Dani and Malcolm are punished for disobeying a direct order.

A severed thumb left in a mailbox takes Malcolm on a roller coaster ride through hell and pits him against a killer as dangerous as John Watkins. For Bad Things Happen Bingo, finger in the mail. Some language and situations. No pairings.

Endicott had to die. There was no other way to save her family. For what he was planning to do to her, to her brother, to her family, Endicott had to die, and Ainsley was going to be the one to do it. (tag to 1x20, Like Father...)

Arresting Malcolm was the hardest thing Gil had ever had to do. He had to do it anyway. But no matter what, he is not letting his kid go to prison. (tag to 1x19, The Professionals)

Eve was gone. Again. How many times was Malcolm going to let the same person hurt him? When was the pain ever going to end? Everyone always left him, except for Gil. No, Gil always stayed, and as always, Gil stayed again. (tag to 1x18, Scheherazade)

Malcolm croyait se rendre au bureau mais Gil le met en congé ... Au moins après le 1X13 ...

Malcolm has had a bad day, and a man with a box cutter, intent on strangling him, just seems to be out to make his bad day even worse. (AU tag to 1x17, Stranger Beside You)

Back in boarding school, Vijay gave up on Malcolm. He wasn't going to give up on him again. (tag to 1x16, The Job)

When Edrisa takes down the killer, the gun goes off. But despite the agony in his shoulder, Malcolm still has a few apologies he wants to get out. (AU tag to 1x15, Death's Door)

Dr. Whitly is in surgery, and Malcolm is falling apart. Gil is there to hold him together. (tag to 1x14, Eye of the Needle)

Feelings are messy and complicated, and Dani doesn't know what to do with them. But she's not alone, since Bright doesn't seem to have a clue what to do with his either. (tag to 1x13, Wait and Hope)

The incident with the ECT machine isn't something that Gil is willing to just let go. Malcolm had almost done something he wouldn't be able to come back from, and his team is there to make sure it never happens again. (tag to 1x12, Internal Affairs)

Watkins is dealt with, and his family is safe, but Malcolm is exhausted and hurting. Gil arrives not a moment too soon, and as long as Gil is around, Malcolm knows he's safe. (tag to 1x11, Alone Time)

Dani learns that caring about Bright has consequences, such as not being able to handle it when people like Agent Swanson treat him with such contempt. (tag to 1x10, Silent Night)

He'd messed up, again. Eve was gone, and it was all his fault. He'd almost killed her because he couldn't get a grip. / Malcolm begins to spiral once Eve leaves, but for the first time, he calls for backup. And Gils always answers. (tag to 1x09, Pied-A-Terre)

Lazar walked away, leaving Malcolm alone in the tunnel, in agonizing pain. As always, Gil comes to his rescue. (tag to 1x08, Family Friend)

Someone gets a hold of the interview tapes and decides to make Malcolm's life hell with this new information. Luckily, his team is his family, and they're not going to let anyone treat him as anything less. (tag to 1x07, Q&A)

"I promise I'm not starting again." Gil notices a burn on Malcolm's hand. They have a discussion of that terrible implication. No matter what, Gil isn't going to let Malcolm ever think that he is alone. (tag to 1x06, All Souls and Sadists)

Malcolm isn't good at friendship. He hasn't been for a long time. But this team is all he wants, if only he can manage to not push them away. He always pushes everyone away. He is always so alone. But as long as Gil is around, Malcolm will never truly be alone. (tag to 1x05, The Trip)

Taking care of his kid is just as much Gil's job as being a police lieutenant, so when Malcolm falls seriously ill, Gil does whatever he can to help him feel better.

The case itself hadn't been too emotionally taxing, but Malcolm's personal life always was. Gil knows, from the bandage over the kid's hand to the faint bruise that shows up near his eye a day later, that something is going on. Finally, once the case is done, he gets a chance to ask about it. (tag to 1x04, Designer Complicity)

Dr. Brown isn't the only one who gets dosed with LSD that night. Malcolm gets dosed too, and the rest of the night is nothing but terror and agony. (AU tag to 1x03, Fear Response)

Whomever took one look at the sad, empty vastness of his fridge and just assumed that Malcolm did no grocery shopping, would be incurring in a grievous misconception. Somedays, however, he really shouldn't go. Anywhere.

Malcolm wakes up alone, in the hospital, faced with terrible news. As he deals with the life altering effects of what happened, he realizes that life can throw you more than one curve ball at a time.

Malcolm gets bit by a black mamba. Gil isn't getting back to work on the case until he knows that his kid is okay. (tag to 1x02, The Annihilator)