The Things I Deal With

by chariots99

Drabbles! 100 words of awesomeness! NOW: Tom will NEVER be hired to work for MI6, not as long as Blunt is Director. And this is why.

38. Safe and Sound

Title – Safe and Sound

Summary – Come morning light, you and I'll be safe and sound

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Alex swallowed heavily. Next to him sat Tom, shivering; though whether from fear or cold, Alex couldn't tell.

A heavy silence hung between them.

'I'm sorry, Tom,' Alex whispered finally.

'Why?'

'I dragged you into this.'

'I could've left, unlike you.' Tom turned to face Alex, a shaky smile on his face. 'Don't worry.'

Alex nodded, watching Tom lean back into the rocks and close his eyes. 'I'll keep watch.'

'Don't bother,' Tom said. 'It'll be over soon.'

'We'll rule the afterlife.'

'You know it.'

Come morning light, the cave was little more than a smoking hole in the ground.

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Yeah ... I'm going to be getting some real angry hate mail, aren't I?