Casino Royale: Queen of Spades, Bond/M

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ETA again: to swap in the custom icon

mswyrr has made for the story, eee.

All you really need to know by way of canon for this story is that James Bond is a secret agent and M is his boss. If this is news to you, I welcome you to our planet. No spoilers beyond what's in the first bit of the nice shiny trailer.

It may also help to know that:

a) Daniel Craig is ridiculously hot.
b) Judi Dench is fabulous.

You should also go see Casino Royale if you haven't already. And then write me fanfic with the new Bond in it. With anyone. Seriously, I want him foiling a plot of the Brotherhood of Mutants, or stumbling into Princeton-Plainsboro with gunshot wounds and mysterious poisoning, or having smoking hot sex with Veronica Mars. Anything!

Queen of Spades (3,977 words)
Casino Royale, Bond/M
Many thanks to

cesperanza and

kassrachel and

giddygeek for beta!

"Bond," M said, as he paused in the doorway to hear her out, "the next time you do something like this will be once too many."

( Read the story )

Tags: bond, fanfic

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vassilissa

*Oh*.

The language is kind of tricky, not quite hardboiled enough. The story and characters are wonderful. M made me think of Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond books, and the character Güzel (but that's a false comparison: M's not trying to steal his destiny.)

Posted on Nov. 22nd, 2006 05:28 am (UTC) | Link | Thread | Reply

astolat

The language is kind of tricky, not quite hardboiled enough.

*makes coaxing gestures* Tell me more! I like critique. :) Is that in comparison to Fleming? Which, uh, I have to embarrassedly admit I have never read any of the books.

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vassilissa - Posted on Nov. 23rd, 2006 03:48 pm (UTC) | Expand

amberlynne

That was amazing. Completely believable and hot. I just love the way M handles him, in all things. *g* Beautifully done!

Posted on Nov. 22nd, 2006 05:36 am (UTC) | Link | Thread | Reply

grimorie

Good lord that's... wow. I mean I never thought M/Bond because I really thought M was sacrosanct, taboo. But, damn. I repeat. Damn.

Posted on Nov. 22nd, 2006 05:43 am (UTC) | Link | Thread | Reply

Hey, I was right there with you. It was never sparky for me before this movie. Without going into spoilers, I think it's partly that it just works better for me visually -- Craig's Bond is so much more craggy and mature (in an endlessly yum way) as opposed to Pierce Brosnan, who was kind of smooth and debonair and young-looking.

grimorie - Posted on Nov. 24th, 2006 08:33 am (UTC) | Expand

telegramsam - Posted on Nov. 28th, 2006 12:46 am (UTC) | Expand

raveninthewind

Holy Fuck.

That's brilliant. I love it.

Posted on Nov. 22nd, 2006 06:40 am (UTC) | Link | Thread | Reply

rachelmanija

That was phenomenal: beautifully written, awesomely hot, and more in the chilly Ian Fleming spirit than most of the movies. (Possibly except for this one, which I haven't seen yet.) Also, I just love the pairing.

Posted on Nov. 22nd, 2006 06:53 am (UTC) | Link | Thread | Reply

svilleficrecs

Stunning

Stunning, awesome, spectacular Bond fic. I totally just...that was awesome.

Posted on Nov. 22nd, 2006 06:58 am (UTC) | Link | Thread | Reply

walksbyherself

That fic leaves me incoherent with ~~lust~~ awesome.

Oh what the hell. Let's say lust.

I'm pimping this fic out to everyone I can think of. Fabulous, fabulous job.

And now I wand Craig!Bond slash something fierce, curse you.

Posted on Nov. 22nd, 2006 07:54 am (UTC) | Link | Thread | Reply

*beams*

And now I want Craig!Bond slash something fierce, curse you.

OMG me too. There should be all the slash in the world!

Posted on Nov. 22nd, 2006 05:51 pm (UTC) | Link | Parent | Thread | Reply

grey_bard

Gah. That's just... Bond giving himself over to seduction was hot, but M knowingly turning it on him and so effortlessly, was quite possibly ten times hotter. Congratulations! You've just broken my brain - in the good way, of course.

Posted on Nov. 22nd, 2006 08:38 am (UTC) | Link | Thread | Reply

rike_tikki_tavi

This was wonderful. It dawned on me about halfway through, that M might be grooming Bond to be her successor and I'm so happy, that that's what it was. Great M characterization, for she must truly have been an awesome double-oh once.

Posted on Nov. 22nd, 2006 08:57 am (UTC) | Link | Thread | Reply

syredronning

Woah. Great story.

Posted on Nov. 22nd, 2006 08:58 am (UTC) | Link | Thread | Reply

sageness

I loved this so much! I saw the movie tonight and this is exactly what I was craving! ♥ ♥ ♥

Posted on Nov. 22nd, 2006 09:50 am (UTC) | Link | Thread | Reply

unearthly_calm

This story is so much fun to read! You make this work really well and there are so few stories or novels dealing well with this kind of dynamic.
I could stand to read a WHOLE LOT MORE of this pairing *crosses fingers* :)
(Only one niggling thing: I got the feeling that you put less emphasis (or maybe less detail) on the actual sex than usual?)

Posted on Nov. 22nd, 2006 10:06 am (UTC) | Link | Thread | Reply

__tk__

Yes. That's really all I have to say about that. I haven't even seen the movie yet, but yes.

Posted on Nov. 22nd, 2006 10:44 am (UTC) | Link | Thread | Reply

sarren

I think you just broke me.

SO MUCH LOVE.

Posted on Nov. 22nd, 2006 12:11 pm (UTC) | Link | Thread | Reply

soobunny

When I left the movie, I was craving Bond/M but I didn't think that anyone would write it. (And write it so well!) So very, very lovely.

Posted on Nov. 22nd, 2006 12:29 pm (UTC) | Link | Thread | Reply

janet_carter

God, they're SO HOT. This was fabulous.

Posted on Nov. 22nd, 2006 12:34 pm (UTC) | Link | Thread | Reply

rosekay

I have been dying for Bond fic (especially good Bond fic) since seeing the movie, so I pretty much peed myself when I saw you'd written something. Bond/M no less! This is combustible, with the perfect dry, brittle tone to it. I had thought it was impossible to do a good, believable Bond POV, but here it is, crisp as day. You've captured that look that Daniel Craig gives exactly in prose, another impossibility (or so I thought). And mmhmm it's so very very satisfying.

Posted on Nov. 22nd, 2006 12:58 pm (UTC) | Link | Thread | Reply

danceswithgary

I write Clex exclusively.

I read Clex 99.9% of the time.

After reading this, I'm changing that to I read Clex 99% of the time and I read astolat.

Bloody good!

Posted on Nov. 22nd, 2006 01:29 pm (UTC) | Link | Thread | Reply

aerye

I am completely in love with this--utterly, utterly marvelous.

Posted on Nov. 22nd, 2006 01:34 pm (UTC) | Link | Thread | Reply

copracat

a) Daniel Craig is ridiculously hot.
b) Judi Dench is fabulous.

Truths so truthful as to bend space around themselves.

Posted on Nov. 22nd, 2006 01:52 pm (UTC) | Link | Thread | Reply

cereta

Oh, that's amazing.

Posted on Nov. 22nd, 2006 02:43 pm (UTC) | Link | Thread | Reply

kassrachel

I hardly think I merit a beta credit -- mostly I was just waving pompoms, over here -- but I continue to adore this story, so yay! I'm so glad it's gone live and now everybody else can adore it too.

stumbling into Princeton-Plainsboro with gunshot wounds and mysterious poisoning

Oh, man, I like that idea far more than I really ought to. House and Wilson and Bond, guh.

Posted on Nov. 22nd, 2006 02:45 pm (UTC) | Link | Thread | Reply

celestialcuming

Holy Crap!!! You should totally be writing the scripts for the movies! That was beyond hot! If Hollywood had any kind of balls and people weren't fraidy-cat, moralising hypocrites, the story of Bond and M would have made it onto the screen ages ago. Well done and thank you - I really enjoyed that.

Posted on Nov. 22nd, 2006 02:47 pm (UTC) | Link | Thread | Reply