#pining!q

[earlgreyinpajamas]

00q fic recs: getting together pt 6

1. Where to Start by samanthahirr (@samanthahirr)

Bond hasn’t visited Q Branch in two weeks…not since Q drove him off with that reckless kiss.

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ack the ending!!!!

2. my house of stone, your ivy grows by cicer 

As far as colleagues go, James Bond is irritating, fascinating, and puzzling. Q likes him quite a lot...but only as a colleague.

Only as a colleague, of course. Because the thing is, Q's already got a fiancé.

(In which Q is in a committed relationship with a lovely man, but regrettably, James Bond exists.)

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the angst!! i scream

3. phantom by AtoTheBean 

"Q, do you believe in ghosts?” “Ghosts? No of course not,” he dismisses. “Do you?” Bond just shrugs, turning onto Q’s street. “I never did, but I’ve killed a lot of people.”

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i loved the mystery element of this fic

[earlgreyinpajamas]

00q fic recs: pining!bond

1. whistle and i'll be there by cicer

Two years after the events of SPECTRE, James Bond is living peacefully in Jamaica. He's adjusted to civilian life, sorted out a few of his personal demons, and spent a lot of time pretending he doesn't have any particular regrets.

But a sudden accident forces him to realize that he still has some unfinished business with a certain person back in London. Maybe it's time to get that sorted out.

(In which Bond is repeatedly subjected to the horrific, torturous, mortifying ordeal of being known...but does, in fact, end up with the rewards of being loved.)

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fhsakhf the mundanity of the accident but the enormity of its result for bond1!11!!1!

2.  as permanent as stone cathedrals by pdameron (@slverjohn)      

Q has been in love for two years, six months, and twelve days when James Bond walks away, leaving him with a bleeding head and a broken heart on a dark and noisy London bridge.

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i screamed when bond thought he was too late

3. questions & quarrels by Mlle_Heloise              

When Madeleine returns with Bond to the Pevsner Hotel to find room 12 empty, she starts to see a different side of him. She isn’t sure at first what she has walked into, but after a series of questions and quarrels, Madeleine starts to see everything for what it is.

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i love wingwoman!madeleine

[earlgreyinpajamas]

OH DUDE I LOVED “Call Me Darling, I Come Running”, it was such a good rec, ty! Any similar fic recs? :)

In The Night Away We'd Fly by blackidyll (@blackidyll)

"People are starting to talk," Bond says, "about the young man who prefers the company of the dead in a deserted cemetery than the living, breathing villagers in the tea rooms that Millet prides itself on."

"I thought a gothic mystique fits in quite well with the image of a writer," Q replies. "Or did you have something else in mind when you professed me a poet?"

"I always associate you and your laptop with your office or lab, so – cluttered desk space, dim room lightning with only a single lamp on to illuminate your work, and a mug of tea for company. This—" Bond tilts his head to indicate the cemetery around them "—is a world apart from that environment."

"Is it?" Q smiles. "I find the solitude quite similar."

(When MI6 sends Q to the countryside for his own protection against Spectre's retaliation, it is not so much a short-term undercover assignment as it is a glimpse of an alternate life that Q could have had – just with the additional presence of one meddlesome Double-O agent).

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fake relationship for official business is probably one of my fav tropes for them

2. Homemaking by SylvanWitch

Undercover as Bond's lover to root out a mole in MI-6, Q discovers that there is more to James Bond than sex and violence. Unfortunately, Q ends up with far more experience of the one than the other as they find themselves out in the cold, unable to trust anyone from the home office, and relying only on each other to uncover the identity of their deadly opponent.

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character development AND betrayal!!!

3. Forget The Plan (Apparently) by SolarMorrigan (@solarmorrigan)

Bond and Q go undercover as a couple in order to get some information. Some creative problem solving takes place

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you gotta love q playing the bond girl

[earlgreyinpajamas]

00q fic recs: pining!q

1. the world i was by Mlle_Heloise                

When he first falls is hard to pinpoint. Q isn’t sure there is a singular moment in which he falls in love with James Bond. In fact, it seems to happen over and over.

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this fic is literal poetry. the descriptions and language are just mwah

2. the simplest of crimes by pdameron (@slverjohn)

Bonds says, "We should get married," as if he's simply commenting on the weather, and the circuit board Q's been fiddling with bursts into flames.

The two incidents are not unrelated.

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Bond and Q get married. It's not what it looks like.

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this author always writes the most decadent pining that makes you feel like your heart is being squeezed out of your chest. 1000/10 would recommend

3. One of many by withered (@everything-withered)

Q thinks he can get Bond out of his system. He's wrong.

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ahhhh the cautious pining!!!!!

[earlgreyinpajamas]

00q fic recs: fake relationship

1. the simplest of crimes by pdameron (@slverjohn)

Bonds says, "We should get married," as if he's simply commenting on the weather, and the circuit board Q's been fiddling with bursts into flames.

The two incidents are not unrelated.

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Bond and Q get married. It's not what it looks like.

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the pain hurts so good in this fic

2. people can surprise you (or not) by pdameron (@slverjohn)

“I’m not you, Bond. I don’t exactly have a technique for getting rich strangers to like me.”

“Just do your naive cute puppy thing, and they’ll be doting on you in no time,” Bond replies as he pulls up to the grand estate.

“My what?” Q asks incredulously. Bond doesn’t answer, simply giving him an indulgent smile. The fucker.

(or: 00q meets Gosford Park. Except not really.)

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gotta love the undercover as a couple for a mission trope

3. Lose Your Clothes and Show Your Scars by alby_mangroves, vix_spes (@vix-spes)

In hindsight, Bond knew that he’d made some bad decisions, but it was all his Quartermaster’s fault for being so fascinating.

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another great “it’s for the mission!” fic, ft. bond cocking up spectacularly

[earlgreyinpajamas]

Hi,

First of all, THANK YOU for your amazing 00Q recs! No matter one’s mood and want of an angle there is always a guaranteed good read to be fund! Or refund, as is more and more often the case 😉

I was hoping you could help me find a fic in which Q is a (perhaps even THE) quartermaster prior to/during the Casino Royal mission and manages to warn Bond about Vesper’s double game ahead of it becoming the canon betrayal. I think Q might also be a Holmes and that the fic also continues through the Quantum storyline… but I am not 100 % certain the last two.

If you don’t know this fic, then perhaps you have others which lets Q work his quatermasterly magic (professionally and personally) at an earlier point, thereby easing James’ life as a double-oh.

Thank you,

Mia

i am so sorry but i've never heard of the fic you were refering to. does anyone out there know it?

but these are my alternative recs

the ghosts still left behind by pdameron (@slverjohn)

Nine hundred miles away from where the man who will be Q sits grieving his sister, James Bond hears the story of a young woman who would have done anything to keep her little brother safe, even if it meant betraying the man she loved.

Even if it meant sacrificing her own life for his.

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a Q origin story masquerading as another "Vesper is Q's sister" fic.

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the PAIN in this fic!11!1!1! q joins q branch at a much earlier point that skyfall and he helps bond out of a tough spot as a much more junior q-brancher in this fic

2. Risk ratio by withered (@everything-withered)

Bond is dangerous.

Never to England. Never to the Crown. Never to MI6.

But everyone else is in the blast zone.

Q included.

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i dont know if you've read this one, but it's another fic with a scene where q handles bond pre-q

3. The Inevitability of Time by rainboze00

"Excuse me, may I sit here?"

The train rocks back and forth gently as Bond's blue eyes scan the young man in front of him.

"You may." He says with a smirk and the man gives a darting smile before taking off his sling bag and sitting. Closing his menu Bond watches the other close, up and down.

Lovely dark curls that bounce lightly and tired shining greens hidden behind stylish frames. The spots that indicate youthfulness only made him cuter in the blonde's eyes.

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and lastly i've found this, which is probably the only fic i've seen where q plays a significant role in the first two movies.

[earlgreyinpajamas]

00q fic recs: hurt/comfort

1. i get down (when she gets you high) by thestalwartheart (@thestalwartheart)

It had started with Paris, because all their lives were a cliche and everything involving sex and deceit seemed to start in Paris.

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In which Q is ordered to monitor the more intimate parts of Bond's missions, starting something neither of them bargained for.

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ahh the relationship development is so good in this fic

2. a change of heart by Mlle_Heloise

When James shows up at Q Branch with designs on absconding with his restored Aston Martin DB5, he is thrown when he finds Q in the middle of a mysterious crisis.

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q being taken care of just sparks so much joy

3. two types by Mlle_Heloise

Ever since Q and James started sleeping together, Q has found that the world is divided into two types of men: James, and men who aren’t James. Now that it’s over, he knows he should focus on pursuing the latter, but it’s ever so difficult to do that when James is determined to win Q back.

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bond helping q with the healing!1!!!!!1!!1!

[earlgreyinpajamas]

00q fic recs: madeleine pov

1. questions & quarrels by Mlle_Heloise

When Madeleine returns with Bond to the Pevsner Hotel to find room 12 empty, she starts to see a different side of him. She isn’t sure at first what she has walked into, but after a series of questions and quarrels, Madeleine starts to see everything for what it is.

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ok but madeleine actually being a good character in fics is so refreshing?? and her using her psychiatrist knowledge to get them back together is mwah

2. By Manner, By Measure by ThrillingDetectiveTales

“Oberhauser is still alive,” Q explained, tapping at the keys. “The ring proves it. And it seems they were all part of one organization. Le Chiffre, Quantum, Sciarra, and your friend Mr. Silva.”

Bond’s mouth quirked. “My friend?”

“He certainly isn’t mine,” Q replied. “There was trace DNA from all of them on the ring. And do you know who links them all?” He looked up before Bond could reply and met the other man’s gaze over his shoulder, mouth curling just a little as he prodded, “Go on, give us a guess.”

“Him,” Bond rumbled ominously, voice low and black. Near to Q as he was it would only take a shift of weight from one foot to the other to bring their mouths together.

Madeleine felt herself flush faintly at the realization, but didn’t look away. How very interesting.

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madeleine third wheeling 00q is such a vibe ngl

3. Second Rate by SailorChibi (@tsuki-chibi)

When the door opens again, three more people spill into the room. For her benefit, James identifies them as Moneypenny, Tanner and Q. Her attention is arrested by him, this quartermaster, this boy. She watches the way Q watches James and, for the first time, actually goes past understanding and gets it.

Then Bond laughs at something M says and cockily adds, "He can do it. Our Q has a lot of talent." And his eyes kind of get a little more of that sparkle, and it takes everything she has not to start crying on the spot. Every fragmented thought of what life might have been like from now on goes up in smoke.

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ok ill admit that only the first part is madeleine pov, but i couldn’t resist another bond-doesn’t-walk-away fic + good on madeleine for having a backbone