Against Inevitability (or: One Last Try)
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Summary:
Oro, for some fucking reason, picks up a mostly-dead stray. This sort of thing never goes well, and he fully knows that isn't about to change, but somehow he tries to help regardless.
It goes less terribly than he expects. Which is saying very little.
Tiso has a very bad time, and then a not completely dreadful time. (But still a pretty lousy one.)
Warnings:
Mild Blood, Injury, Major Illness, Sickfic, (maybe), Fever, Reluctant Caretaking, Nightmares, Oro's Relentless Pessimism
(further warnings removed for length, all in a similar vein. guy nearly died.)
Characters:
Nailmaster Oro, Tiso, Unspecified Metaphorical Ghosts (no real ones, sorry)
Here’s a shortish fic of Oro very reluctantly rescuing some nearly-dead idiot. He’s not really expecting the rescuing to work. I’ve just posted chapter 3, in which the rescuing definitely works and then said nearly-dead idiot proceeds to yell about it. Nobody’s happy with each other. Oro’s regretting his life’s choices. It’s great.