Smug (ME2, Jack + Miranda, M)

[wallwalker]

I've been leaving a whole bunch of prompts over at Porn Battle XII. Linking to it here because I'm hoping to see a bunch more. :D (I posted the DW link - it's also on LJ here. Although I understand LJ has had issues lately. :/)

Anyway, I haven't been keeping up with ficlets for a few days, so let's remedy that.

Title: Smug
Author: Wallwalker
Fandom: Mass Effect
Characters: Jack and Miranda
Word Count: 200
Rating: M (I am uncomfortable rating something about Jack any lower!)
Notes: Double drabble. Written for fic_promptly


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Every time Jack saw that little smile on Miranda's face, she wanted to reach out and tear it off.

No one should ever be that smug. No one who willingly and happily worked for a group like Cerberus should ever smile like they were the best in the goddamned world and couldn't do anything wrong. She'd heard how Miranda talked, like Cerberus was going to save every human everywhere. She talked like they were necessary, and no one ever talked about what they did to get there.

She was maybe a little sorry that none of the other kids had survived. Not because she really wanted to deal with any of them - she sure as hell didn't want to see any of their faces unless she was going to get the chance to cave it in with a biotic kick to the teeth. But throwing Miranda into the middle of them, locking the door behind her and telling her that this was what Cerberus had done would make it worth it.

But the others were dead, and Jack was more than powerful enough to handle her. And someday, when this was over, she'd wipe that smile off her face.