Hiatus Fic-A-Thon #2 - Optical Network
Apparently I’m resurrecting an old universe for this one, so here we go.
Thanks to @thebookjumper for hosting @olicityhiatusficathon.
Optical Network
Hardwired series Prompt: Eye Contact
Felicity Smoak likes to think of herself as practical even in the chaos. When someone’s portcom breaks down and they lose their lifeline, she can get it going again. Malfunctioning ship just before important travel plans? She can hook you up. Fiber optics go out in a 10K Ultra HD television? She’s your girl. No matter what, when it comes to electronics, she can fix it. That’s her one constant.
Provided, of course, she can see.
“You sure you want me in your panel?” Roy asks for the third time. His voice comes above her ear, and since she increased the sensitivity on her auditory sensors to compensate, she can hear his shoes squeaking against the floor. The familiar clacking noise tells her he’s twisting the end of the spanner in his hand.
“No,” she tells him bluntly, though it probably doesn’t surprise him. Only one person has ever been in her panel beside herself, and that was when her dad was still controlling her wiring. But whether she likes it or not, Felicity needs someone to tell her the color of her wires since she’s working blind—quite literally. A moment later, she adds, “But I don’t see a choice.”
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