Flesh & Blood Chapter 23: The Agreement
Chapter 23 is out on a03! Tumblr is being difficult due to how long it is so I will post on here with it split up
word count: 13.1k
POV: Marcus
Summary: Seven weeks earlier, marcus finds something inside an umbrella lab that was never meant to be seen.
what begins as a final sweep turns into a discovery that changes everything he thought he knew about his childhood, his family, and the danger surrounding you. with the dso turning against him and umbrella closing in, marcus is forced to make an impossible choice — one that will pull leon into the lie and set everything that follows into motion.
MDNI: 18+ only. minors do not interact. this is a dark fic containing mature themes, coercive dynamics, forced captivity context, grief, trauma, institutional control, conspiracy, violence, emotional distress, and psychologically complicated relationships.
⚠️ chapter content warnings ⚠️
canon-typical violence
blood / injury
guns / tactical violence
death / presumed death
grief and traumatic loss
betrayal / secrecy
government and corporate conspiracy
medical experimentation references
childhood surveillance references
foster care trauma references
abusive relationship references
emotional manipulation
forced captivity context
forced marriage context
loss of autonomy
panic / distress
morally gray choices
intense sibling grief
emotional devastation
explicit language
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