REC: New Year's Promise by Joy

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Title: NEW YEAR'S PROMISE
Author: JOY
Pairing: Michael/Nikita
Rating: PG-13
Length: 1284 words
Content Notes: None Apply
Author Links: Author at the Split Personality

Summary: Whatever you're doing at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve, you will be doing the rest of the year.

Why this must be read: It's the eve of the new millennium. Y2K baby! This story explores the Gelman Process arc and assumes that it lasts a little longer before Michael finds a way to help Nikita undo the conditioning. So there's a mission and Nikita, in her uber efficient ways, is going to do the seducing and the assassinating. I really enjoyed how Michael has observed all the changes that Nikita has undergone and silently vows to himself that in this new year he will find a way to restore Nikita to her former self. The end is especially poignant. As the new millennium washes over them, Michael doesn't take any chances and he lets a bit of optimism dictate his actions.

Excerpt: "He listened as Nikita enticed her mark away from the party for a little privacy. Michael straightened and scanned the room. Bergland's three beefy bodyguards were deep in their cups as they joined their employer's guests in the revelry. They didn't notice him leading the statuesque blond downstairs into the belly of the boat.

Michael followed surreptitiously. He watched and listened as Nikita and Bergland fondled and kissed each other, then disappeared through a doorway. He grimaced as his former lover laughed huskily and sighed pleasurably as Bergland detailed exactly what he was going to do to her before the new millennium arrived. He stood sentry outside the door and gnashed his teeth together as he listened to the unmistakable sound of zippers unzipping and bodies crashing down onto a mattress."

Link: NEW YEAR'S PROMISE by JOY