Characters: Jonathan Sims/Sasha James/Tim Stoker/Martin Blackwood
Rating: Teen
Summary:
“But what if-” Once again, Jon struggles to find the right words. He knows their situation is unorthodox to most people, and the thought of Martin looking at him differently is too much to bear. “What if he doesn’t understand?”
“Then explain it to him,” Sasha relays patiently, her hand never leaving his. Things are always so clear to her, Jon envies that. “You’re my partners, you’re dating Tim, sometimes me and Tim have-”
Or: How One Became Four.
It starts with Sasha and Jon.
She’s fresh off six months in Artefact Storage, shell-shocked and stand-offish. Jon starts a few months later and they learn the ropes together. She warms up, divulges little tidbits of her time in the other department that Jon devours. He’s young, hungry for answers and Sasha’s already jaded by her few years in academia. This is just a transitional job, she assures him. It pays better than most research gigs and allows her to keep up a certain lifestyle.
“I’m looking at other places, putting out feelers,” she confides in him one day over coffee. It’s become their daily ritual, a mid-morning break where they can commiserate on the staid academics that ask too much of them and the fanciful statements that end up on their desk. “Whatever you do, don’t get stuck here.” She leans back in her chair, gives a cynical little smile. “Or maybe you should. It’ll be different for you, you’re a man.” He starts a protest but she cuts him off. “It’s an old boys club and you know it. Besides, I know all about your extra meetings with Bouchard. He’s never done that with anyone else. Who knows - in a few years you might be my boss!”
[ID: a digital drawing of jon and georgie from the magnus archives, sitting on the floor together while georgie is painting jon’s nails. jon is a british-pakistani person with medium brown skin and short black hair. he is wearing a purple t-shirt over a lighter long-sleeved shirt, blue jeans, a small black ear stud, multiple black bracelets, an ace ring and square glasses; looking at georgie with a small smitten smile on his face. georgie is a dark-skinned british-jamaican woman with coily medium length type 4a hair. she is wearing a pink crop top with stars on it, blue jeans, a sparkling gold belt, multiple black bracelets and square glasses. she has a focussed expression on her face, tongue poking out of her mouth. her nails are painted in pink, purple and blue stripes. she is painting jon’s to have pink, yellow and blue stripes, with the according nail polish bottles standing in front of them. end ID.]
