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1. Close enough by Samule

   Fandoms: The Wire (TV 2002)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   11 May 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Ellis Carver/Thomas "Herc" Hauk
   • Ellis Carver
   • Thomas "Herc" Hauk
   • Cedric Daniels
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Major Character Injury
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Injury Recovery
   • yes baby Carver gets messed up bad
   • guess who's there to take the guilt
   • my first attempt at a +20k beast
   • Slow Burn
   • Season 2
   • First Time

   Summary

   After a busted raid and a bad fall, Carver’s stuck recovering, and stuck with Herc. The walls between them were always paper-thin. Now there’s nowhere left to hide.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Under The Wire

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   27,693

   Chapters:

   12/13

   Comments:

   60

   Kudos:

   29

   Bookmarks:

   5

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   554