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    It was easier to treat Jon like a monster when he wasn’t shivering against his back, brokenly humming—wait, was that…

    “Are you trying to do ‘Hey, Jude’?” Tim demanded.

    Jon stopped, stiffening. “Mm hrmh mm mmh hm,” he said defensively.

    “You really can’t hold a tune, can you, boss?”

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    It was just an ordinary walk to a restaurant. Tim had insisted that if they were going to talk, there would be no tape recorders or weird Archives ghosts listening in. A bit of fresh air wouldn’t kill him, Tim had said. What could go wrong?

    By the time Jon spots the white delivery van, it’s much too late.

    The Stranger kidnaps Jon. Tim comes along for the ride.

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    "So," Martin takes a sip from his mug, the same sunflower one from the night before. "You're a human, then?"

    Jon nods. "Once. It's... Complicated." Jon grabs his thimble and takes a sip. Chamomile. Better than peppermint he thinks, but still not his favorite.

    "It's a curse. Pretty bad one, too." He sets the thimble down. "Not painful, necessarily, not like lots of curses. But... Inconvenient. And it doesn't seem to be leaving me anytime soon."

    "I could help you." Martin offers, and when Jon looks up at him, he seems just as surprised by the offer as Jon does.

    "I mean, well... I'm an apothecary. I could try to heal you, if you'd let me." Martin explains, staring down at his tea.
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    Jon is the victim of an odd curse, and the kind apothecary who saved his life offers to heal him and let him stay in his cottage. How could Jon possibly say no?

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    In which the Archives do not have a spare room, but Jon's flat does (much to Martin's dismay).

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  4. Public Bookmark 19

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    Martin was nervous. Because his kinda-boyfriend seemed very prone to. Touching. Not in any kind of sexual way—at least, he didn't think so, but that was a whole other can of worms he didn't want to get into yet—just sort of a clingy, affectionate kind of way. Martin loved the touch, in a general sense, but Jon tended to like to touch him on all the parts that Martin, apparently, didn't like about himself.

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  5. Public Bookmark 14

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    Martin is, to put it mildly, very bad at hiding his lycanthropy. Luckily for him, Jon is even worse at picking up on obvious clues than Martin is about not leaving them in the first place.

    Or, five times Jon failed to pick up on the fact that Martin’s a werewolf, and one time he was forced to.

    Takes place over seasons 1-4, ending in the Scottish safehouse.

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