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Smoke and Mirrors
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"The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone." – Harriet Beecher Stowe
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title: the root of evil
prompt: R; regret
featuring: Malcolm
set: during episode 4, "bang"
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Malcolm never thought anything would come between him and his friends. Henry, Sully, Danny, Booth… they were his friends, his brothers, and he would've done anything for them—
—and then they found that bag of money.
He didn't know what came over him. Dirt under his fingernails, tearstains running down his cheeks, his arms aching from digging a hole deep enough to bury Booth—his friend, but never his guilt—Malcolm would've given every cent he had to bring his friend back from the grave.
But he couldn't, so, hating himself, he took the money with him when he left.