"Go back!" she said. "For God's sake do what I ask you. Go back and never set foot upon the moor again." T for a gruesome death.

Crosspost; rule 63. To save her family from ruin, Martha Doyle is forced to live under a false identity. In the University of Edinburgh she encounters a person who seems to be in a similar situation; unfortunately, their first conversation begins with a death threat.

Xpost from AO3. Warning for PTSD. Not dark, though, and not really graphic.

Doyle is in pain over recent events and deals with his feelings of guilt and shame in a way that Bell doesn't approve of. WARNING: Contains spanking of an adult.