and all the ways i'd keep you safe, i keep you safe from me.
hackearney | 28k (complete) | canon-divergent time-loop au | explicit | written by ohmaggies.
âIf you call me maâam one more time,â she mutters, âIâm going to shove your badge up your dickhole.â
âI wouldnât blame you,â he admits. Still, thereâs an undercurrent of hatred in his voice that doesnât go unnoticed. âMight come to that.â
âWell⌠I hope it doesnât,â she replies, grimacing. âSeriously. Iâd rather bandage up the empty socket of my left eye again than do that.â
âFrom the first loop, the eye,â Travis says.
Laura nods to clarify. âYeah. First loop. So, uh, thatâs what weâre calling it, then? Loops?â
âIâm open to suggestions regarding the naming of whatever it is weâve gotten ourselves into.â His smile falters in the slightest, but he doesnât shift away. âIâd be more amendable to an explanation, though, if the offerâs on the table.â
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it's only after killing each other half a dozen times that they finally realise the only way to make it to the sunrise of august 23rd is to work together.
or: murder as a love language.
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