Adult Content Warning

This work could have adult content. If you continue, you have agreed that you are willing to see such content.

• Yes, Continue
• No, Go Back

If you accept cookies from our site and you choose "Yes, Continue", you will not be asked again during this session (that is, until you close your browser). If you log in you can store your preference and never be asked again.

1. The Seven Lives Of Catherine Standish by Daneva

   Fandoms: Slow Horses (TV), Slough House - Mick Herron  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   14 May 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Jackson Lamb/Catherine Standish
   • Jackson Lamb & Catherine Standish
   • Charles Partner & Catherine Standish
   • Catherine Standish & Diana Taverner
   • Sam Chapman & Catherine Standish
   • Jackson Lamb (Slow Horses)
   • Catherine Standish
   • Diana Taverner
   • Emma Flyte
   • Sam Chapman
   • Charles Partner
   • Victor (Slow Horses)
   • Original Characters
   • Soulmate AU
   • Multiverse AU - Dimension Hooping
   • Science Fiction & Fantasy
   • Romance
   • Character Study
   • Slow Burn - Kind of
   • Denial
   • Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • trigger warning - childhood trauma
   • Trigger Warning - Implied Emotional/Psychological Harm
   • Trigger Warning - Threats of Violence
   • Trigger Warning - Descriptions of Wounds & Blood- Nothing gory-
   • Trigger Warning - Canon Compliant Murder - Yes That One-
   • The Trigger Warnings Sound A Lot Worse Than What Is Written - You've seen a lot worse on TV-
   • Canon-Typical Violence

   Summary

   Catherine had just turned fifty when she got the letter at her flat. She didn't know what she would have done if it had arrived at Slough House. The "Department of Determinative Service" had scheduled her appointment.

   Her mother would have died of shame if she'd known it would come to this. Fifty and the bond still untriggered. It hadn't been meant to be like that, at least not at first.

   The timer had changed one night in '91. Instead of a steady countdown to a shared future with her soulmate, an infinity symbol had been etched on her skin. Not unheard of, but rare.

   Now she could finally find out what had gone wrong. The process was simple enough. The system granted you six questions, each leading to an alternative reality in which to gather the truth. Hopefully, she wouldn't get sidetracked.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Quantum Mechanics

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   59,404

   Chapters:

   10/10

   Comments:

   107

   Kudos:

   58

   Bookmarks:

   2

   Hits:

   1,514