date: 2007-01-01 09:18 pm (UTC)Winchester can totally handle it. I don't know if you've ever watched the show Supernatural, but he's a ref to the brothers Dean (in my icon) and Sam Winchester. He can even handle the supernatural weirdness. The lab and the multiverse might take a little getting used to, but he can handle it.
Flack and Danny are awesome.
I'm glad you liked it!