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1. I See Great Things In You by Balladingballadeer

   Fandoms: Shoot From The Hip Sketches, The Enigma Of The High Visionary - Shoot From The Hip Sketch  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   15 Aug 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Gemma/ Thomas Sr (The Enigma of The High Visionary)
   • Dillon/ Thomas Sr (The Enigma of The High Visionary)
   • Gemma (The Enigma Of The High Visionary)
   • Thomas Sr (The Enigma Of The High Visionary)
   • Dillon (The Enigma Of The High Visionary)
   • Thomas Jr (The Enigma of the High Visionary)
   • tw abuse
   • Cults
   • Emotional Manipulation
   • Narcissism
   • Verbal Abuse
   • Physical Abuse
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Rebuilding
   • Family Bonding
   • Slow Burn
   • Slow Build
   • Healing
   • Therapy
   • Self-Esteem Issues
   • Self-Harm
   • Self-Doubt
   • Self-Worth Issues
   • It does get happier!
   • Cult Mention
   • cult leader
   • Thomas Sr has a lot of things to work through
   • Cult rhetoric
   • Family
   • Sad with a Happy Ending
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Cult defending
   • Manipulative Relationship
   • Psychological Horror
   • Victim Blaming
   • Rituals
   • cult sacrifice
   • Character Death
   • Implied SA
   • Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault

   Summary

   Please read the tags.

   A/N- Please be aware that there are some very heavy themes in this story. Please read the tags and stay safe.

   He was like a cat with it’s hackles up. On edge, upset, angry and scared.

   Flashing blue and red danced over his features as he watched The High Visionary, no, Dillon, being loaded into the back of a police van.

   Thomas couldn’t stop staring, the last two years of his life crumbled away from under his feat life the edge of a worn cliff face. As Dillon took a seat, and the cage doors were closed, stern ice blue eyes met with worried brown ones as the van doors finally slammed shut.

   He blinked a couple of times, why were his eyes burning? He sniffed hard an composed himself as he seemed to come back into reality.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   15,082

   Chapters:

   8/?

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