Whumptober 2022
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"Maybe this line of thinking is why he dreams of those close calls that he had in the mines, and often, of those close calls that he had while Raylan was alongside him, too. Where it wasn’t just his life on the line, though it only rarely was just Boyd’s life on the line, truly. Just like now, he supposes.
Sometimes, he dreams of cave-ins that cover him up, blood and bone and no air in his lungs, and in those dreams, he dies in the belly of that coal mine—maybe just like he was always meant to."One shot. Boyd dreams of many things, and Ava does, too. There are comparisons to be made and parallels to draw, but Boyd does not always notice them.
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- Part 2 of Baby, What Will Tomorrow Bring?
- Part 1 of Whumptober 2022
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"“Behave yourself, asshole,” the guard says—though Butcher’s hearing is somewhat muddled—and Butcher heaves in breath after breath. His eyes are closed, and for now, he keeps them that way—opening them just makes black spots cloud his vision, and even the dim light in the room knocks the pain even higher.
He hears a gunshot, but it sounds like it’s from somewhere behind the door. It’s got to be Hughie’s doing, he thinks, then somewhere in the back of his mind springs forward the thought, my guardian angel.
Butcher almost snickers at the thought."One shot. On a mission--by himself--for the FBSA, Butcher gets himself knocked unconscious and tied to a chair.
Well, at least Hughie knew his location, and now that he's tied up, that'll certainly help--but he can get himself out of it without Hughie, right?
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- Part 2 of Whumptober 2022
- Part 1 of Whumptober 2022 - The Boys
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"“I heard you scream,” Hughie says, swallowing again. “I heard you scream, Butcher, and I heard you stop screaming, and—and I thought—”
“I didn’t, Hughie,” Butcher says, almost hurriedly. “I’m alive. I didn’t die, okay? I’m not dead. We’re alive. We’re okay—”
“You’re alive,” Hughie says, whispering. He’s looking at Butcher like he’s a goddamn apparition that’s gonna disappear any second, because yeah, he’s still not a hundred percent certain that that isn’t what this is. A hallucination, a ghost-sighting. “You’re alive.”"One shot. A semi-undercover mission for the FBSA goes wrong, and Hughie and Butcher are held captive.
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- Part 3 of Whumptober 2022
- Part 2 of Whumptober 2022 - The Boys
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"“Has, um—has that tea that I read about helped? I know it wasn’t… well, it’s not meant for—for this kind of thing, but—”
“I never tried the tea, lad,” Butcher says, quiet and soft. He smiles, just slightly, his gaze still fixed on the tissue in his lap. “I didn’t see much use in it.”
“It—it won’t—” It won’t fix it, Butcher thinks, since Hughie won’t say it. It won’t save your life. “It could help you feel a bit better, maybe? You don’t have to, it—it was just a thought. Sorry.”"One shot. Set sometime post-season 3. Butcher’s health is deteriorating, and Hughie knows it. As a sort of routine, now, Hughie and Butcher meet up to sit together on a particular park bench.
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- Part 4 of Whumptober 2022
- Part 3 of Whumptober 2022 - The Boys
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“Butcher pulls out his phone, setting it on the table. He eyes it, just staring at it.
The whiskey starts to take effect, slightly dulling the pain in his mind and body alike, and the idea of calling Hughie sounds better and better every time he raises the whiskey bottle to his lips yet again.
He’s not sure how much he’s drank or how much time has passed when he picks that phone up and calls Hughie. It rings once, twice, and then Hughie answers.
“Hello…? Butcher?””One shot. Butcher follows through—alone—on a lead for information on Homelander that he knows seems pretty suspicious, and he gets himself hurt. He makes it back to his place and does a half-hearted, shoddy job at patching himself up, then gets drunk.
He already wanted to call Hughie, but maybe the whiskey makes it just a bit easier.
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- Part 5 of Whumptober 2022
- Part 4 of Whumptober 2022 - The Boys
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"Here, in Sarah’s arms, Deacon can almost forget about the world outside. Almost.
The fire still burns in the fireplace, by their feet. The light is low, their facial features obscured from each other, but Deacon is still studying her soft smile, the feeling of her leg across his, and the way her hair falls across her face. Things he’d memorized and thought about every day—every day since he left her on that helicopter; every day, even when he wondered if, but refused to truly, fully believe, that she was gone."One shot. Set after that cabin scene-- Sarah and Deacon talk about new scars.
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- Part 6 of Whumptober 2022