AN: I recently fell in love with Haven, and the second season (which I watched, in its entirety, in about two days) was so excellent that each episode made me want to write something about it. So I decided to go through the season from beginning to end and write a few drabbles about each episode, mostly inspired by the relationships between the main characters. Despite what the fic info says, it will be about Duke as much as Audrey and Nathan; however, only lets you choose two characters, and I chose our favorite cops because I ship them so very, very much. But Duke is fantastic, too.
The first chapter will cover the first episode of the season, A Tale of Two Audreys.
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She's more willing to consider the possibility that she's not the real Audrey Parker than he is. Now that she knows she used to be Lucy, the notion of identity seems fluid to her.
But not him. He needs her to be Audrey. With the Troubles returning and his father dead, he needs stability, in the form of the one person he trusts, the one person he loves: his partner, Audrey Parker. What he doesn't understand—yet—is that no matter what name she uses, she'll have the same heart, the same soul. And he'll still love her.
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She feels that cops should be fair and impartial, protecting everyone equally.
So when she looks back later on the firstborn nearly dying, she pretends that the sight of Nathan collapsing didn't bother her just a bit more than everyone else. She pretends that the smile that came to her lips when she saw that everyone had survived didn't grow just a bit bigger when she saw Nathan being helped up.
Subconsciously, though, she knows that nobody would actually fault her for being more concerned about her partner than about a stranger. So maybe she's pretending for her own sake.
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It's been a long time since you and Nathan were friends. Back when you were younger and stupider you made some mistakes and destroyed a friendship, and you're not happy about it but there's so much water under that bridge that you've given up fixing things.
But when you realize he might die it bothers you more than you'd expect, and after a few minutes of hovering uselessly, you finally think to push the Rev out of the way and kneel over Nathan's still form. If he's going to die, the last face he sees will be friendly.
Well, friendlyish.
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It's been a long time since you and Duke were friends. He used and betrayed you, and maybe you've been unforgiving but it's not like he's ever sought forgiveness.
So he's the last person you want to see at your dad's grave. You didn't even let Parker help, because you knew you'd be a mess and you didn't want anyone else to see that moment of weakness. And yet here he is, your old friend, offering help and sympathy and maybe the tiniest olive branch. And it's probably just your vulnerable emotional state, but deep down you're glad he's there.
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