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1. worth the effort by this_is_only_chaos

   Fandoms: Prodigal Son (TV 2019)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   09 Nov 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gil Arroyo & Malcolm Bright
   • Gil Arroyo
   • Malcolm Bright
   • Jessica Whitly
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Sunshine the Bird (Prodigal Son)
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Broken Bones
   • Injury Recovery
   • Injury
   • Hurt Malcolm Bright
   • Pre-Canon
   • Malcolm Bright Gets a Hug
   • Case Fic
   • (but only if you squint)
   • FBI Malcolm Bright
   • Protective Gil Arroyo
   • Painkillers
   • Nightmares
   • Malcolm Bright is a Mess
   • Mentions of Jackie Arroyo
   • Platonic Cuddling
   • Father-Son Relationship
   • Good Parent Gil Arroyo
   • Talk of Murder/Violence/Bodies
   • (I mean it IS a Prodigal Son fic)
   • POV Alternating
   • Crying

   Summary

   Gil had been hopeful (maybe naively so) that things had been going better for Bright in Virginia, that a fresh start, fresh state, fresh people, would maybe be enough for the kid to find his footing, to find friends.

   He hadn't realized that things had been this bad.

   ~

   During his time at the FBI, Bright gets assigned a new partner and winds up getting injured on the job. Gil goes to Virginia to help him recover, but it quickly becomes clear that Malcolm may not be telling him the full story.

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   English

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