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1. Toying somewhere between love and abuse by sherlockholmes92

   Fandoms: Half Man (TV 2026)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   27 May 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Niall Kennedy/Ruben Pallister
   • Ruben Pallister/Mona Shiels
   • Niall Kennedy & Mona Shiels
   • Niall Kennedy
   • Ruben Pallister
   • Mona Shiels
   • Lori Kennedy
   • POV First Person
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Possessive Ruben Pallister
   • Domestic Violence
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Sort Of
   • I’m not sure where this is going
   • Concussions
   • Head Injury
   • Bruises
   • Injury
   • Injury Recovery
   • Unreliable Narrator Niall Kennedy
   • Emotional Manipulation
   • Not Canon Compliant
   • Anal Sex
   • Anal Fingering
   • Dubious Consent
   • Ruben pallister is his own warning
   • Soft Ruben Pallister
   • Pseudo-Incest
   • Homophobia
   • Implied/Referenced Homophobia
   • Unreliable Narrator Ruben Pallister
   • Scenting
   • Scent Kink
   • Non-Consensual Touching
   • In that consent is not gained and Niall is unconscious
   • Misogyny
   • The Pairing Is the Warning
   • They’re in love your honour but they can’t be normal about it.
   • Oral Sex
   • Medical Procedures
   • Medical Inaccuracies
   • Infertility
   • We might as well call this au at this point
   • Vomiting
   • Sickfic

   Summary

   Mona leaves Ruben and typically, Niall suffers. But Niall doesn’t mind, not really, when it means that he has all of Ruben’s attention. Besides, it means that Ruben loves Niall enough to teach him to be better, right?

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   English

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