Old Avon

I'm finding it really hard to answer these things lately because they're so uninspiring, but apparently I have to do one in four or be kicked out. This one's not too bad, so here you go.

From theatrical_muse: I never thought I'd say this, but..

I miss Avon.

The one I knew back in the Blake days, I mean. We used to insult each other and I think some of the others didn't get it, but I could see the look of amusement in his eyes. If we really didn't like each other, I wouldn't have spent all that time playing chess with him, or helping (and annoying) him while he worked on his gadgets, or just sitting with him on the flight deck during the quiet times. Say what you like, we understood each other. All right, he was an Alpha and went to university and all that, but we had a lot in common: both thieves (though he preferred the term 'embezzler'), both not natural rebels and revolutionaries, both there because we liked Blake and maybe just a bit, underneath all the cynicism, we thought he might stand for something worthwhile.

All changed after he left, didn't it? First it was like he didn't want to admit he was friends with the rank and file like me, maybe because it'd undermine him with Tarrant and Dayna, and after we lost the Liberator, well, it wasn't the Avon I knew at all. No humour, no secret warmth in his eyes, no give and take.

I'm glad I don't know that Avon any more, but I still miss the old one.