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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/6 Fandom: Bodyguard (TV 2018) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: David Budd/Julia Montague, David Budd & Julia Montague Characters: Julia Montague, David Budd, Roger Penhaligon, Rob MacDonald, John Vosler (Bodyguard TV), Anne Sampson, Vicky Budd, Ella Budd, Charlie Budd, Chanel Dyson Additional Tags: Angst, Political Alliances, Canon Rewrite, Episodes 4-6, Arse Worship, Sequel, Julia Montague Lives Series: Part 2 of This Never Happened Summary: Rewrites the last half of the series with Julia in it.

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... Inside the envelope is a series of images that at first he doesn’t understand. A rugged up figure on the street, sitting on a park bench in a coat, hat and glasses. There aren’t enough details in the photos to identify their location. It could as easily be New York, Edinburgh or Paris as London. And the woman looks unfamiliar to him. A sad, angular sort taking short steps and keeping her head lowered. Only with the final photo does the shape of her start to make sense. She sits on a wooden bench, dead leaves at her feet and dark glasses in her lap. Her face is drawn. She doesn’t seem to be wearing makeup and her eyes look sunken, her cheekbones sharper. Beneath her hat, her hair is dead straight, a little longer, hiding her neck and grazing her shoulders. Her shoulders hunch and her boots are muddy but her nails look perfectly manicured.

The longer he looks at the image, the more the scattered pieces fall into place. It’s not wishful thinking. It’s not a mirage. It’s her. He’s convinced of it. Not a her he ever knew. These photos don’t fit into the life she once lived. No time stamp has been provided but they could only have been taken recently. They could only indicate a new life, a new phase, however wretched.

David shuffles back through the collection of images, examining each one in turn. The photos don’t show the Right Honourable Julia Montague, Home Secretary and future PM. This is a different woman. This is a bombing victim struggling to put herself back together. This is a fugitive in fear, in flight. This is a ghost trying so hard not to exist. ...

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 5/6 Fandom: Bodyguard (TV 2018) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: David Budd/Julia Montague Characters: David Budd, Julia Montague Additional Tags: POV Alternating, Canon Rewrite, Episodes 1-3 only, Missing Scenes, Lavenderbudd, Mutual Pining, Self-Pleasure, Arse Worship, Angst Summary: “You’re going to challenge his leadership, assume the Prime Ministership.”   Her brows rise further, her eyes widen then drop. “Interesting,” she murmurs, “what you think of me...” His shoulders lift. “Am I wrong?” Julia looks up again, her head tilting. “Wildly, in fact.”

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 6/6 Fandom: Bodyguard (TV 2018) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: David Budd/Julia Montague Characters: David Budd, Julia Montague, Rob MacDonald, Tahir Mahmood (Bodyguard TV), John Vosler, Roger Penhaligon Additional Tags: POV Alternating, Canon Rewrite, Episodes 1-3 only, Missing Scenes, Mutual Pining, Self-Pleasure, Arse Worship, Angst, Alternate Universe, Plot Twists Summary: Julia looks at David’s muscles, straining beneath his clothes. The blood rising to his face and the moisture on his lips as he speaks. But all she hears is a ringing in her head. High-pitched and constant. Blood rushes in her ears and her temples throb with pain.

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 2/6 Fandom: Bodyguard (TV 2018) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: David Budd/Julia Montague Characters: Julia Montague, David Budd, Roger Penhaligon, Rob MacDonald, John Vosler (Bodyguard TV), Anne Sampson, Vicky Budd, Ella Budd, Charlie Budd, Chanel Dyson Additional Tags: Angst, Political Alliances, Canon Rewrite, Episodes 4-6, Arse Worship, Sequel, Julia Montague Lives Series: Part 2 of This Never Happened Summary: He’s over the shock, ready to be released back into the wild. He’s primed to start unravelling an intricate web of hidden alliances that dragged the two of them into its sticky folds before they even met. It brought Julia and him together then brutally ripped them apart and he’s going to get to the bottom of it even if it kills him.

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 3/6 Fandom: Bodyguard (TV 2018) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: David Budd/Julia Montague, David Budd & Julia Montague Characters: David Budd, Julia Montague Additional Tags: POV Alternating, Canon Rewrite, Episodes 1-3 only, Missing Scenes, Lavenderbudd, Mutual Pining, Self-Pleasure, Arse Worship, Angst Summary: He links his fingers with hers, presses her palms into the mattress above her head and holds her there. She’ll be safe there. No one will be able to get to her without going through him. He feels an odd sense of déjà vu, an indefinable sense of dread. David closes his eyes and hears his heart beat in his ears. Out there is danger. But in here is perfection

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[mindibindi]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 2/6 Fandom: Bodyguard (TV 2018) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: David Budd/Julia Montague Characters: David Budd, Julia Montague Additional Tags: POV Alternating, Canon Rewrite, Episodes 1-3 only, Missing Scenes, Lavenderbudd Summary: She wanted to know, not just guess, what kind of man she’d been entrusted to, what kind of man possessed her. She wanted to know, once and for all, if David Budd was hero or hindrance, dangerous vigilante or unrivalled touchstone.

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