Hiya!
Imagine my
embarrassment when I realized the Arrow
midseason finale actually happened this past Wednesday instead of last week?
LOL Oh well, one great thing came out of it…I got a new ep of Arrow and it was
AWESOME!! And if the CW doesn't make Flash
(or whatever they end up calling it) a series in the very near future, I'm
gonna wonder where their brains are. LOL
Shifting gears (pun
intended), Sons of Anarchy completely
messed with my head. As mentioned, Kurt Sutter rarely goes where I think he
will, and he had me going right until the last act of the episode. I pretty
much stood up and yelled at the TV, then prayed for someone else's death… which
didn't happen, dammit. But in retrospect, I'm actually sort of glad. I now know
exactly how I want the final scene of SOA
to play out… and if I don't get it, well, Sutter certainly won't give a hang,
but I'll be sorely disappointed. I'm at a place with the show where retribution
HAS to happen or I'll pretty much feel like it wasn't work seven years of my
life. :D
Okay, enough about
television this week, more to come about Sleepy
Hollow and other shows soon. Tonight's post is from Unlawful Acts, a
short story featuring two longtime friends who finally sort of realize their
feelings, but shouldn't act on them because of their work situation. (If you
haven't noticed, this is one of my favorite tropes. :D)
Here's the tagline:
Effy Carmichael, an up
and coming officer, wants the job of Alpha Team Leader and deserves it, except
she's a few years too young to hold the position. When the spot goes to one of
her oldest friends, Jonah Kirkland, Effy has to swallow her pride and welcome
him even while she fights the powerful attraction between them. Hooking up with
Jonah is against regs, but it may be worth committing an unlawful act to
finally realize one of her most closely held desires.
And a sneaky peek…
"Son of a bitch"
Effy Carmichael searched for a
spare riot helmet to decorate for Popper's 1000th bust. She'd
checked everywhere else and the walk-in storage locker was the last place she
could think of to find one that couldn't be used anymore. She couldn't figure
out where the hell all the old helmets had gone. The unit always had them
laying around, usually in the way and exactly where no one wanted them.
She shook her head. Figured. When
she needed one, the stupid things disappeared.
She'd find one if it killed her. Everything
might be in a state of flux, but it didn't mean the oldest traditions of her
team would go away. Not if she had anything to say about it.
And she did. Command Division
couldn't take that away from her.
It sucked. She shouldn't be the
one searching for a celebratory gesture. Jonah Kirkland should.
Right. Like he had a clue.
And okay, she could have given
him one, but dammit, friendship only went so far. Especially when he had her spot.
Five long years she'd wanted and
worked hard for the job of Alpha Team Leader. And yeah, she was young, but she knew the post and the
team inside out. The position should've been hers.
Instead it went to Jonah.
And as much as she wanted to hate
him, she couldn't. They'd known each other forever. He'd saved her as a matter
of fact.
She'd been five, he'd been eight
and when she'd climbed up too far in one of the neighborhood trees, Jonah
talked her down. Even broke her fall when the knobby piece of bark they used
for a foothold gave way and she'd dropped the last few feet.
How could she not be friends with
him after that?
She'd had the biggest crush on
him. Always had. But Jonah treated her like a little sister and she'd never
done anything to change that status. Never told him about the way she felt. Because
it hadn't been a 'thing'. She didn't want it to be. Older, wiser, more
experienced, Jonah had a large group of people he called friend. He'd hang out
with her when time allowed, or his group bailed, and she enjoyed it enough to
be content.
He graduated, went to college,
and three years later, she'd gone straight to the academy. He'd followed her the
next year. She'd already been assigned to Alpha team when he finished up and he'd
accepted a post with Delta team in another district.
They hadn't seen much of each
other over the last five years. Holidays and the odd weekend home at the same
time when they'd maybe have a drink or grab a bite and catch up on life. It had
been easy to ignore the old feelings with such limited exposure.
But now? She interacted with him
on a daily basis. And didn't have a current relationship to draw her focus. She
caught herself looking forward to the AM briefings since he'd taken over. And
yeah, that one got her. The guy had the job she wanted and got her to not hate mornings.
Oh yeah, big trouble.
And a major potential problem.
Because Jonah was free as a bird,
too. Not once, in their long friendship, had they ever been significant other
free at the same time. It made her twitchy.
He'd asked her to dinner twice
and out for a brew once. She'd dodged him all three times. He'd meant it to be
a casual thing, she got that, but it chapped her hide he'd been promoted over
her even if through no fault of his own.
And dammit, it pissed her off
that Jonah hadn't figured out her deep, dark secret. She wanted him. Still had
quite a burning desire to make him hers. And didn't that suck balls.
Because even if he did finally
realize how great they'd be together…she now worked under his command.
Regulations against fraternization existed for a reason. She got that. And the
penalty could be very harsh, if they got caught.
The stupid thing? She and Jonah
never, ever played favorites. They wouldn't. But… being the exception to a rule
didn't mean squat. She'd seen, first hand, the way a relationship could
completely backfire and make lovers do supremely stupid shit.
That left her with crap options.
Do the friendly dinner and grab a beer thing or keep pushing Jonah back. She'd
opt for the friend thing. But…she wouldn't go out with him until she either had
another guy or got over the stupid attraction.
Right. As if. Two decades hadn't
made a dent yet.
Shaking her head, she got back to
her task at hand.
Effy cleared the last wire mesh
locker and came up no joy for the helmet. She grabbed a small ladder and
climbed up to look on top of them. The lockers were deep and she couldn't quite
see all the way in the back. She needed just a few more inches to reach back
far enough to swipe her arm along the top. There had to be something back
there.
"I know we have an extra
helmet in this damn building, somewhere."
If she didn't know better, she'd
almost swear someone had taken every last one of the damned things and stashed
them off the premises.
She stood on her tiptoes and
hoisted herself up with her arms to see further back. Just a couple more inches
and she should be able to see clear to the wall. She kicked out with her foot,
trying to find some leverage but knocked the ladder over instead. "Well, shit."
Not good. Tenuous at best, her
hold on the top of the lockers became precarious.
Poor Effy. She's
left hanging and someone to rescue her would just awesome. (Cue Jonah…)
That's it for this
week. Catch everyone on the flip.
ML Skye
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