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phantom – Chapter 1 – AtoTheBean – James Bond (Craig movies) [Archive of Our Own]

Chapters: 6/?
Fandom: James Bond (Craig movies)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: James Bond/Q
Characters: James Bond, Q (James Bond), Eve Moneypenny
Additional Tags: Community: mi6_cafe, sp00qy, occult october, Pre-Slash, Bond’s reception back to MI6 is a bit icy
Summary:

“Q, do you believe in ghosts?”
“Ghosts? No of course not,” he dismisses. “Do you?”
Bond just shrugs, turning onto Q’s street. “I never did, but I’ve killed a lot of people.”

phantom – Chapter 1 – AtoTheBean – James Bond (Craig movies) [Archive of Our Own]

phantom – Chapter 1 – AtoTheBean – James Bond (Craig movies) [Archive of Our Own]

Chapters: 1/?
Fandom: James Bond (Craig movies)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: James Bond/Q
Characters: James Bond, Q (James Bond), Eve Moneypenny
Additional Tags: Community: mi6_cafe, sp00qy, occult october, Pre-Slash, Bond’s reception back to MI6 is a bit icy
Summary:

“Q, do you believe in ghosts?”
“Ghosts? No of course not,” he dismisses. “Do you?”
Bond just shrugs, turning onto Q’s street. “I never did, but I’ve killed a lot of people.”

phantom – Chapter 1 – AtoTheBean – James Bond (Craig movies) [Archive of Our Own]

mi6-cafe:

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Sorry I’m late, Mi6-cafe lovelies…damned work and family…

From my Occult October Challenge piece… First chapter is going up tonight!

“So, in essence,” Bond says, swirling his wine in his glass.  “You take responsibility for our well-being, both when we’re abroad and at the home base.”     

“Yes, well,” he stammers, adjusting his glasses.  “You cannot do your job if you aren’t kept safe and able to concentrate on—”

“—Q, I’m not teasing.  I’m quite appreciative, considering that I’m currently benefiting from, shall we say your willingness to make house calls.  Just… for all your efforts, you cannot protect us from everything.  You shouldn’t try to bear that.  Especially when our…adversary, if you will… may not even be mortal.”

Q blinks, awkwardly.  

“I dearly hope, Q, that your program turns something up.  But you can’t deny that I saw something last night you didn’t.  Your tech isn’t going to be able to solve that mystery.”

Q inwardly rails against the idea.  Of course his tech will find it, whatever it is.  He does not believe in the supernatural, and nothing he knows of Bond would suggest he would either.  

“‘Once you’ve have eliminated the impossible —’” Bond continues.

“—Give me a bit more time to eliminate the impossible, won’t you Bond, before accepting any improbable ‘truths’?  I’ve barely been at it a day.”

Bond nods his acquiescence, sipping his wine again.

mi6-cafe:

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from my October Occult Challenge (sp00qy) fic:

At two a.m. every light in the house comes on.  A door creaks and slams shut, and then the lights flicker as a series of dissonant sounds echo through the flat. Q can’t distinguish most of them, but the the last thing he hears is undeniably in M’s voice:  “I assume you have no regrets.  It would be unprofessional.” And then the room plunges into darkness.

Q has already grabbed his laptop and is checking that he has data from every sensor when he hears the click of the door down the hall and the soft approach of footsteps.  He glances up as Bond clears the corner, wild-eyed with his gun drawn.

“If you shoot me, 007, I shall be quite vexed.”

mi6-cafe:

We are halfway through Occult October, so we thought it’d be a good time to remind people about our various events. Check out the rest of the MI6 Cafe’s October schedule!

Monthly Challenge: Occult October!  

What counts? Anything spooky, gothic, suspenseful, or supernatural; horror genre fancreations; or any Halloween-themed fancreations.

00Q, rare pairs, gen–everything is up for grabs. You can be inspired by canon, by artwork, by music, or by anything that grabs you and takes you down the path to Halloween horror or Halloween fun!

Not sure what to write? Check out our Halloween themed prompts here!

Be sure to tag your sexy fanworks with #mi6cafechallenge so we can find and reblog them! You can also use the tag #sp00qy, a wonderful tag created by @ato-the-bean.

Writer’s Workshop:

We held our third writer’s workshop, outline and resources here if you missed it. Stay tuned for the next one, which is about how to build original characters!

You can also join us from 11AM EST on Saturdays in the Slack for writing/drawing sprints, brainstorming, troubleshooting, and just plain helping each other get shit done!

MI6 Cafe Carving Spree

007 can show off his knife skills any time he likes, but those of us without a license to kill have to wait until October, when carving season is upon us.

This October, we’d love to see posts of any Bond-related pumpkins, turnips, or any other carved produce that 007 fandom can come up with!  

Autumn Recipe Exchange: October 16-23

@mi6caferecipes is at it again! This time, we’d love you to share your favorite autumn or Halloween-related recipes. Recipe exchange week is from October 16-23, but we will also be accepting Halloween treat recipes all through the month! Tag any recipes as #MI6CafeRecipes so we can find and reblog them!

Scary Story Readalong: October 28th

On October 28th at 8PM EST, we’ll ask you to join us in the MI6Cafe Discord with a scary or Halloween-related fanfic from Bond fandom! Suggested word limit for these is 3k or less, just so we can enjoy as many fics as possible–feel free to excerpt a passage from a longer fic if you like! Fics should also be rated M or under.

You can share a fanfic you’ve written or a fanfic you’ve read and admired, and in the grand tradition of telling stories around campfires, we’ll all gather around and read the stories aloud together. Lurkers are welcome–come join us for an evening of Bond Halloween fun!

Book Club: Thursdays at 9PM EST

The MI6 Cafe Book Club is reading Goldfinger and we are having an absolute blast. There are loads of giggles and snide jokes.

Interested in reading Bond books aloud, or listening to others reading the Bond books aloud, and having ridiculous fun while doing so? Come join us in the MI6 Cafe Discord on Thursday nights at 9PM EST! The new book is a great opportunities to try it out if you’ve been curious; lurkers are welcome! ^ ^

Movie Nights:

We have enjoyed some great movies so far and there are more to come.

  • Oct 22: Live and Let Die

  • Oct 29: The Man with the Golden Gun

Want to host a Bond or Bond-related movie? Just message @spiritofcamelot or @castillon02 so we can add it to the watch party calendar!

Rec Spotlights

We are always accepting recs to add to the MI6 Cafe’s Big Damn Rec List! You can fill out this google form to submit your rec OR you can edit the spreadsheet directly.

If you’re not sure what to rec,Occult October is a great time to give your favorite spooky fics some love!

My story is almost 8k words and counting… but at least something #sp00qy has finally happened in it.

mi6-cafe:

It’s WIP Wednesday!

Post a line or three from a current WIP, and then tag it with #mi6cafeWIPWednesday so the Cafe can find and reblog it!

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All ships and WIPs are welcome.

“How does he seem to you?  Same old Bond?”

Q turns sharply, studying Eve’s faux-innocent face.  “Why?”

She shrugs.  “Someone mentioned they’d seen him at odd hours, so I checked his access log.  When he’s in town, he comes to the office nearly every day — grounded or not — often in the wee hours of the morning.”

Q’s brow furrows.  “Does M suspect him of something?  Where does he go?” 

“Not really.  He goes to the gym. Or comes down here — but I checked some footage and he just walks around.  It doesn’t look like he’s trying to access anything he shouldn’t.  It’s just, well… it isn’t really like him, is it?  He goes off grid after missions.  Drinks scotch in his luxury apartment or goes on the pull or whatever.  It’s just odd.”