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2011-03-17
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The Life of a Man

Summary:

An experiment in style.

Notes:

My Alex Rider fics are inspired as much by the writing of Suzie_Shooter, whose fantastic fics introduced me to this pairing, as they are by Anthony Horowitz' books. That's not to say that this fic is to be compared to hers, which are much better!

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Looking back, it was just a list.

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A contact. A note. A name.

A date. A place. No reason.

Yorkshire, Connecticut, Novograd. Alex was there on that one. They’d exchanged a smile.

A gun. A kill. A getaway.

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A fee. A rest.

Waiting. Planning.

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Waiting.

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Another note. Another kill. A glimpse of Alex.

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A fee. A safe house. Planning.

Waiting.

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A date. A place. A kill. This time Alex was close enough to touch. He hadn’t.

A new apartment. Waiting.

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Another name. Another kill. They’d been on the same plane home. A second glance.

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A sofa. Two coffee cups.

Home.

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