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1. Your Absence is the Wound by EvilPeaches

   Fandoms: 28 Years Later (Movie 2025), 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (Movie 2026)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M, Gen
   • Complete Work

   29 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Jimmy Ink (28 Years Later) & Spike (28 Years Later)
   • Sir Jimmy Crystal/Jimmy Ink (28 Years Later)
   • Spike (28 Years Later)
   • Jimmy Ink (28 Years Later)
   • Sir Jimmy Crystal (28 Years Later)
   • past Sir Jimmy Crystal/Jimmy Ink
   • Post-Bone Temple Movie
   • Explicit Language
   • Memories of life with the Jimmys
   • Coping with drastic life changes
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Self-Hatred
   • Cults
   • Jimmy Ink Centric
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Protectiveness
   • Kellie isn't good at being normal but she's trying
   • Ex-Cultist

   Summary

   Spike stays with her in the aftermath of the Bone Temple. She knew he would, because puppies always cling to those who treat them with any hint of kindness.

   She can't be Jimmy Ink no more. All that's left is to be herself, and she's repulsed by herself, all things considered. She's done monstrous things, and now, traveling with Spike, she's quietly ashamed of them.

   Sir Lord Jimmy Crystal made her insides rotten, and his phantom memory still has a lot to say.

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   Or: the one where Spike & Kellie go on a moody journey across the countryside.
   Sir Lord is a dark whisper in Kellie's ear.

   Series

   • Part 2 of In the Dark for 28

   Language:

   English

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