For chocolateboxcomm I was, hilariously, assigned to my friend mollyamory, with whom I regularly chit-chat about writing. So, the stage was set for DIRECT AND PURPOSEFUL DECEPTION. Oh how I love lying to my friends, as long as it means I can scurry around behind their backs and bring mutual friends in on the shenanigans. :D

We matched on Shetland, so I got to immerse myself in Jimmy and Duncan and Jimmy/Duncan, and their parenting and their empty nest and their quiet midlife crises and their self-images and their hidden pining and whatnot. ♥ And the result was this:

Nightfall, headland, home (8150 words) by Dorinda
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Shetland (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Duncan Hunter/Jimmy Perez
Characters: Duncan Hunter, Jimmy Perez, Cassie Perez
Additional Tags: Self-Esteem Issues, Pining, Post-Season/Series 05, Feelings Realization, First Time, Loneliness, Getting Together
Summary:

But he was just bloody tired. Though, granted, one of the things he was most tired of was keeping on his rails, making himself look all well and good. Fake it till you make it. Never let 'em see you sweat. Keep your chin up. Bollocks. And when he looked back on his life—the few times he let himself, anyway—it was clear that whenever he was this completely worn out and used up, his instincts brought him dragging in to Jimmy's.

To Jimmy.