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One Friend, One Prospect

Summary:

November 2025 Drabble Challenge
Day 8: Boots

Freddi Linkletter doesn't have to go into WITSEC after all. She and Holly both ponder what that means.

Notes:

My brain saw the prompt "Boots" and immediately jumped to "lesbian" and I don't think that's a good thing.

So I am obsessed with Holly Gibney, I love her so much, and I'm on a quest to read her every book appearance. I just finished End of Watch and definitely noticed/imagined some chemistry between her and Freddi, who I'm sure never shows up in the canon again but this is what fanfiction is for.

Work Text:

Holly notices Freddi is struggling to lace up her boots. Holly has theories.

“Are you high?”

“What do you think? Don’t judge.”

Holly can’t, but she does. “Are you afraid to go home?”

“What home?” Brady Hartsfield and his associates might be gone, but does that mean Freddi has much to go back to? No money, no friends, no prospects. The only thing she’s looking forward to is maybe spending more time with Holly, this freaky, plainly pretty older woman who has her all figured out. “Help me with these shoes, yeah?”

Holly kneels to do just that. She blushes.