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( On with the commentary ... )

Title: "Obsession"
Rating: NC-17 (incest, angst, dark themes, sexually explicit situations)
Word count: 50,045
Characters: Peter/Claire (canon)
Summary: Peter is found alive after the explosion and Claire eagerly takes her second chance to get to know her uncle. It's soon apparent that he's come back ... different. As their friendship grows more complex, things take a darker turn.
Spoilers: AU after 1.23 How to Stop An Exploding Man
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing. All NBC’s and Tim Kring’s. Please don’t sue!
Author’s Notes: Dedicated to sinverguenza without whom this fic would not have been finished. Thank you also to all the comments and encouragement I received from the Preview posted a while ago.

Previous parts can be found here.

( She thinks she won’t ever be able to breathe again, but she’s wrong. )

( Epilogue )

Title: "Obsession"
Rating: NC-17 (incest, angst, dark themes, sexually explicit situations)
Word count: 49,348
Characters: Peter/Claire (canon)
Summary: Peter is found alive after the explosion and Claire eagerly takes her second chance to get to know her uncle. It's soon apparent that he's come back ... different. As their friendship grows more complex, things take a darker turn.
Spoilers: AU after 1.23 How to Stop An Exploding Man
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing. All NBC’s and Tim Kring’s. Please don’t sue!
Author’s Notes: Dedicated to sinverguenza without whom this fic would not have been finished. Thank you also to all the comments and encouragement I received from the Preview posted a while ago.

Previous parts can be found here.

( Has it always been her destiny to not escape this moment; had she always been destined to kill her uncle? )

Title: "Obsession"
Rating: NC-17 (incest, angst, dark themes, sexually explicit situations)
Word count: 49,235
Characters: Peter/Claire (canon)
Summary: Peter is found alive after the explosion and Claire eagerly takes her second chance to get to know her uncle. It's soon apparent that he's come back ... different. As their friendship grows more complex, things take a darker turn.
Spoilers: AU after 1.23 How to Stop An Exploding Man
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing. All NBC’s and Tim Kring’s. Please don’t sue!
Author’s Notes: Dedicated to sinverguenza without whom this fic would not have been finished. Thank you also to all the comments and encouragement I received from the Preview posted a while ago.

Previous parts can be found here.

( She feels her scratches and grazes already healing; but the dread crawling at her insides doesn’t fade. )

Title: "Obsession"
Rating: NC-17 (incest, angst, dark themes, sexually explicit situations)
Word count: 49,130
Characters: Peter/Claire (canon)
Summary: Peter is found alive after the explosion and Claire eagerly takes her second chance to get to know her uncle. It's soon apparent that he's come back ... different. As their friendship grows more complex, things take a darker turn.
Spoilers: AU after 1.23 How to Stop An Exploding Man
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing. All NBC’s and Tim Kring’s. Please don’t sue!
Author’s Notes: Dedicated to sinverguenza without whom this fic would not have been finished. Thank you also to all the comments and encouragement I received from the Preview posted a while ago.

Previous parts can be found here.

( He lies bloody and broken on the floor in the rising sunlit stillness, because of her. )

Title: "Obsession"
Rating: NC-17 (incest, angst, dark themes, sexually explicit situations)
Word count: 48,996
Characters: Peter/Claire (canon)
Summary: Peter is found alive after the explosion and Claire eagerly takes her second chance to get to know her uncle. It's soon apparent that he's come back ... different. As their friendship grows more complex, things take a darker turn.
Spoilers: AU after 1.23 How to Stop An Exploding Man
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing. All NBC’s and Tim Kring’s. Please don’t sue!
Author’s Notes: Dedicated to sinverguenza without whom this fic would not have been finished. Thank you also to all the comments and encouragement I received from the Preview posted a while ago.

Previous parts can be found here.

( It’s like watching the Titanic sink slowly into the icy abyss and there’s nothing she can do about it. )

Title: "Obsession"
Rating: NC-17 (incest, angst, dark themes, sexually explicit situations)
Word count: 48,989
Characters: Peter/Claire (canon)
Summary: Peter is found alive after the explosion and Claire eagerly takes her second chance to get to know her uncle. It's soon apparent that he's come back ... different. As their friendship grows more complex, things take a darker turn.
Spoilers: AU after 1.23 How to Stop An Exploding Man
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing. All NBC’s and Tim Kring’s. Please don’t sue!
Author’s Notes: Dedicated to sinverguenza without whom this fic would not have been finished. Thank you also to all the comments and encouragement I received from the Preview posted a while ago.

Previous parts can be found here.

( She swears afterwards that she really, truly thought she’d be able to handle knowing the truth. )

Title: "Obsession"
Rating: NC-17 (incest, angst, dark themes, sexually explicit situations)
Word count: 48,682
Characters: Peter/Claire (canon)
Summary: Peter is found alive after the explosion and Claire eagerly takes her second chance to get to know her uncle. It's soon apparent that he's come back ... different. As their friendship grows more complex, things take a darker turn.
Spoilers: AU after 1.23 How to Stop An Exploding Man
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing. All NBC’s and Tim Kring’s. Please don’t sue!
Author’s Notes: Dedicated to sinverguenza without whom this fic would not have been finished. Thank you also to all the comments and encouragement I received from the Preview posted a while ago.

Previous parts can be found here.

( She realises that he knows, a part of him knows how empty he is, how much of himself he’s lost. )

Title: "Obsession"
Rating: NC-17 (incest, angst, dark themes, sexually explicit situations)
Word count: 48,707
Characters: Peter/Claire (canon)
Summary: Peter is found alive after the explosion and Claire eagerly takes her second chance to get to know her uncle. It's soon apparent that he's come back ... different. As their friendship grows more complex, things take a darker turn.
Spoilers: AU after 1.23 How to Stop An Exploding Man
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing. All NBC’s and Tim Kring’s. Please don’t sue
Author’s Notes: Dedicated to sinverguenza without whom this fic would not have been finished. Thank you also to all the comments and encouragement I received from the Preview posted a while ago.

Previous parts can be found here.

( It’s her prom night and not in a million years did she think she’d end up in this weird situation. )

Title: "Obsession"
Rating: NC-17 (incest, angst, dark themes, sexually explicit situations)
Word count: 47,637
Characters: Peter/Claire (canon)
Summary: Peter is found alive after the explosion and Claire eagerly takes her second chance to get to know her uncle. It's soon apparent that he's come back ... different. As their friendship grows more complex, things take a darker turn.
Spoilers: AU after 1.23 How to Stop An Exploding Man
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing. All NBC’s and Tim Kring’s. Please don’t sue
Author’s Notes: Dedicated to sinverguenza without whom this fic would not have been finished. Thank you also to all the comments and encouragement I received from the Preview posted a while ago.

Previous parts can be found here.

( It’s an odd turn of events but being with Peter actually has the strange effect of improving her grades. )

Title: "Obsession"
Rating: NC-17 (incest, angst, dark themes, sexually explicit situations)
Characters: Peter/Claire (canon)
Summary: Peter is found alive after the explosion and Claire eagerly takes her second chance to get to know her uncle. It's soon apparent that he's come back ... different. As their friendship grows more complex, things take a darker turn.
Spoilers: AU after 1.23 How to Stop An Exploding Man
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing. All NBC’s and Tim Kring’s. Please don’t sue
Author’s Notes: Dedicated to sinverguenza without whom this fic would not have been finished. Thank you also to all the comments and encouragement I received from the Preview posted a while ago.

Previous parts can be found here.

( She doesn’t know whether she’ll ever speak to him again after what happened, which she could never have believed a few months ago. )

Title: "Obsession"
Rating: NC-17 (incest, angst, dark themes, sexually explicit situations)
Characters: Peter/Claire (canon)
Summary: Peter is found alive after the explosion and Claire eagerly takes her second chance to get to know her uncle. It's soon apparent that he's come back ... different. As their friendship grows more complex, things take a darker turn.
Spoilers: AU after 1.23 How to Stop An Exploding Man
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing. All NBC’s and Tim Kring’s. Please don’t sue
Author’s Notes: Dedicated to sinverguenza without whom this fic would not have been finished. Thank you also to all the comments and encouragement I received from the Preview posted a while ago.

Previous parts can be found here.

( His essence, for want of a better word, is what gives him away. )

Title: "Obsession"
Rating: NC-17 (incest, angst, dark themes, sexually explicit situations)
Characters: Peter/Claire (canon)
Summary: Peter is found alive after the explosion and Claire eagerly takes her second chance to get to know her uncle. It's soon apparent that he's come back ... different. As their friendship grows more complex, things take a darker turn.
Spoilers: AU after 1.23 How to Stop An Exploding Man
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing. All NBC’s and Tim Kring’s. Please don’t sue
Author’s Notes: Dedicated to sinverguenza without whom this fic would not have been finished. Thank you also to all the comments and encouragement I received from the Preview posted a while ago.

Previous parts can be found here.

( She's so engrossed in her thoughts she doesn’t hear him coming, crawling, slithering in under cover of night. )

Title: "Obsession"
Rating: NC-17 (incest, angst, dark themes, sexually explicit situations)
Characters: Peter/Claire (canon)
Summary: Peter is found alive after the explosion and Claire eagerly takes her second chance to get to know her uncle. It's soon apparent that he's come back ... different. As their friendship grows more complex, things take a darker turn.
Spoilers: AU after 1.23 How to Stop An Exploding Man
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing. All NBC’s and Tim Kring’s. Please don’t sue
Author’s Notes: Dedicated to sinverguenza without whom this fic would not have been finished. Thank you also to all the comments and encouragement I received from the Preview posted a while ago.

Previous parts can be found here.

( The look leaves her breathless and unsure but she loves it all the same, feels in her bones that the picture of her, in his dress, will forever be etched in fiery outline in his memory. )

Title: "Obsession"
Rating: NC-17 (incest, angst, dark themes, sexually explicit situations)
Characters: Peter/Claire (canon)
Summary: Peter is found alive after the explosion and Claire eagerly takes her second chance to get to know her uncle. It's soon apparent that he's come back ... different. As their friendship grows more complex, things take a darker turn.
Spoilers: AU after 1.23 How to Stop An Exploding Man
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing. All NBC’s and Tim Kring’s. Please don’t sue
Author’s Notes: Dedicated to sinverguenza without whom this fic would not have been finished. Thank you also to all the comments and encouragement I received from the Preview posted a while ago.

Previous parts can be found here.

( The night’s so heavy; not quite hot but it’s definitely musky, air oppressive and weighing on her like a dark, ominous cloud. )

Title: "Obsession"
Rating: NC-17 (incest, angst, dark themes, sexually explicit situations)
Characters: Peter/Claire (canon)
Summary: Peter is found alive after the explosion and Claire eagerly takes her second chance to get to know her uncle. It's soon apparent that he's come back ... different. As their friendship grows more complex, things take a darker turn.
Spoilers: AU after 1.23 How to Stop An Exploding Man
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing. All NBC’s and Tim Kring’s. Please don’t sue
Author’s Notes: Dedicated to sinverguenza without whom this fic would not have been finished. Thank you also to all the comments and encouragement I received from the Preview posted a while ago.

Previous parts can be found here.

( She thinks he looks sad when they part but there’s also a thirst there, terrible, aching thirst for something she doesn’t want to put a name to. )

Title: "Obsession"
Rating: NC-17 (incest, angst, dark themes, sexually explicit situations)
Characters: Peter/Claire (canon)
Summary: Peter is found alive after the explosion and Claire eagerly takes her second chance to get to know her uncle. It's soon apparent that he's come back ... different. As their friendship grows more complex, things take a darker turn.
Spoilers: AU after 1.23 How to Stop An Exploding Man
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing. All NBC’s and Tim Kring’s. Please don’t sue
Author’s Notes: Dedicated to sinverguenza, without whom this fic would not have been finished. Thank you also to all the comments and encouragement I received from the Preview posted a while ago.

Previous parts can be found here.

( She loses track of time because one minute he’s humming and the next he’s just holding her in silence, tune long dissipated and there’s nothing in the air but the pounding of their hearts. )

Title: "Obsession"
Rating: NC-17 (incest, angst, dark themes, sexually explicit situations)
Characters: Peter/Claire (canon)
Summary: Peter is found alive after the explosion and Claire eagerly takes her second chance to get to know her uncle. It's soon apparent that he's come back ... different. As their friendship grows more complex, things take a darker turn.
Spoilers: AU after 1.23 How to Stop An Exploding Man
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing. All NBC’s and Tim Kring’s. Please don’t sue
Author’s Notes: Dedicated to sinverguenza, without whom this fic would not have been finished. Thank you also to all the comments and encouragement I received from the Preview posted a while ago.

Previous parts can be found here.

( He’s warm, so warm and it makes her own feel like it’s been set alight, but she doesn’t mind at all. His breath is hot against her ear ...  )

Title: "Obsession"
Rating: NC-17 (incest, angst, dark themes, sexually explicit situations)
Characters: Peter/Claire (canon)
Summary: Peter is found alive after the explosion and Claire eagerly takes her second chance to get to know her uncle. It's soon apparent that he's come back ... different. As their friendship grows more complex, things take a darker turn.
Spoilers: AU after 1.23 How to Stop An Exploding Man
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing. All NBC’s and Tim Kring’s. Please don’t sue!
Author’s Notes: Dedicated to sinverguenza, without whom this fic would not have been finished. Thank you also to all the comments and encouragement I received from the Preview posted a while ago. 

Previous parts can be found here. 

( A livid, bitter twist forms at the edge of his mouth as he pulls away, getting off the bed. You shouldn’t let me do this to you. )

Title: "Obsession"
Rating: NC-17 (incest, angst, dark themes, sexually explicit situations)
Characters: Peter/Claire (canon)
Summary: Peter is found alive after exploding over Kirby Plaza and being presumed dead. Claire takes her second chance to get to know her uncle, but it's soon apparent that he's come back ... different. As their friendship grows more complex, things take a darker turn.
Spoilers: AU after 1.23 How to Stop An Exploding Man
Disclaimer: Nothing is mine, just borrowing. All NBC’s and Tim Kring’s. Please don’t sue!
Author’s Notes: Dedicated to sinverguenza, without whom this fic would not have been finished. Thank you also to all the comments and encouragement I received from the Preview posted a while ago. 

Previous parts can be found here. 

( He climbs in and it’s like his sojourn in hell has lent him the grace of a cat, lithe and dangerous. )