fredbassett | Ficlet, Budgets and Balloons, Team, 12

Title : Budgets and Balloons
Author : fredbassett
Fandom : Primeval
Rating : 12
Characters : Lester, Becker, Danny, Connor
Disclaimer : Not mine, no money made, don’t sue.
Spoilers : None
Summary : Written for

wilde_shade in celebration of her being Denial’s 560th member! You wanted an AU of some sort, so hopefully this little ficlet will do the trick. I’ve never attempted steampunk before, but hopefully this is the sort of thing you might like! Thanks to

lukadreaming for looking this over for me.

Lester looked up from the vast expanse of his leather-topped mahogany desk, a slightly pained expression on his aristocratic features.

“Captain Becker, have you any idea at all how much it costs to run an airship?”

The captain, resplendent in a black leather flying jacket, allowed his lips to quirk into one of his trademark sardonic smiles. “Yes. But think of the time we’d save getting to anomalies.”

“He’s got a point, guv,” Danny Quinn commented. “If that machine of Connor’s really does end up being able to tell us where anomalies have appeared then we’ll save ourselves a lot of trouble if we can get there faster.”

“When I last checked, Temple’s contraption looked like something cobbled together from the items left behind by the mudlarks who trawl the banks of the Thames.”

“It makes a fine cup of tea,” Danny pointed out.

“That would no doubt account for the steam it was emitting this morning, but my point remains. Airships are expensive and we have a limited budget.”

A noise that sounded uncannily like a farting bull elephant arose from somewhere in the bowels of the building. A few moments later, Connor Temple dashed into the room, brandishing a map.

“It works!” he yelled triumphantly, skidding to a halt in a flurry of silk neckties. “There’s an anomaly in the grounds of Windsor Castle!”

“Shame it’ll have closed long before we get there,” said Danny with ill-disguised mock-sincerity.

Lester sighed loudly. “If Captain Becker is expecting me to say something as vulgar as ‘bugger the budget’, he’ll be sorely disappointed. However, as he is so obviously dressed for a day’s flying, I’d hate to watch his little face crumple with disappointment.” He dispensed the full force of his stare at the team and waved a languid hand. “Well, what are you all waiting for? Get that overgrown balloon off the roof before it does some structural damage. I’ll tell Her Majesty you’re on your way. Do try not to damage anything. Now, shoo, the lot of you.”

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I like the look at steampunk Primeval. Becker as a pilot *drools*

Becker in a black leather jacket was rather appealing!

LOL! Poor Lester!

And what a fun AU.

If you like steampunk, try 's wonderful Nazis and Dinosaurs and Airships! Oh My!. It's wonderful!

Edited 2011-02-25 21:59 (UTC)

*Sporfles loudly*

Genius, m'dear! And Primeval is made for steampunk.

I've just been recommending the guttersnope fic!

Cool, thanks.

*g* Thanks!

Becker in a flying jacket...now that'a a lovely image*g*
Loved it ;-)

I rather thought that might appeal!

Brilliant. Loved the image of Becker in his black leather jacket.

*g* Thanks.

*falls over from hot steampunk Becker*

Poor Lester. He just always has his hands full with his team, doesn't he?

*loves*

Steampunk Becker complete with leather jacket was the first image that popped into my head for this.

Lol, yes wouldn't want to disappoint Becker :D

Absolutely not.

Lovely fic. Do we get more Steampunk Primeval from you?

Unfortunately I don't think I could do it justice the way lsellersfic did.

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knitekat.livejournal.com - 2011-02-26 22:05 (UTC) - Expand

'cuse me while I sit here and picture Becker in leather *drools*

I’d hate to watch his little face crumple with disappointment Wouldn't we all!

Love that icon!

Would it look something like this?

Edited 2011-02-26 05:27 (UTC)

OHMYGOD. I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT BECAUSE MY BRAIN JUST EXPLODED. THISSS. GUH. Pilot!uniform + googles + Becker = INSTANT WIN.

I LOVE YOU.

fredbassett - 2011-02-26 10:07 (UTC) - Expand

aylabones.livejournal.com - 2011-02-26 10:33 (UTC) - Expand

lukadreaming.livejournal.com - 2011-02-26 15:36 (UTC) - Expand

I LOVE IT! Love the prose, love the characterizations, love the airship. The whole thing just made me all... :D I'm sure to have sexy dreams about airship captain Becker tonight. Thanks so much.

Glad you liked it! And thanks for the idea.

"However, as he is so obviously dressed for a day’s flying, I’d hate to watch his little face crumple with disappointment."

Hee, even Lester can't resist the sexiness of Becker as a steampunk pilot. Yum. That is one delicious mental image! (And thanks to auntypam, a visual one as well!) Now I want more steampunk!Becker.

Loved this! And LOL at the noise like a farting bull elephant.

I was trying to imagine what a steampunk anomaly detector would sound like, and that was what came to mind.

rodlox.livejournal.com - 2011-02-27 09:40 (UTC) - Expand

Heee! Brilliant!! I hope we see more from this universe :D

I think lsellersfic was better at it than me!

fififolle - 2011-02-26 10:47 (UTC) - Expand

"The captain, resplendent in a black leather flying jacket"

sorry, I had to stop reading a few seconds in order to enjoy the mental image ¡¡¡OMG!!! we must sign a petition for Primeval writters, they need to put this scene in the show.

By the way, very nice, I liked very much Lester´s last commentary: it´s good he didn´t want to disappoint Hilary xDD who would?

Have you seen Pam's illustration further up the thread? It's perfect! Glad you liked it.

Steampunk. Becker in a leather jacket. \o/ \o/ \o/

It was inspired by his brown leather jacket in the webisode.

This is brilliant :-)

*g* Thanks! I don't think I could sustain it over a longer fic, certainly not the way lsellersfic did!

Fantastic! That conveyed so much in a short space, and I want Becker to fly me in his airship ;)

Silk neckties, mmmmm....

Me too!

:)
this looks like fun.

(Denial has been far too long without steampunk - you saved us)

I love steampunk, but I bow to the mastery of lsellersfic in this respect!

Yep, I was sold at 'black leather flying jacket'! *g*

Great ficlet :)

Thanks :)

hee! Becker in a flying jacket may have just pushed several of my 'men in period costume' buttons *grin*.

LOL, it seems to have touched a popular nerve. *g*

The Team goes and wins! :D Eeeeeeek! for Becker's jacket!

It was a nice mental image!