Primeval fic: Bird in the hand
Title: Bird in the hand
Word count: 100
Rating: PG-15
Characters: Connor, Leek
P100 challenge 323: The substitute
AN: AU Becker/Connor Regency romance of many clichés and unlikely shenanigans. Continues from here. Becker and Lester have finally figured out where Connor is heading. Connor has accepted a lift in Leek's carriage.
Warning: Non-explicit non-con.
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“Why?” asked Connor when he could speak again and his vision cleared. Leek had twisted the chain around his neck tight enough to stop circulation and the only thing that saved him from strangulation was the catch breaking. Blood dripped sluggishly from a cut on his lip. His whole body ached.
Leek smiled. “Because I can, because ruining you will hurt Lester like nothing else could.”
“You only managed second,” retorted Connor. One flailing hand caught the candlestick Leek had used to hit him earlier. He grasped the metal and swung it at Leek’s head as hard as he could.
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