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• My Echo, My Shadow and Me by septimized

  Fandoms: L.A. Noire  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
  • F/M
  • Complete Work

  09 Mar 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Major Character Death
  • Cole Phelps/Marie Phelps
  • Elsa Lichtmann/Cole Phelps
  • Cole Phelps
  • Marie Phelps
  • Stefan Bekowsky
  • Rusty Galloway
  • Roy Earle
  • Elsa Lichtmann
  • Herschel Biggs
  • Jack Kelso (L.A. Noire)
  • Canon Compliant
  • Canonical Character Death
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
  • all this happens eventually let me cook
  • basically just a retelling of the story but with more marie
  • i wanted to write about their marriage breakdown
  • gradual breakdown

  Summary

  Cole Phelps rejoins the workforce after the war, but his 'battle fatigue' and his work start the gradual unravelling of the stability in his life - his family, which causes him to grapple with his past, his legacy and the life he wants to lead.

  Title is from the song We Three by The Inkspots

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,064

  Chapters:

  2/2

  Comments:

  3

  Kudos:

  6

  Hits:

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