Dr Horrible/Angel X-Over Fic: Cold, Hard Stare

[snogged]

Title: Cold, Hard Stare
Author: snogged
Rating: PG-13, for angst and implied violence
Word Count: 218
Characters: Penny, Lindsey McDonald, Holland Manners
Fandom: Doctor Horrible/Angel the Series x-over
Disclaimer: Joss Whedon and co. own these fabulous shows. I own nothing.
Summary: Penny remembers getting fired from Wolfram and Hart.
A/N: This is my first “Dr. Horrible” fic and it’s not beta’d so any mistakes are mine. Written for the Flash Challenge #2 at horrible_fic


As she thought of the jobs she had been fired from, it was Lindsey McDonald’s cold, hard stare that was permanently etched in the back of her brain. The mere thought of that short-lived experience gave her the shivers.

She had gotten the job as his administrative assistant by the mere fluke of running into a man named Holland Manners at a homeless shelter benefit. Holland had practically begged her to share her expertise with the firm and of course, she had happily obliged. She had learned early on that every little penny helped.

Holland assigned her to the lawyer from Texas and there weren’t enough fingers and toes on her body to count the number of times Lindsey had sent her home in tears. As much as she tried to find the colors in his darkness, she always came up empty-handed.

On her last day, he had grabbed her by her hair and pushed her up against the wall. His ice blue eyes burned with wicked intensity as he reminded her that Wolfram and Hart’s mission had nothing to do with helping the helpless.

He had fired her on the spot and Penny had never left a place faster.

After that, she made a promise to herself that she would never get involved with the dark side again.

Comments

[cee-m.livejournal.com]

That wall bit made me go to interesting places...

[snogged.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure how mean/dark/angsty I can get in the Dr Horrible fandom

Let's call this ficlet...testing the waters.

I hope the interesting places aren't bad.

[cee-m.livejournal.com]

Oh absolutely they are gooooood. I love the good and pure being all corrupted like. ;)

[snogged.livejournal.com]

me too :)

It's probably unhealthy that I want to twist and warp Dr. Horrible in ways that don't jibe with the comedy stuff

[cee-m.livejournal.com]

It's hard I think but not unhealthy. The reason I started writing fanfic in the first place was to take the characters I loved and just... get 'em all dirty.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

I think that's good to hear.

I actually have a Dr. Horrible/Penny idea that I hope to move into fic writing stage soon.

[mrdave2176.livejournal.com]

It's a wonder you didn't bump into me, becasue I went there too.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

Well I hope I didn't step on your toes. I'd love to read yours though. Which one is it?

I just liked the idea of incorporating Lindsey into Dr. Horrible.

[mrdave2176.livejournal.com]

I was referring to the comment above mine. I didn't write it,

the "pushed against the wall" made me go to interesting places.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

Ah, okay

I was confuzzled.

Were they good interesting places?

[mrdave2176.livejournal.com]

Crowded. But that isn't necessarily a bad thing provided you are up-to-date on your shots. ;)

[snowpuppies]

Oh! Very nice!

I've enjoyed reading these challenge entries - you lot are so creative, and this is no exception. Of course poor Penny would run from Lindsey. *wibbles*

[snogged.livejournal.com]

Thank you, hunny!

I figured the Dr Horrible scene could use some angst since there's really so little of it in the webisodes.

I really want to write a dark Dr. Horrible fic though. I have an idea but it's hard to keep it canon.

[dragonydreams.livejournal.com]

Very interesting notion. I love it.

[snogged.livejournal.com]

YAY!

[zoesmith.livejournal.com]

Oh poor poor Penny! Bad Lindsey! *smacks him*

This was great love! And I could so see it happening!

*smooch smooch*

[snogged.livejournal.com]

Thanks sweetie

Glad you liked

[rockstarpeach.livejournal.com]

Haha! Brilliant :)

[snogged.livejournal.com]

thank you :)

[kitty-poker1.livejournal.com]

...every little penny helped.

*g* Very clever. Really good crossover idea, well executed. Nice one!

[snogged.livejournal.com]

Thanks hunny!

Glad you liked