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At The Age of Not Believing by HolidayBoredom
Fandoms: Lockwood & Co. - Jonathan Stroud, Lockwood & Co. (TV)
06 May 2025
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“Best not to look too closely,” he said, noticing my inspection. “I usually don’t leave it out when we’ve got guests. Childish really. But useful when you want to leave a note for the other person or…”
I pushed away a dirty mug. “Draw a massive cock,” I finished for him.
He sighed and placed a sweating glass of cool clean water in my hand. “That one’s George’s. I mean not literally his. He drew it.”
“Nice attention to detail.”
“It’s the veins for me. Really makes it leap off the page.”
“Like it could attack at any minute.”
Modern Day AU. This is the start of The Problem in modern day London. Lucy Carlyle knows full well there's no such thing as ghosts even if her weird (and unfairly attractive) new employer and his fed-up housemate seem to be convinced otherwise. And even if she CAN (maybe) see dead people, what does he mean he wants to pay her to go look for them?