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Title: strategic automation
Author: abby82
Category: Android AU/Canon Divergence
Rating: Explicit
Characters: Nikita, Michael, Jurgen, Adrian
Pairing: Nikita/Michael, Nikita/Jurgen
Word Count: 40,600
Warnings: None
Author’s Note: In reading LFN fic I repeatedly came across the concept of Michael going into "machine mode". It describes the very focused headspace that he enters during missions and how very methodical, indiscriminate, and detached he gets when the success of a mission is paramount. I rather liked how prevalent it became in the fandom. The show referred to Michael's approach as "primal", but I don't feel like "machine mode" was an inaccurate description of him. It did get me wondering about how something like that would play out. What if Michael was an actual machine? I started jotting things down for this story back in the fall of 2021, so not quite three years ago, but close. It was one of my rotating stories that I had open in the background. When I realized, that it had been idle for such a long time, a decided to commit it to the 13th round of the smallfandombang on Dreamwidth

The mood boards that are embedded within the story were created by the wonderful Pattrose. It was such a joy to work with her. Her selection of quotes was an absolutely inspired direction to go in. As I was slowly revising my draft of the story, I would often go back to her work to help me refocus on the themes of the story. I never expected them to be the asset they eventually became.

summary: "You don't want a person, you want a machine."

links: LJ | DW | AO3 | Tumblr

Title: you are the space in my bed
Author: abby82
Category: Alternate Universe
Rating: Explicit
Characters: Nikita, Michael
Pairing: Nikita/Michael, Michael/Simone, Nikita/Original Male Character
Word Count: 140,000
Warnings: References to acts of terrorism, sexual assault on a teenager and homelessness.
Author’s Note: This story was inspired by this lovely fanvid by vedavanda that interweaves clips of Peta Wilson's very glam Bally Fitness commercial with B-roll from an interview with Roy Dupuis where he's working on his boat. There are also clips of him with his cello. The worlds of both clips are so vastly different but they really work with this version of Hooverphonic's song "Vinegar & Salt", which heavily incorporates a cello. While I love reading AUs, I've never really considered myself someone who would even consider writing them. Once again LFN has proven me wrong. There was a point over a weekend where this story grew from a couple of hundred words to way over 10,000. That completely floored me and it also gave me the motivation to delve further into this world. It also has an obscene amount of smut. I'm almost a little embarrassed by it. Almost.

Summary: Can a Hollywood starlet on the rise and a solitary craftsman find enough common ground to overcome their radically different backgrounds? This is their love story.

Links: LJ | DW | AO3 | Tumblr

Title: the most primitive form of comfort
Author: abby82
Category: post-episode
Rating: General
Characters: Nikita, Mr. Jones
Pairing: Nikita/Michael (past)
Word Count: 2,670
Author’s Note: This was written for Emm, who suggested in the comments of my canon divergent season 5 centric story "the hour of separation", "Perhaps you could write the dinner Nikita has with her father in S5? I always wanted to see more of their relationship"

I'll admit that I haven't really watched season 5 all that much. Perhaps three times through when I first binged LFN in 2020. I did, however, remember Peta's performance early on in the episode when she tells Walter about meeting her father. She was so good in it and she perfectly convey's Nikita's state of mind as she's trying to process everything that she's just discovered. There's a mixture of disappointment, confusion, and anger on her face. He's "all business" is her assessment of Mr. Jones. That initial meeting didn't give her what she was looking for. It was definitely a highlight of the season for me.

Summary: Nikita and Mr. Jones break bread.

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Title: a reminder of how we were
Author: abby82
Category: Alternate Universe
Rating: Mature
Characters: Michael, Nikita, Gray Wellman
Pairing: Michael/Nikita, Nikita/Gray Wellman
Word Count: 24,600
Author's Note: This is a continuation of my high school/university AU i'm bare boned and crazy for you. I actually started writing this story before I even finished writing the first part. I had originally intended for it be an epilogue to wrap up a somewhat downer of an ending for Michael and Nikita. It became pretty evident that this needed to be it's own story. The series as a whole is a trilogy, so a third part will be forecoming in the next few months as well.

Summary: Four years after Nikita left for school in New York City, Michael and Nikita once again cross paths.

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Title: dealing with the devil [2/2]
Author: abby82
Category: missing scene
Rating: Teen
Characters: Michael, Nikita
Pairing: Michael/Nikita
Word Count: 3,582
Author's Note: This is the second part to my story from earlier in the year that touched upon what the conversation between Michael and Egran Petrosian would have looked like when he ordered Michael to go to Nikita. The "date" pimp session that Petrosian sets up between Michael and Nikita comes and goes pretty quickly in the episode, but it does touch on some pretty interesting character beats from the episode, namely Nikita's flirtation with the perks that Petrosian offers her and how Michael handles powerful women. I've always wondered what Michael and Nikita would talk about if he did stay for that drink. Michael's not exactly known for his small talk. And of course he stayed. There's no way he was going to humiliate Nikita by leaving.

Summary: "You have a well documented protectiveness towards your material.

Links: LJ | DW | AO3 | Tumblr

Title: in the early morning
Author: abby82
Category: missing scene
Rating: Explicit for sexual situations
Characters: Michael, Nikita
Pairing: Michael/Nikita
Word Count: 3,743
Author's Note: Do I need every single moment of Michael and Nikita's relationship depicted on the show? No, but I definitely would have preferred that a little more of their courtship be shown. I also didn't appreciate feeling like I blinked and missed something important when I saw the opening teaser to the season 3 episode "All Good Things." Michael, clearly naked and waking up in Nikita's bed. And I definitely would have liked to have seen a little more of what transpired as the opening teaser ended. This fan wants to see her OTP have some happy sexy times together. Someone show me Michael's moves damn it! So, that's what this is. Michael and Nikita completely glowy at the beginning of their relationship before the show throws all the obstacles in their way.

Summary: The early morning sun casts Nikita's bedroom with a warm, golden hue.

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Title: i'm bare boned and crazy for you
Author: abby82
Category: High School/University AU
Rating: Explicit for sexual situations and depictions of terrorism
Characters: Nikita, Michael, Rene Dian, Madeline, Operations, Carla
Pairing: Michael/Nikita
Word Count: 60,600
Author's Note: This all started with the line "Did Madeline suggest you to stay away from me?" from the late season 3 episode "Third Party Ripoff". Blame this entire story on that line and Roy Dupuis' delivery of it. It just screamed tortured bad boy finding out that his girlfriend has been forbidden to see him.

This story was completed for Round 12 of the smallfandombang. One of the major perks of participating in the bang is getting paired up with an artist to create art based on my story. I'm incredibly grateful for silvercat17

's generosity and talent in creating this beautiful piece of art to accompany the story.

Summary: Paris is burning. Civil unrest is running rampant and bombs are exploding across the city. And yet, in the midst of this, people continue to live their lives. For Nikita Jones, balancing university applications, graduation and parental expectations should be the most pressing issues in her life. That is until a chance encounter with a passionate and enigmatic older man could have unintended consequences on the trajectory of her future. Now she stands at the crossroads of either following her own heart or standing by her ethical convictions.

Links: LJ | DW | AO3 | Tumblr

Title: dealing with the devil
Author: abby82
Category: missing scene
Rating: Teen
Characters: Michael, Egran Petrosian
Pairing: Michael/Nikita
Word Count: 1,274
Author's Note: Petrosian sends Michael to Nikita as a reward for her excellent service. So what was that conversation like? Michael is unfortunately no stranger to being pimped out by Section, but to have him sent to her so that he can "please" her is all kinds of messed up.

Summary: "You have a well documented protectiveness towards your material.

Links: LJ | DW | AO3 | Tumblr

Title: the hour of separation
Author: abby82
Category: AU-Canon Divergence
Rating: Explicit for sexual situations
Characters: Michael, Nikita
Pairing: Michael/Nikita
Word Count: 5,475
Author's Note: The scenario that Michael presented to Nikita about what her life would look like after his cancellation has always intrigued me. I really dug the whole Romeo and Juliet vibes that if one of them died, the other was going to do everything in their power to follow. The premise of how Section would try to console the survivor and reduce the effects of grief was really interesting.

And of course, there's Michael's scream when he realized that Nikita was the one Section was going to cancel. For me, it's one of the most powerful scenes in the entire series. So I got to thinking, “What if they just lied to Michael about Nikita being dead? Simone being alive was a real possibility and Section kept that information from Michael, so there is a precedent.

Summary: "You can live without me, a lot better than I can live without you." -- Nikita

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Title: you'll come apart at my touch
Author: abby82
Category: PWP
Rating: Explicit for sexual situations
Characters: Michael, Nikita
Pairing: Michael/Nikita
Word Count: 5,654
Author's Note: This isn't anything fancy. I just wanted to use the prompt "lingerie" from the old Porn Battle. I also really like stretching out the period of time in which Michael and Nikita were trying to have a relationship right before the Type One Directive is issued.

Summary: Nikita has a surprise for Michael. He only needs to open it.

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