by I_Suplex_Trains
Claire is a scientist working on exploiting bonding hormones to induce artificial trust for espionage and diplomacy. Julian is a covert ops agent incredibly adept at manipulating people with charm, confidence, and attention to detail. They have been close friends for years, having survived more than one impossible situation together. When Claire's most recent experiment has impacts far beyond her initial expectations, they find themselves hiding dangerous secrets while simultaneously being forced to expose others. Soft Power is a story about competent people in ridiculous situations, nerd humor, accurate hard science, absurdly bad soft science, and the strength of gentleness. What if there was a superhero powered by cuddles?
| # | Title | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Opening | — |
| 2 | Love Your Enemy | — |
| 3 | Couch Co-op | — |
| 4 | Control Group | — |
| 5 | Enkidu | — |
| 6 | Intensive Care |
| — |
| 7 | Spherical Cow | — |
| 8 | Nice Package | — |
| 9 | Behind Every Great Man is a Surprised Woman | — |
| 10 | The Thin Line | — |
| 11 | Beta Testing | — |
| 12 | The Morning After | — |
| 13 | Return to Sender | — |
| 14 | Secrets, Secrets Are No Fun | — |
| 15 | Secrets, Secrets Hurt Someone | — |
| 16 | With Regards to Madame Curie | — |
| 17 | Sickness and Health | — |
| 18 | Nothing Personnel | — |
| 19 | The Missile Knows Where It Is By Knowing Where It Isn't | — |
| 20 | If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Precipitate | — |
| 21 | Better, or Worse? | — |
| 22 | It's a Dirty Job but Someone Has To Do It | — |
| 23 | Degrees of Freedom | — |
| 24 | Social Distancing | — |
| 25 | Touch and Go | — |
| 26 | Seeing Through Broken Glass | — |
| 27 | Darmok, on the Ocean | — |
| 28 | Crossing the Line | — |
| 29 | Searching for a Hero | — |
| 30 | To Heave and to Hold | — |
| 31 | Legends Never Die | — |
| 32 | Epilogue, Present Day | — |
| 33 | Appendix, Julian and Claire Joining the Agency | — |
| 34 | Appendix, Petra | — |
| 35 | Appendix, Frank | — |
| 36 | Appendix, First Mission | — |
| 37 | Appendix, Mike Pemberton | — |
| 38 | Appendix, Julian's Interrogation | — |
| 39 | Appendix, Quarantine | — |
