Primeval Fic: Subtlety required, Hadrian, Freddy, PG 1/1

[seren_ccd]

Title: Subtlety required
Fandom: Primeval
Ship: Hadrian, Freddy
Rating: PG
Word Count: 500
Warning: none really.
Disclaimer: They are not mine. They were created by whuffle and morrigans_eve for their Virtual Season Six of Primeval. Hadrian is played by Richard Armitage and Freddy is played by Karen Gillan. Now, you tell me if I was supposed to pass this up?
Spoilers: Season five.
A/N: This is in exchange for whuffle updating her Jess/Becker Breakable series. I hope you like it!
Summary: Hadrian would very much like to know what is up with Freddy Herlihy.



Hadrian likes women.

This is no secret.

He likes how they look, how they smell, how they move. He is a connoisseur. And he will be the first to admit that he is a terrible flirt and quite possibly, needs to learn to have a little bit more restraint.

What he is not, however, is malicious. He has never, ever pressured any woman for anything.

Therefore, when Zenia chews him out for talking to the quiet Freddy Herlihy, he is, to say the least, offended, angry and terribly curious. He’s also so surprised that he just takes it; let’s the woman say her piece with flashing eyes and stern voice. Any other time, he might make some kind of a comment about appreciating fire in a woman, but he’s too shaken.

He’d barely touched her. The fear that leapt into her eyes is not going to be something he’ll soon forget.

So, after the ‘incident’ he is left with far too many questions and not even a hint of the answers.

That’s the other thing you should probably know about Hadrian, he has an insatiable curiosity. And this moment with Freddy?

Well.

Now, he has to know what’s going on.

Now, he’ll be honest with himself, part of the curiosity towards the lovely redhead is based upon attraction. She’s dead gorgeous. Long legs, big eyes, creamy skin and hair that should be declared illegal.

She’s also clever and quick, he saw her in action one day at her computer and the way her fingers flew over the keyboard made him dizzy. (And yes, he is keeping an eye out for her, he can’t help himself.)

It’s more than that, though. He feels guilty. And he wants to know why she was so afraid of him. He hates that he caused that in her. Hates it.

It is only the lowest form of individual that would ever think causing fear in others is a viable option. Not to mention, he’s a vet for God’s sake and the idea of anything in pain is abhorrent.

However, she is proving difficult to decipher and a direct approach is not an option. The last thing he wants to do is frighten her further. He just wants to have a chance to apologise, nothing more. If she tells him to take a hike, he’ll take a bloody hike.

And just as he’s musing a potential course of action, he sees her, walking with her head down, thoroughly engrossed in one of the files she was carrying. A trio of security guards walk along the corridor in her direction.

She instinctively crosses to the other side of the hall and makes herself as small as possible. All without looking up or making eye contact with anyone.

Something churns a bit in his stomach.

Hmmm.

This may be more difficult than he thought. He’s afraid this is going to require subtlety.

But, he knows precisely where, or with whom, to start.

Comments

[fringedweller.livejournal.com]

What is this? And where can I read more? *is intrigued*

[seren-ccd.livejournal.com]

It's this comm: primeval_vsx. I think it's going to be quite fun. Hadrian is a consummate player and Freddy is very quick but 'something' (I don't know what, they haven't written that bit yet) happened and it's made her very wary of men.

It's Richard Armitage and Karen Gillan. As if I could have resisted that.

[fringedweller.livejournal.com]

*joins*

[whuffle.livejournal.com]

*smirks*

Welcome aboard. We're really eager to have more members and turn this into a group written virtual series 6. There's a bunch more OCs that don't have profiles up yet because they haven't appeared in anything more than short character pieces. If you friend me, I'll put you on my fic filter where I've posted a bunch of pieces. Or you can PM me and I'll send you a short top down list of the full listing of OCs we're starting to bring into play alongside the canon characters.

Oh, and in case that wasn't enough incentive, we're also offering rewards for fics right now! Go take a look at the comm to see the details....

[fringedweller.livejournal.com]

I've applied to join the comm, and I've friended you, but I'm still a bit confused about everything. Don't worry, that's my natural state...

[whuffle.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

I work in an academic institution, it's the beginning of the semester, I'm taking a class myself for the first time in more than a decade, and my kid's about to go to a new school. *smirk* I wouldn't know ANYTHING about being confused......

I'll add you to the fic filter on my friend's list when I get a spare second today. There's VSX things that are posting there as well as other short prompt fics, links each week to the current chapter of Hieros Gamos Kentros, and, when I have time for it, hopefully more Breakable and Travelers.....

[fringedweller.livejournal.com]

I teach, holiday's almost at an end, haven't done my marking yet, my cat is ill (but on the mend) and the house needs a thorough clean which I'm avoiding. Stressed and confused, me.

I'll poke about the comm and bug seren_ccd with any questions.

[whuffle.livejournal.com]

Oh feel free to hit me up with questions about the comm. I know Seren is crazed with this whole switching jobs thing and it gives me the occasional excuse to think about something other than "OMG stress!"

I've added you to the fic filter on my own journal so you should be able to see it now.

[whuffle.livejournal.com]

Morrigan and I have knocked around theories about Freddy's past. Feel free to PM one or the other of us if you want some insight so you can write more of it....

[whuffle.livejournal.com]

BTW, I should point out to you that you just barely skated around fulfilling the criteria for earning a reward.... If you'd only put an OC of your own into this....

*nudges*