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Title: The Space of a year
Author: smaragdbird
Artist: danceswithgary
Fandom: The Terror (TV 2018)
Characters/Pairings:Jopson/Crozier, Hickey/Gibson, Jopson/Little (not endgame), past Sophia/Crozier, Thomas Blanky, James Fitzjames, some background ships that get mentioned but do not play a role in the story
Rating/Category: PG13/Slash
Genre: modern AU set in a university setting but they're reseachers, not students. Also, romance
Word Count: 10656
Warnings mention of past alcohol addiction & mention of currently being sober, some canon-level depressive thoughts from Crozier, Hickey's & Gibson highyl volatile on/off relationship includes mention of past infidelity & current jealousy
Summary: When Francis Crozier moves to his new research posting in the north of Scotland, he has to move in with his research assistant Jopson because the housing situation is dire. And because he had assumed he would move in with his girlfriend Sophia, who broke up with him shortly before the move. Trying to move on, Francis tries to integrate into his new environment, helped by Jopson and his old friend Thomas Blanky. Not easy when your boss is the uncle of your ex-girlfriend.

In his first year up north Francis has not only to deal with the pitfalls of academia but also has a front seat to his neighbour's volatile on/off romance, trying to set up his faithful research assistant, too many social work events and and repeated tellings of the time Fitzjames was bitten by a Chinese bat. But will he be finally able to see what was right in front of him all this time? (Spoiler alert: of course he will, this is a romance, not a tragedy).

Link to fic master post: The Space of a Year
Link to art master post: wonderful artwork


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