True Dark
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He lets the other man’s head down as gently as he can manage, keeps the cup grasped in one hand just to have something to hold to. A physical pretext for sitting so closely to Francis, that he can feel the furnace heat of his body radiating from the blankets.
“I’m not Jopson,” he says more to himself than anything, “but I suppose I’ll have to do, for the moment.”
FitsJames goes to comfort or confront his First, who is locked away drying out on Terror. Takes place somewhere around episode 6, A Mercy, with a bit of re-imagining.
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- Part 1 of True Dark
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True dark is the knowledge that the flames will burn higher by por_queeee
Fandoms: The Terror (TV 2018), The Terror - Dan Simmons
25 Feb 2021
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James is at the corner of the desk closest to Francis, looking down at the thinning head of hair. His pulse comes quickly, nerves fluttering. They are at the ends of the earth and it emboldens him, the thought of a court martial, a hanging, so far from them here.
“Do you remember that you called me beautiful?” He asks before he can change his mind.
An incremental nod, and the absence of eye contact. “I - thought I had recalled. Something to that effect.”
------James makes a second visit to his First near the end of Francis's withdrawal, seeking comfort and clarity. Things happen. Part 2 of my True Dark series, on-going.
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- Part 2 of True Dark