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Fusco's willing to do anything if Reese will only help him stay out of prison. Anything.

John accidentally ends up under a spell that forces him to do everything Harold tells him to.

John's been captured. To save him, Harold has to pretend to be some sort of assassin/torturer, and is forced to hurt John in front of the kidnappers.

Reese has a secret sadism kink he's deeply ashamed of, because he thinks it's just further proof that he's a bad guy and a dangerous monster. Finch finds out.

The number of one of Harold's aliases comes up - Wren, or maybe someone else. It's just an ordinary mundane thing - one of Harold's identities somehow accidentally got mixed up in something. But Harold has to really occupy the identity to solve the mystery, and Reese has to protect him, etc.

hedda62 has some interesting thoughts here about whether she can imagine PoI characters using strong language, and I said I could see both Finch and Reese swearing in extreme extremis -- in which case it would underline the atypicality of the situation.

And now I'd really like to see a situation in which John or Harold would curse, and how the other one reacts.

Finch pov, in the beginning of season one:

Reese attempts to seduce Finch to gain his trust and personal information and Finch lets him, because- Well, sex is sex and and he is curious about what Reese's endgame is. Does he really think this will work?
Finch even plays along, letting Reese think he's succeeding, that Finch is actually developing feelings for him. He could have been, Finch thinks, easily, if they had met under other circumstances.

Reese is a surprisingly affectionate person- No, it's the CIA that trained him well, Finch reminds himself.

But actually Reese really means it. He did it all because he wanted to and he's so happy Finch is feeling the same way.

Finch discovers this in the most horrible way when when-

Well, that's up to you, dear writer :D

Or Grace herself, I suppose, but more I was thinking of Harold and Reese trying to figure out if this new guy is bad, good, in between, and wresting with the desire to get him the hell away from Grace any which way. Also, Harold battling the urge to reveal himself, Reese "subtly" (as subtle as he gets) intimidating the hell out of the guy and shuttered disapproval of Grace's move onward (with or without a conflicting urge to hope she DOES move on should the story go Rinchy, which I have a personal thing for), the both of them maybe trying to keep Carter and Fusco from figuring out Grace's connection, and Bear pulling things out of Grace's house that smell like Harold.

Um. Any or all of that--forgive if this is a prompt already that I missed.

Reese doesn't have hard evidence, but he's pretty sure.

Could be unrequited Finch/Ingram -- up to the author. Reese/Finch preslash or first time is an added bonus!

or 42 and Finch, or 42 and Machine

It's got to happen eventually, right? Reese finds out about Carter having the picture of him and Jessica, maybe she even decides to give it to him.

I know that's been done before, but I don't want Reese to be understanding and forgiving. I want him to be mad at her and reminded of his time with Jessica.

If you could add Finch in the mix as his emotional sounding board that would be great. [Maybe it'll even turn into something more?]

Reese keeps trying to seduce Finch; Finch is attracted to Reese but refuses because he thinks Reese is too emotionally vulnerable to Finch to make those judgments. He knows that Reese thinks that Finch, and their work, saved him - Finch feels like sleeping with Reese would be taking advantage of him.

Somehow, it all works out in the end with true love.

Reese/Finch established.

Finch loses his memory of everything that happened after 'the accident' with all the consequences (he doesn't recognize Reese, maybe thinks Nathan is still alive and so on, details up to the writer)

Reese desperately tries to gain Finch's trust and make sure he doesn't do anything stupid but is also broken-hearted because he's afraid he lost the most important person in his life.

The new number is a high school friend or acquaintance of Reese's. Finch listens to their conversations and learns things about Reese, Reese's past, or Reese's thoughts about his own past that surprise him.

There are some lovely stories out there where our heroes acknowledge that their relationship is not a one time thing, but because I love bittersweet downer endings, I'd also like to see a story where they only get one night together.

So, perhaps Reese finally gets his suicide mission, and this gives him the courage to confess and ask Finch as a last request? Or vice versa? Bonus points for the other not guessing, not even imagining that there was mutual attraction until the very end, and one or both of them facing their death with a laugh and a smile.

Edited 2013-04-30 19:59 (UTC)

In Trojan Horse, Reese tells Shaw that they may be walking in the dark, but they don't have to walk alone - which is a huge change for him from the Pilot and early S1. And Finch, obviously, has been alone at least since Nathan's death/his own faked death for Grace, and probably was somewhat alone before then if only because he was lying to them both about who he was. I'd love to see a story that focuses on Reese and Finch gradually recognizing that they aren't lonely anymore, because now they have each other.

Finch is in some kind of danger and Reese essentially goes on what he thinks will be a suicide mission in order to rescue him. Of course, somehow, Reese survives, and afterwards, Finch shows him just how unacceptable that kind of risk is.

Reese has some kind of flashback to torture he endured while he was with the CIA - or maybe even a flashback to torture he inflicted or something else horrible he did. Finch helps him through it.

In One Percent, Finch assumes Reese knows how to tie a bow tie. But he actually doesn't know (or pretends not to just to irritate Finch) so Finch has to help out.

When Finch accidentally ties the bow tie too tight Reese reacts rather unexpectedly...

...he becomes aroused and it leads to them experimenting with erotic asphyxiation.
OR
...he has a flashback to a time in the past when he was actually strangled by someone.

[I had these two totally different ideas how this might play out and I can't decide which one I'd like to see more so I'll just put both versions out here, and maybe someone is interested in writing one or the other. I hope it's not too confusing.]

... and hides them in the library. Finch finds them while Reese is out on a very risky mission. Whether Reese didn't want Finch to find the letters or secretly hoped he would is up to the filler.

How will Reese cope now that Finch might be losing touch with reality? Is Finch just "hearing things," or is the Machine really speaking to him?

(Posted two prompts in a row, I hope that's OK!)

Finch is creating medical records for John's cover identity, and he needs data.

In 2.21 we learn that Reese has a tracking device in Finch's glasses. How did he manage that one? Generally people only take off their glasses when they sleep...

I want, really quite badly, a fainting Finch. Reese on hand to make sure he was alright would just about leave me kissing your feet...

Still emoting here after 2.21, but I so badly want the children's book written by Root and illustrated by Grace. About a little bird named Harold. With a HAT.

Or anything about Root and Grace, really.

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Prompt Post 01 is open!

Reese/Fusco

John/Harold, obedience spell

John and Harold, pretending to be bad guys

Reese/Finch, S/M

Reese/Finch - Harold Wren's number comes up

Finch/Reese, swearing

a variant of ''Reese seduces Finch for trust and information''

Grace's new love interest is a Number

Reese suspects past Finch/Nathan Ingram

Something about 42, Finch and Machine

Reese, Carter and the picture

Finch/Reese - Finch thinks Reese is too vulnerable to make judgments about sex

Reese/Finch memory loss

Reese's childhood or high school friend is a number

Reese/Finch, One Night

Reese/Finch - they're not alone anymore

Reese/Finch - Reese tries to sacrifice himself for Finch

Reese/Finch - flashback

Finch/Reese: The bow tie

Finch/Reese -- Reese confesses his feelings in handwritten letters

Finch/Reese -- Finch begins to hear the Machine as a literal voice in his head.

Reese/Finch - identifying marks

Bugged Glasses

Fainting Finch

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