11 Works by hotfrogboy
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River wishes there was a little more action for his last shift of the year, his last shift—finally, finally!—as an F3, but there’s little chance of that with their ambulance bay closed.
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The two of you are in a safehouse in the countryside — countryside means thick beech forest, house means a one-room hunter's cabin, and safe means nothing.
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"Wow, there’s a really big gender discrepancy here,” Shirley squinted at the website, disapproving, “Maybe they should start running diversity schemes to get women into international crime.”
River blinked at her, “That’s your takeaway from ending up on Interpol’s most wanted list? Really?”
She shrugged, "Someone's got to advocate for women in crime. It sure as hell isn't going to be your piece of shit father."My River and Shirley friendship thesis which got out of hand; in which Patrice survives, frames River and Shirley for mass murder, and the slow horses have to untangle the web Frank Harkness has left behind.
Written for the Slow Horses Big Bang 2025
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“What are you playing at, Spider?”
“I’m not playing at anything.” James hesitates despite himself, before the truth tumbles out. “I need your help, River.” -
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“What are you doing here?”
“Celebrating.” The pop! of the champagne cork is like a gunshot in the twilit office, and Spider laughs. When River looks up, he’s holding the bottle up, pink tongue lapping at the bubbles that spill over the lip and down his knuckles.Series
- Part 2 of pleaseverse
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The only thing worse than being married to James ‘Spider’ Webb, River realises, is knowing that it's not real, and it’s not forever.
When did it stop being an act? Was it ever?
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James has a proposal (literally), what could go wrong?
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“Fancy seeing you here, Doctor.”
Carter is smiling before he’s aware of it. “I’m beginning to think you might be following me. It's, uh, St John, right?" he says, settling into the booth.
“You’re the one that sat here. Maybe you’re following me," St John says, laughing. “And please, call me Keaton.” -
in which river is normal about interrogations by hotfrogboy for samwife
Fandoms: Slow Horses (TV)
21 Apr 2025
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“This isn’t Secretary.”
“No, it isn’t. I’m hotter than Spader. Now spit.”or: an interrogator with unusual tactics
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James Webb is not on Grindr. Grindr is a dim swamp of an app, populated with and built for ugly people with low standards. Webb wouldn't be caught dead on it.
That's his story, and he'll stick to it come rain, hail, or torture.
It is, of course, a lie.
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- Part 1 of pleaseverse
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“When did you lose your virginity?”
The question hits him between the eyes. His mouth tastes of ash.
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After several minutes, when he's sure Dale's gone, he calls out "Nice of you to fuckin' say something!" and hopes it didn't get further than the bar's shattered windows.