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1. And I Was Not Well (But I Could Not Help Myself) by 221Browncoat

   Fandoms: Slow Horses (TV)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   03 Nov 2024

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • River Cartwright & Louisa Guy
   • River Cartwright
   • Louisa Guy
   • Jackson Lamb (Slough House)
   • Roddy Ho
   • Shirley Dander
   • J.K. Coe
   • River Cartwright Whump
   • Kidnapped River Cartwright
   • Slow Horses To the Rescue
   • River Cartwright Needs a Hug
   • Post-Season/Series 04
   • Season/Series 04 Spoilers

   Summary

   Any hope for survival, it seems, rests on the shoulders of the Slow Horses.
   He thinks probably he's not supposed to find comfort in that—the Horses being, well, the Horses—but he does. Or, maybe not comfort, per se, but there is a distinct lack of dread which is close enough.
   --
   Written for Whumptober 2024 days 28 (CCTV), 29 (alt. Used as Bait), 30 (Hospital bed), and 31 (I'm Alive, I'm Just Not Well)
   Rating for canon-typical swearing and some blood

   Series

   • Part 3 of Slow Horses Bits and Bobs

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   English

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