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Blindspot: Fanfic: Countering Intelligence

Oct. 20th, 2015 at 5:19 AM

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Title: Countering Intelligence
Author:

clarahow // spookygayjaneausten // charleybradburies (will be posted after challenge)
Fandom: Blindspot (NBC)
Characters: Tasha Zapata & Bethany Mayfair
Pairing: n/a
Length: ~190w
Rating: T
Summary: She's not actually dirty. She's just a spy.
Notes: Spoilers for last night's episode (1.05) of Blindspot.

Tasha’s knock is uncharacteristically light, a product of nervousness she won’t confess to; Mayfair is standing against the desk when she enters, arms crossed. She’d fidget - Mayfair had an aura she couldn’t blow off, which was her normal strategy for dealing with authority - but she knows this conversation will only last a minute.

“Close the door.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

“Carter gave us quite a hard time.”

“Yes, ma’am, he did.”

“A run for our money, if you will.”

Tasha straightens her back. Mayfair says nothing.

“He gave you an offer, did he not?”

“Do you want me to take his offer?”

“I want him to think you’re taking his offer, and let’s get one thing clear: if I find out you go all the way for him, you’re through.”

Mayfair goes back to the seat behind her desk.

“Do what you need to do, Zapata, but find out what the hell he wants with our Jane Doe.”

“Yes, ma’am.”

“Very well, Agent Zapata. We’ll speak later. You’re dismissed.”

Tasha nods respectfully and takes her leave, but can’t keep her first thought after closing the door from being about her debt.