Prompt Post: The Magnus Archives #1

[gertrude_robinson]

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Re: Prompt: Jon/Martin, Noncon, Spiral made them do it

[(Anonymous)]

Hmm, could have a bit more positive catharsis in an overall bitter side of bittersweet ending. Like...
- Martin stays with Georgie and Melanie for a little while once he gets out of hospital, having lost his apartment while his disability benefits claim is being assessed. (He's surprised to be welcome, but Melanie appreciates that he's made a lot of the same sacrifices, and warns him that he can't stay forever. He refuses to explain why he and Jon broke up, besides saying it didn't work out and it's personal and it's not his place to go into it. They're not actually surprised, and he can tell they're assuming it's mainly Jon's fault, which sets him on edge.)
- The three of them take a trip to visit Jon, and once they've all awkwardly caught up at a cafe, Melanie and Georgie go grab a table for themselves so the boys can talk. Martin shares the news that he might be able to stay with some friends of Georgie's in Edinburgh, but it's not certain yet, and he doesn't know how or when he might be able to get his own place.
- Jon gives him some advice on support in the area, and tentatively asks whether he's given some thought to meeting someone new, once things are more settled. Martin admits that he doesn't know how he could trust himself around anyone again, and Jon gives him some encouraging advice about how to know if he's under the Spiral's influence long term (it exists to invoke terror, so if he takes things very, very slowly while socialising, and doesn't feel scared or get a weird reaction from anyone, then it's not involved. Back when the two of them were on the run, they were terrified for their future. The less he fears, the less he has to fear. Georgie would be a good role model.) Martin says he appreciates the talk, but he still wants to prioritise their friendship for the forseeable future.
- Jon also offers him financial help with finding a new place, if a one-off gift towards a deposit would ever make the difference. (He's always been frugal, taking after his grandmother, and he gave up his s4 apartment after living in the archives for a while, so he's still got a decent amount of savings set aside, and he's hoping to find some sort of work again soon.) At the same time, he makes it clear that he won't ever want to visit Martin at home, or invite him over. Precautions like meeting here are a good idea for both of them, to cut the risk of anything going wrong. Even if they stay free of the entities, they've both got trauma to deal with.
- Jon admits that he panics at the thought of any kind of touch between them, but he feels a similar bone-deep dread at the idea of a world without Martin in it. He wants to know that he didn't fail him through his own mistakes, that he didn't drag him out of the Lonely for nothing. Martin tries to agree that even if life is tough, they should perservere. Each of them is aware that if they made another attempt to die, they'd leave the other all the more devastated. They try to turn the conversation back to lighter topics like audiobook recommendations. Martin leaves feeling simultaneously slightly better and all the more broken up over the way this is still the most loving interpersonal relationship in his life, and he's ruined their chance to make each other truly happy.

Re: Prompt: Jon/Martin, Noncon, Spiral made them do it

[(Anonymous)]

OP- I love everything about this! You have no idea how excited I am that someone's putting this much consideration into my prompt. That's exactly the sort of tone I had in mind.

Re: Prompt: Jon/Martin, Noncon, Spiral made them do it

[(Anonymous)]

Ah good! To be fair thinking about it is the easy part, but I'll try to get more words on screen too, now the tone's nailed down.