The Ideal Candidate

[madimpossibledreamer]

Main Points:
Steins;Gate/Doctor Who crossover
Summary: The Okabe of one worldline applies to UNIT.
Word Count: 220
Rating: gen

               On paper, he’s the ideal candidate.
               Driven.  A genius. 
               He came to the UNIT scientists’ attention when he started posting on English chat boards.  His mastery of English wasn’t that impressive.  His mastery of science, on the other hand…
               A few of the members had Japanese backgrounds, and they found much less than an even playing ground, especially when discussing time travel.  Teams who had worked in certain fields their entire life were trounced by a man who had barely earned an undergraduate degree.  Even the eccentricities of the man aren’t that difficult to deal with after you’ve worked with the Doctor.
               But as the Brigadier is interviewing him, there’s something that holds him back.  There’s something almost…broken about this man.  He’s seen it enough in the army, those still suffering shell shock.  The man acts normal enough.  Well, normal enough for an eccentric scientist.  It’s more…something about the eyes.  The way he’d been shifty, distrustful, almost ready to make a break for it, claustrophobic and wary of people with guns.  But even so, he’d kept in control.  Despite the fear, despite the way he looks broken, this is a man who’s cool under pressure, who can act as befitting a UNIT scientist.  Which should be a recommendation.  It should. 
               He doesn’t know whether he can truly recommend this candidate.