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James isn’t Q. He isn’t cautious or methodical, capable of weighing up a dozen alternatives and evaluating each by their numerical value. No, James is reckless and lives for the rush of adrenaline and the roar of his heartbeat. 

For all that he’s a spy, a solider, James has always been all or nothing. He’s uninterested in half-hearted ventures, in anything so mundane as trying. What he wants, he pursues. He’s more open with his heart than Q ever was. 

(In this universe, after all, James hasn’t yet met Vesper.) 

It’s always been this way. Only, usually, Q is the one who comes up with the plan that James then fuels with his actions. But Q is oblivious, unknowing, and James is in love for all of two days before he can’t handle it. 

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