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    The hospital thrummed.

    Not with life — not tonight — but with something colder. A low, mechanical heartbeat. Steel ribs. Fluorescent veins. Lights too bright, halls too silent. A cathedral of sterility and stainless steel where salvation had a price and every miracle came with blood on its hands.

    Sarah Reese walked the halls like a ghost in pressed cotton.

    Hair slicked back. Coat tailored. Shoes whispering against tile. Her badge said "Doctor," but her silhouette suggested something else entirely—sleek, pale, clinical. Something carved from restraint. Something that had learnt not to flinch anymore.

    And somewhere—behind the doors, beneath the hum of ventilators and the mechanical breath of machines—a man waited.

    A man made of the same cold matter as the walls. Robert Haywood.

    Her father.

    He sat upright in the cardiac room like it was a throne. Tubes webbed his arms. The monitors around him blinked, pulsing data like a quiet war drum. And yet, he smiled—like he’d been expecting her. "Sarah,"

    She remained silent—in fear that this man would destroy her, again. As if he hadn't done enough damage when he first abandonded her.

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    29 Apr 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 36

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    The ED was humming with late-shift fatigue when Sharon Goodwin’s heels struck the tile like a warning bell. She was moving fast—shoulders squared, voice tight.

    The call had hit like a silent bomb.

    The matriarch of Gaffney General, collapsed into the nurse’s station, her face drained of all colour, eyes fixed on those lingering; the cell phone pressed tightly to her ear until she hung up.

    Around her, monitors beeped. Patients moved. Life carried on. But her expression made everything slow to a crawl.

    Then came her voice—measured, but hoarse.

    “Jay says it’s Sarah. She’s in the store.” The words were soft, like she didn’t want them to exist. Like saying them too loudly might make them real.

    The room fractured instantly.

    Will Halstead shot up from the trauma desk so fast his chair skidded and slammed into the wall. “Wait—what?”
    Ethan’s jaw clenched. “In what store?”

    April stopped mid-charting, eyes wide. Natalie nearly dropped the tablet in her hands. Maggie muttered a prayer under her breath.

    Sharon’s gaze didn’t waver. “Corner of 51st and Halstead. The hostage situation that is being televised. Jay just confirmed—Sarah’s inside.”

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    29 Apr 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 46

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    “I’d rather deal with the questions and gossip now, then later, when I slip up. Plus, we won’t have to explain why we’re so familiar with each other.”  He explained as he tied off the wound. Then he set the medical instruments aside before he leaned in and pressed his lips to her forehead in a very tender kiss. Sarah practically melted against him. The last time she had felt his lips on any part of her was six months ago. 

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    28 Apr 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 43

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    “I take it you’re the evil twin, then.”
     
    A beat, then Connor rears back in offense. “Excuse me?”

    His cohort breaks into a smug grin as he bundles the ice pack back together. “Let’s see—serious, silent one with a beard,” he nods to Connor, before gesturing to himself, “dashing, charming one who knows how to throw a great party. Basic math, really.”

    Connor really hopes his expression conveys exactly how deranged he finds his lookalike. “Has anyone checked you for a concussion?”

     

    Timestamps in the lives of Connor Rhodes and Tommy Merlyn, secret twins, and the impact of being so.

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    28 Apr 2026

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    Hermione was assaulted during her time at Malfoy Manor. Now, she's pregnant. She also unravelled her magic and is more appealing to the purebloods in her life. People line up to do right by her, but it's Harry who steps up and convinces her to marry him.

    Sirius is interested in being Hermione's guardian. Not for her magic, but because of the witch she had become. She needs protecting, and that's what he'll do.
    I don't make money from this fic. All rights are those of JK Rowling

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    20 Apr 2026