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Drabble Challenge May 2026
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2026-06-08
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It Happened Easy, Darling

Summary:

John Murphy is in love. How the hell did that happen? Set during season three.

Notes:

This is the second to last drabble I wrote for May's challenge but never got around to posting. 9/31 isn't so bad considering i only managed 1/30 last time. Also I'm posting this right now from my study abroad (!!!), which is why posts/updates have been super slow. It's way colder here than I'm used to, so I've had Memori in winter on my mind lately, and this fic of them cuddling late at night felt so sweet to write. (Ignore the fact that the winter part was lost to the word limit.) Title is from To Someone From A Warm Climate (Uiscefhuarithe) by Hozier. I'd like to turn this one into a longer piece someday.

As always, you can come say hi to me on tumblr: intergalacticqueenofpickpockets

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Emori was beautiful in sleep. She was beautiful always, but particularly now, when the world wasn’t weighing on her. Lately, he wanted nothing more than for her to be close, at all times. Especially tonight, as they both lied parallel in the dark. Murphy inched closer, holding his breath as though he’d lose all of this if he made the wrong move; he hesitated before draping his arm over her shoulder. Emori stirred slightly, making a soft humming sound and pressing her body against his chest. He exhaled, wondering when the hell he managed to get this kind of luck.