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Q’s phone rang. “Daddy, I’m going to kill you.”
“Ambitious of you, sweetheart, but I really wouldn’t, you know you’ll get into trouble,” Q replied calmly. “What’s happened?”
“Everybody is getting involved,” Lily hissed. “All of you are stopping me doing what I want to do. I’m a grown woman, daddy, and you have to stop interfering. You, dad, uncle Mycroft, uncle Sherlock, all of you. Just fuck off out of my life. I want to join. I really do, I’d be so good…”
“You’re not joining the Kingsmen, and that is final.”
“I will make your life a living hell.”
“Don’t you dare speak to me like that,” Q snapped, righteously irritated. “I am still your father. Hence why I’m not letting you anywhere near an organisation like the Kingmen. You are too precious to…”
“I am an adult and can make my own decisions.”
“Then join MI6?”
Lily let out a snarl. “So you can keep an eye on me?”
“Yes,” Q agreed unapologetically. “So I can keep an eye on you.”
“I’m going to decimate all of your electronics. You know I can do it. Don’t force me into something you’ll regret.”
Q fell rather still. She could do it. Lily was an accomplished hacker, and had spent years ducking and diving around the MI6 systems while learning from Q. “Lily…”
“I’m going to apply. Gawain picked me. I’m going to go through the selection process, and I am going to join the Kingsmen, and that is final. Tell everybody that if they get involved, I will not be held responsible for my actions.”
“I will talk to your father. You will have to speak to Mycroft and Sherlock yourself. I doubt Sherlock will ever relent.”
Lily was quiet for a moment. “I’ll find a way. Please daddy, try to convince them that this is just… this is what I want to do. And I am an adult, and I love you. I will be safe. You two have taught me so much…”
Q sighed. “That was because we didn’t want you to be compromised if you get involved in anything concerning me and your father,” he explained. “There was and is a substantial risk involved in being the child of the MI6 Quartermaster and one of the most renowned double-oh agents since the programme began. It was designed to extend your life, not to be used in a forum that reduces your life expectancy.”
“Daddy, I know. But I can’t live my life like that. You know I’ve always wanted to be an agent.”
Q smiled very slightly, very sadly. “I just kept hoping you’d grow out of it,” he admitted. “Okay. Just please be safe. I won’t get involved, but I will probably keep an eye on you.”
“I expected as much,” Lily replied, with a smile creeping into her voice. “Thank you. I love you, daddy.”
“Love you too, Lil. Now go be useful somewhere, I’ll be home around nine-ish.”
“I’ll cook.”
“Thank you,” Q replied lightly. “I’ll talk to you soon. Bye.”
“Bye,” she smiled, and hung up, leaving Q to his ever-running worries about Lily’s safety in joining something like the Kingsmen.