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When they first met, Q was but a toddler with too much brain and too little social grace. James wonders if that ever changed.
When they first met, James was just a boy filled with pain, rage, and doubt. Q wonders if that ever changed.
Some scars heal slower than others, and some hearts hurt more than is socially acceptable. But life goes on, and there is always someone who will love you no matter what.
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- Part 1 of Tea Made of Fresh Herbs
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25 Apr 2026
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"Most people just pick whatever flower they think is prettiest. It doesn’t require a lot of input from me.”
The man walks up to Q, leaning against the counter between them. “Well then, what can I do to get your input?”
(In which Q runs a flower shop, and his newest regular is almost definitely a spy.)- Language:
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20 Apr 2026
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5 times Bond avenges a customer service worker, and one time a customer service worker avenges him
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James stumbles upon a bar one block away from his new flat. The bar is quiet on weeknights, serves a passable martini, and the staff knows the difference between someone who needs a drink and someone who needs a story. So James stays.Series
- Part 1 of Once upon a time, James Bond enters a bar, orders a martini, finds a boyfriend and adopts a bar cat
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20 Apr 2026
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Nodus Tollens: the realization that the plot of your life doesn’t make sense to you anymore
Q's life at the technical help department of MI6 was decently quiet and paid reasonably well - it even gave him vacation time, although he rarely used it. So when Q was finally coaxed to leave work for a bit and relax, he thought that Paris might be fun.
Of course, that was before the gunfight, witnessing a shooting, and being kidnapped by a strange, blue-eyed gunman named James Bond.
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19 Apr 2026
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Yes, this version of 007 was a terrifyingly smart agent, and M wondered long and often whether it had been a good idea to promote him to the position. Usually, the title was the dangerous part - being 007 meant deadliness - but this time, M feared that a certain man with ice-blue eyes and scruffy blonde hair had dragged in more danger to the title than it had previously possessed
Enter MI6's new Quartermaster: an unassuming, bespectacled genius with no mind for subterfuge but plenty of genius behind a dry smile. Curious 00-agents and young boffins don't always mix in predictable ways...
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19 Apr 2026