Title: wistful with a tinge of hope
Author: the littlest dreamer
Warning: Cross between the book and movie vers. Contains human!Yassen , a few spoilers and a drop of m/m.
Disclaimer: I don't own Alex Rider at all. No copyright infringement intended.
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When he first sees the boy, his heart nearly stops.
And it isn't just because the boy is casually manhandling one of the most deadly viruses in the world.
The face…it is as though Hunter is staring right back at him, taunting him. Yet the high cheekbones and rather narrow mouth, which the boy has probably inherited from his mother, is enough to bring him back from the past.
As he throws, actually throws, the R-5 virus at him before turning swiftly around and running away, he is cut short from admiring the boy's nerve—and his rather handsome face.
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He knows perfectly well that the boy will be at Sayle Tower, pulling the plug on Sayle's schemes. What he doesn't expect is for the boy to be hanging from the top of the 30 storey building, with only a rather thick wire preventing him from plunging to his death.
He does owe Hunter his life, and now the opportunity to save his son's life is before him, and he grabs hold of those hands, pulling the boy to safety.
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"You killed my Uncle, Ian Rider."
"Yes."
"One day, I'll kill you."
He nearly laughs out loud at that proclamation. It is poetic justice, perhaps.
But the boy looks so fiercely determined, so he doesn't laugh and undermine his word. He merely nods, sets his face into a stone and walks back to the chopper.
End
Sort of a peek into Yassan's thoughts. I'm not too fond of long thought-out pensive angst when it comes to the 'bad guys'. I like them slightly mysterious. ;)
And because I realized that I don't have the patience to write a novel. But, this could be the beginnings of one *shrug*