A Slow, Slow Death
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Halfway through Tide and Wavelength’s standard bi-weekly fight, some hotshot vigilante with a temper and super speed had cut in. Although preoccupied with trying to get civilians to safety, Tide could have sworn he saw Wavelength jump in the way of a blow that would've hit a young girl standing frozen on the sidewalk.
Then Mark gets injured, the vigilante reckless and overzealous.
Then, Tide makes a series of stupid decisions- and Mark rolls with it.
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- Part 1 of A Slow, Slow Death
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Gambler's Fallacy by mandalorazepam for losingallchill
Fandoms: Just Roll With It (Podcast)
22 Sep 2024
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“This time,” Wavelength continues, “I’m outta the shit I’d usually use to wipe your memory, cause I had to stop the fucker that saw me letting you go. I should just fuckin’ kill you, get outta town, change my name, but I can’t. I’m stuck here ‘cause I got someone relying on me, get it? It’s your fuckin’ fault I’m in this mess, and I fuckin’ hate you for it.”
The information hits Tide like a sledgehammer to a chipboard wall- he knows now he never stood a chance. He tries to tell himself that Wavelength is the worst kind of man, selfish and uncaring, but all he can think of is the fact that Wavelength chose- is still choosing- to let Tide live every time, choosing Tide over himself.
“Do you?” Tide asks, voice shaky.
“Do I what?” Wavelength spits, modulator and mask unable to hide the tremor in his voice.
“Hate me.”
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Mark and Tide make out in an alleyway (I recommend reading A False Start before this, it's not 100% necessary though).
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- Part 2 of A Slow, Slow Death
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In a moment of weakness, Mark glances back over his shoulder. Tide is still sitting there, bowl now empty and sitting loose in his lap. It’s an almost domestic moment; the midday sun, an overgrown lawn, a single bird in the backyard.
AKA: Mark Winters uses household chores to cope with the fact that he wants what he can't have.
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- Part 3 of A Slow, Slow Death