Before it Breaks
After Prentiss, Jon is scared and hurting and more than a little paranoid. Although he hasn’t recovered yet, he starts investigating his employees - only to end up on Tim’s couch when he collapses. It might be his only chance to fix what is not yet entirely broken, if only he can shake the suspicion that Tim is a killer…
Jon&Tim, rated T, around 4300 words. Read on AO3! This was written for day 3 of @tmaappreciationweek.
Jon isn’t quite sure what he was thinking.
Well, no, that’s not quite true. ‘I need to know if anyone wants to kill me’ was the thought that made him bolt out of the flat this morning. He just isn’t sure why he did it like this, after barely two hours of sleep and running on nothing but paranoia induced adrenaline.
Now that the adrenaline is wearing off, the pain and fatigue that still remain after Prentiss’ attack are hitting him so hard that he can barely stand upright. And he’s nowhere close to home - he nearly made it to Tim’s house by now. Earlier, he thought this was a good choice to start investigating the people at the Institute. Close enough that he could walk instead of taking the tube and suffering the writhing crowd, and familiar enough that he knows where to hide so he can watch the house without raising suspicion.
Now, Jon has to admit that both parts didn’t really work out. He clearly was in no shape to walk all the way, and he’s far too aware of all the people staring at him.