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Two AB drabbles for the

abvh100 challenge of the week, Weapon of Choice. Yes, I'm a Fatboy Slim fan.

Title: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Characters: Anita, Asher

abvh100Challenge: #55 - Weapon of Choice

fanfic100 Prompt: 078 -- Where?
Word Count: 100
Disclaimer: Laurell K. Hamilton owns all things Anita Blake. Only the story is my own.
Rating: PG
Note: Takes place at some point after Cerulean Sins, in which Anita and Asher became intimate.

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"Where did you learn to fire a handgun?" Anita asked, sprawled on the couch in Jean-Claude's office.

Asher blinked. Should he tell her how he first picked up a gun after he heard Jean-Claude had taken a human servant? Of the many cold months in France, firing repeatedly into the practice target, fantasizing of killing Jean-Claude's human servant, making him hurt as much as Asher hurt when Julianna died, when Jean-Claude's failure murdered her?

Asher looked at Anita, warm and alive and innocently curious. He forced a smile. "Modern handguns are like revolvers, cherie. I learned long ago," he lied.

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Title: Cutting Smile
Word Count: 100
Characters: Nathaniel
Challenge: #55 - Weapon of Choice
Note: Occurs at some point around Incubus Dreams. No spoilers.

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Nathaniel smiled at the women waiting for him outside Guilty Pleasures. The smile held the right mix of shyness and sex appeal and confidence. It was his "take me home and keep me safe" smile.

Fumbling, one woman asked for his autograph, and he added puzzled surprise and delight to the smile, bending a little closer to her, making it much more personal. Nathaniel knew she'd be back soon, with more money to hand to him as he undressed.

For the longest time, Nathaniel's looks were the only weapon he had. He still wielded them like a cutting blade.

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Quite interesting little drabbles there. The one for Nathaniel made me think back to your recent chapter of Inevitable, which I just read this morning. It made me a little sad to think of his beautiful hair gone...for the moment and what he's going to do with his future now.

Asher...ah poor Asher, the world revolves around him as always. Interesting take on such a side note. Makes me wonder how the conversation came up?

As for Nathaniel, even strippers must move on. Normally, you don't keep your looks forever. Yeah, Nathaniel will, but that's not the point. I wonder if JC has set up some kind of post-stripper-job fund for the boys.

As for the Asher/Anita one... (Funny how that abbreviates to AA) in my mind, Anita was just free associating. Not many of the vamps in JC's line are up to date on weaponry, that we've seen. And, since I'm in a strange mood, I made Asher's motivations for learning to shoot a little less than honorable.

Nathaniel, of course, will become a psychologist and a famous one, making millions from self-help books with titles like Furries and the Humans Who Love Them.

Asher: Yeah, I can see that being his motivation to pick up a gun. And what a mental volte-face it must have been for him when his motivations changed.

Oooo, nice. Very realistic for Asher. He is such a little shit. Don't get me wrong, I love this drabble, and you write Asher very well. I just can't stand him as a character. Whine, whine, whine, woe is me, the world revovles around my pain. Blah.

And Nathaniel? Good life lesson to learn that your looks don't last forever. Hard, but a good one to know. He's learned to play to his obvious strength. Growing up teaches you to play on others.

Asher is rather self-centred, yes. Putting him and Anita together is like setting the lamp next to the TNT: You know nothing good can come of that.

You know, I think in ID that they shared the 4th mark, which means that Nathaniel isn't going to get any older. An interesting thing, looking 21 forever.

wow. I especially love the forst one. Asjer would so do that. love this! *hugs*

Thanks :)

Both were great showing insights into both Asher and Nathaniel

Thank you. I always like adding more Nathaniel fic to the world :)

I think it would surprise me if Asher could really fire a handgun. Though your drabble does give a very plausible reason he would learn, if just to vent. Though if he was seriously considering killing Jean-Claude's human servant, I think he would have tried to do it slowly and painfully. That's just me though. Even so, I really liked the drabble...a lot in a 100 words :)

The second one was fantastic! It might be because I absolutely love Nathaniel, but it seems absolutely fitting that his "weapon of choice" would be his looks, or in this particular case, his smile. I loved it. And I thought it was very crafty and discerning to you to pick up on Nathaniel's "weapon." Great drabble!

And in the spirit of the challenge...and because you like Fatboy Slim, here's a link to the video, Weapon of Choice (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MQfPz1i7Y8&search=weapon%20of%20choice). Enjoy!

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In NiC, Asher was holding a Browning like he knew how to use it (the Damian coffin scene). That was what I had in mind while I wrote this.

Nathaniel... when you're the weakest in the bunch, it's less what you can do offensivly and what you can get with your looks, how you can convince the stronger ones to protect you. He did that with Anita, still is.

Both of these were wonderful, I can see that as really being Asher's reason to learn to use a gun. He seems to have a lot of issues, and really...what better why to get rid of those than firing a gun at something until it's in little pieces? (although, I think I'd prefer him to stick to targets and not actual human beings...especially Anita!)

The second one was my favourite, I adore Nathaniel and it really made sense that he'd see his looks as being his weapon. And let's just say, he wields it with deadly accuracy! Made me wonder about Inevitable, though, and what he'll do now, since it seems like he can't really go back to stripping. =( Poor guy.

Yes, I am also glad he let go of that "kill JC's human servant" idea. Because frankly, that would ruin the whole series for me :P

in Inevitable, Nathaniel can still use his looks. He's been using them for years, I don't think that'll stop. Just give me a a while to sort out how.

The difference is that now, he knows he's valued for reasons besides his looks.

Whoahoah! Nathaniel! We never knew! So this is the slytherin in you that sometimes is revealed in Mhalachai's writing.

The Asher one was great, too! Very sweet of Asher to spare Anita's feelings, but just another barrier of lies in between them to keep her from fully understanding him. uh, yeah...or something like that.

I'm convinced that if Nathaniel was more assertive, he'd be the most Slytherin of Slytherins. Not evil, but manipulative, gaining from others' protection, that kind of thing. It's not a bad thing. For someone as submissive as Nathaniel is, it's the best he can hope for to survive.

Ever read the Ringworld books by Larry Niven? They feature a race of beings called the Puppeteers. They don't fight, and are very passive -- but also very smart and manipulative. They're the de facto rulers of the galaxy, a status they achieved by playing off the other beings against each other.

I'm not sure Asher was sparing Anita's feelings so much as he was avoiding a confrontation. The "What do you mean, you were going to shot me??" confrontation.

Or the quiet "Oh" from Anita's lips as a layer of ice settles around her heart, followed immediately by a silent exit from the room.

Nope, not read those books. But it all sounds Slytherian. See? All things go back to Harry Potter in the end. If you're a fangirl like me.

Srsly, if Asher told Anita that, there would not be quiet or silence. More like meltdown.

Asher looked at Anita, warm and alive and innocently curious. He forced a smile.

It seems like he's trying to preserve her innocence in this sentence. A "not betray her curiosity by pushing her into deep waters when she can't swim and isn't expecting the shock of cold waters" type of situation.

CatherineCookmn: Larry Niven is goooooood...I'm halfway through The Integral Tree. Very exciting and adventurous science fiction.

Awww... sweet and painful, both of them.

Yes, they are. I was in a bit of a mood when I wrote those today. But it's good; the angst makes art and all that.

.... I for one would totally, utterly and completely fall for Nathaniel's charms. ... Yep.

As for the other drabble...
Asher? Tact? O.o

*g* Lurve him. ^_^

Not tact so much as prevention of an Anita-explosion. He's learned something in the time he's been in St. Louis.

*squeel* You wrote drabbles for two of my three favorite characters! Very good drabbles at that.

I love the sorrow you can feel when reading from Asher's pov. Julianna's death is still an open wound to him but he just can't bring himself to hurt Anita. lovely lovely.

As for Nathaniel, *smirk* very cool. It's not often we get to see what he's like when Anita isn't around. I like that he's showing confidence and cunning.

I'm glad you enjoyed! Who's the third of your fave characters?

I really want to see more of Asher, what he's like now that he and Anita are lovers. Has he become more stable? Or is he more fearful of losing her? Luckily, I hear a rumour that there will be some Asher in the next book. Yay!

Oh, Nathaniel. His scene on stage in Incubus Dreams, and when he was going into the club, was really neat to see how he is. I wonder how much of that was an act, being all confident. Then contrast with his time with Anita -- how much of his shy reserve is an act, because it's what he thinks she wants?

Those were both excellent.

I love your description of Nathaniel's expressions. You have such visual writing.

And Asher reason for learning how to shot a gun -- how insightful.

Thank you. I love the art of a drabble: Putting a shapshot into words, as it were.

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