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contingency_2 by Stealing_Fire_67
Fandoms: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV), Person of Interest (TV)
04 Jul 2026
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Skye was 12 years old when she found the most dangerous secret on Earth.
During one routine hack, she stumbled upon something hidden beneath layers of classified government networks—a Machine that quietly watches the world and predicts acts of violence before they happen.
Skye did what she always does when faced with a locked door and a bad idea—she opened it. That open door showed too much. So, instead of exposing the secret and walking away, she went against her instinct and made a decision.
Unfortunately, that one impulsive decision drew the Machine's attention and it started watching her back.
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AKA, Skye hacks into the Machine, Machine gets intrigued, and both of their fates are wildly changed. Including, Aurora as the Machine, mentor-mom Root, mentor-friend-mom-complicated Shaw, Skye-trained-by-the-Machine, and future #Shoot.
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At the end of Number Crunch, Carter gets in the car with John and Finch and this changes things – least of all because Carter calls a friend that night and Team Machine gains a reluctant friend with a fake name, a European accent, a dead husband and the habit of slipping away to Iowa.
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E01 Pilot: An ex–Foundation agent at the end of his rope gets a job offer from an enigmatic recluse who can somehow predict the details of anomalous events before the Foundation even hears about them.
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E08 Foe: When their latest alert matches a Foundation agent lost 94 years ago, Reese suspects time travel, while Finch suspects an even more chilling reality.
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- Part 8 of Creepyfest 2020
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Person of Interest: Shake Up by Aleph_Sharp
Fandoms: Person of Interest (TV), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV)
22 May 2025
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At the End of Season 5, Agent Daisy Skye Johnson goes to destroy the remains of the monoliths before heading out to space with Simmons to look for Fitz, Unfortunately or Fortunately, it seems the multiverse has other plans, and she ends up in a world with no heroes or villains, aliens, supersoldiers, or anything of the kind. Everything seems... Normal. But she'll soon discover there are eyes everywhere, and allies and enemies abound in the open, and in the shadows.
Meanwhile John, Carter, Fusco, and Shaw are vexed by the appearance of someone new intervening, at the same time a new hacker is getting into all kinds of places they shouldn't be able to, sending both Harold and Root searching for answers.
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A Proclamation Against the Power-Seizing and Shadow-Hiding Villain Harold Finch by phenytoin sodium (phenytoin_sodium), phenytoin_sodium
Fandoms: Person of Interest (TV)
24 Apr 2025
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I am Rick Dillinger, a temporary off-the-books member of the POI team and a keyboard warrior. Today I’m giving you, Harold Finch, a lesson. You, old man, are always calling yourself a tech nerd messiah, tapping out some code and thinking you’re God or something, huh?
Finch, you’re the head of this team, and just because you’re the boss, you think you have to control everything. That’s a huge responsibility. But look at how you’ve handled being a leader, a creator, and a savior. No one’s dared to say this to your face, probably because you’re still feeling pretty smug. Well, I’m saying it now. You have the following issues: moral outsourcing, technological monopoly, financial mismanagement, team dependence, class autocracy, misguided chivalry, and failure of character construction.
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The Art of Management or a Team's Tragedy? — Finch's Leadership Philosophy and Its Cost by phenytoin_sodium
Fandoms: Person of Interest (TV)
21 Mar 2025
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Finch has always been the man behind the curtain—calm, rational, and in complete control. At least, that's what he desperately wants to believe. This analysis dissects Harold's carefully constructed illusion of leadership as he navigates the chaos of Person of Interest's narrative. From imprisoning Root in a Faraday cage to micromanaging Shaw's integration, we witness a man whose fear of uncertainty outweighs his commitment to the cause.
He has a peculiar habit of only abandoning his stubborn principles after someone pays with their life—a pattern repeated with Nathan, Carter, and ultimately Root. For all his genius, Harold's greatest achievement might be convincing everyone (including himself) that his control issues are actually moral superiority.
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You are not alone.
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Shaw must come to terms with the fact that she is loved, valued, and cared for by Team Machine. It's a bumpy, ugly process, but who said it would be easy?
This story is told from first person perspective [Shaw]. It is not Beta read, and updates are few and far between; it's a labor of love and any kind words are appreciated.
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After downloading the satellite data, The Machine asked her new analog interface, Sameen Shaw, to help her recompile the code through some simulations. Shaw found more and more strange things in the simulation as time went by...
“HAVE you heard of The Turing Test?”
“No, why?”
“It’s supposed to test the machine’s ability to think like humans.”
“Well, whatever…”
“If the machine has passed the test, would you tell it apart?” -
The Recovery of Reflection Job by enblackink
Fandoms: Person of Interest (TV), Leverage, Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
29 Nov 2022
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December 2011. Reese may be recovering but the Numbers don’t stop coming, the latest has Harold and Reese undercover as a couple for a company party. Team Leverage heads for Montserrat for much needed R&R and definitely not looking for a job while Team Five-0 avoids an explosive Christmas, Will Ingram may have found a new calling, and Steve and Danny finally get that date.
January 2012. Reese and Finch must protect a grifter after her plan to steal cash from a regent dispensary fails. Steve loses the Champ Box, Matthew gets sentenced, Chin sees Malia again, Will returns to New York to speak with his Uncle Harold and Carter finally gets a sit down but the month isn’t even over yet.
February 2012. The rest of Team Leverage finally makes it to Montserrat only to end up on a job. Parker is having feelings that have nothing to do with emeralds. The latest Number turns out to be five months old and Steve and Chin head off into the forest to protect a witness while Danny is called away.
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- Part 4 of Inheritance
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A Pyromancy of Shadows by enblackink
Fandoms: Person of Interest (TV), Hawaii Five-0 (2010), Leverage
17 Apr 2022
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Team Leverage caters an event at McRory's after their return from Dubai, Steve and Danny get to Boston just in time for Matthew's arraignment, Team Machine is involved with a Number Crunch, and Nathan Ingram gets an unexpected visitor.
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- Part 3 of Inheritance
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Harold hopes that after being held prisoner and psychologically tortured by Samaritan, he might be able help Shaw acclimate back into the team again.
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“Okay.” John said, looking at Harold again, “Who are you?”
Harold felt his heart skip a beat and plummet in his chest.
Shaw and Dr.Tillman had warned him that John might have some temporary amnesia, but knowing that was different than learning that John mightn’t recognize him.
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Sometimes they get so busy that the days blur together. Though they still try to make the effort.
“True enough.” Harold conceded, “Still though, there is time enough to do something special to mark the occasion.”
That brought John up short. Special? Occasion?
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Inspired by tumblr kiss prompt #48 - a kiss out of habit
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- Part 4 of Shoot One-Shot Collection
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Carter imparted one lesson on Laskey: learn to read the room.
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Return 0 Revisited by DetectiveRiley (RavenWhitecastle)
Fandoms: Person of Interest (TV)
19 Jun 2020
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With the war with Samaritan coming to a head, Harold and the rest of his team are running out of time, and options. But where there's a will, there's a way, and none of the Machine's operatives are giving up without a fight.
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Harold's cover has been blown. The war with Samaritan has finally come to a head. There is no other way.
But there is one way.
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A return 0 fix-it fic. Takes place immediately after "Negotiations" Chapter 2.Series
- Part 46 of The Sinner and the Saint
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Time is running out for Team Machine in the fight against Samaritan, but the Machine hasn't given them many options. Root, and consequently Harold, take an audience with the Machine and make a few requests.
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- Part 44 of The Sinner and the Saint
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A request from my beautiful fiancee: Team Machine gets snowed into the safe house. Shaw is restless, Reese misses Carter, and Root really wants Shaw to talk about her feelings.
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- Part 2 of Hey Sweetie