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1. thick skin; and an elastic heart by proctorscarter

   Fandoms: The Bill (TV)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con
   • Multi
   • Complete Work

   07 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Rape/Non-Con
   • Mickey Webb & Original Female Character(s)
   • Mickey Webb & Original Male Character(s)
   • Samantha Nixon/Neil Manson
   • Samantha Nixon/Stuart Turner
   • Max Carter & Original Male Character(s)
   • Max Carter/Mickey Webb
   • Max Carter & Samantha Nixon
   • Max Carter & Grace Dasari
   • Original Female Character(s)/Original Male Character(s)
   • Max Carter & Original Female Character(s)
   • Sun Hill CID
   • Mickey Webb & Grace Dasari
   • Max Carter & Mickey Webb & Grace Dasari
   • Tom Proctor/Kerry Holmes
   • Stevie Moss/Original Male Character(s)
   • Jo Masters/Original Female Character(s)
   • Max Carter & Millie Brown
   • Grace Dasari & Original Female Character(s)
   • Grace Dasari/Original Female Character(s)
   • Max Carter/Original Male Character(s)
   • Max Carter (The Bill)
   • Mickey Webb
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Original Child Character(s)
   • Samantha Nixon
   • Jack Meadows
   • Grace Dasari
   • Neil Manson
   • Chris Deakin
   • Jo Masters
   • John Heaton (The Bill)
   • Stevie Moss
   • Callum Stone
   • Roger Valentine
   • Will Fletcher
   • Millie Brown (The Bill)
   • Stuart Turner
   • Eddie Olosunje
   • Jacob "Banksy" Banks (The Bill)
   • Dale "Smithy" Smith
   • Tom Proctor
   • Kerry Holmes
   • max carter needs a hug
   • The Author Regrets Nothing
   • Author Is Sleep Deprived
   • Mickey Webb loves Max Carter
   • Max Carter loves Mickey Webb
   • Idiots in Love
   • Self-Harm
   • Past Suicide Attempts
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Not Canon Compliant
   • Canon Era
   • Sometimes helps if you know the related episodes
   • that's not a requirement though
   • Alternative Sexuality
   • Alternate Universe
   • Not Beta Read
   • No beta we die like John Boulton
   • yes he gets mentioned
   • no i'm not sorry
   • No beta we die like Cass Rickman
   • Typos
   • Rape/Non-con Elements
   • Rape
   • Past Abuse
   • Past Domestic Violence
   • Past Sexual Assault
   • Past Rape/Non-con
   • Past Character Death
   • Past Trauma

   Summary

   2009 in the "so it goes" series.

   If they thought things were already difficult, it was going to get even worse.
   Not only did Max have to content with being face to face with the widow of a man he lawfully killed 6 years prior, but mere weeks later comes the 5 year anniversary of Liam Mason's death.

   Max becomes erratic, and it takes Mickey fighting tooth and nail to keep him sane, even when Max thinks he's at very rock bottom.

   Series

   • Part 2 of so it goes

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   29,993

   Chapters:

   15/15

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