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1. shiver in your cold eyes (pretend i don't mind) by stardustandswimmingpools

   Fandoms: Murder by Numbers (2002)  

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

   11 May 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Richard Haywood/Justin Pendleton
   • Richard Haywood
   • Justin Pendleton
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Suicide
   • Implied Sexual Content
   • Dubious Consent
   • I REPEAT: DUBIOUS CONSENT!
   • Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
   • justin pendleton is a hard guy to write
   • Explicit Language
   • Emotional Manipulation

   Summary

   Justin steels himself. He shakes his head. “Last words don’t mean anything. No more than anything else. I’ve said all there is to say.”

   “Well, I haven’t,” Richard says, and there’s a clatter as his gun hits the floor. Justin tries not to flinch. He fails. Richard grabs his face, and experience has taught Justin not to flinch from that. “I got one or two things left on my bucket list.”

   “That’s not how this works. Glory or nothing,” Justin says stiffly.

   Richard’s forehead hits his. It hurts a little. He brushes back Justin’s hair with gentle fingers. “We’re already dead.”

   (An AU where instead of going to Lisa's, Justin goes straight to the bluff.)

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