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1. Through the grease-streaked windows of an all-night cafe by ej_writer for jdmara

   Fandoms: The Passenger (Movie 2023)  

   • Mature
   • Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   20 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Benson/Randy Bradley
   • Randy Bradley
   • Benson (The Passenger Movie 2023)
   • Fic Exchange
   • Gift Fic
   • Canon Compliant
   • Missing Scene
   • Blood
   • References to Canon
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Implied Childhood Sexual Abuse
   • Past Sexual Abuse
   • Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
   • Hoarding
   • Unresolved Emotional Tension
   • Codependency
   • Grief/Mourning
   • character details
   • Canonical Character Death
   • Injury
   • Panic Attacks
   • Slight Delusions
   • Denial of Feelings

   Summary

   This is my second fic for The Passenger Holiday Gift Exchange 2025! This one is for jdmara! The prompt was canon compliant and dark.

   Synopsis: Randy tries to understand Benson. He has a realization too late.

   Fic title and second chapter title from Better Off Dead by Elton John

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   English

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