#Would Nicola Murray be better or worse armed

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Chapter 18: Run

James Murray sat at a table in the middle of the room. When he saw Malcolm and Bella, he stood up and took Bella into his arms with a fucking smug look on his face. “You’re prettier than your cousin, that’s for sure,” he said quietly as he pulled back.

Bella grinned up at him, her expression one of utter loathing. “Touch me again and I’ll break off your arm and hit you in the balls with it,” she said through her false smile, her voice coming through her clenched teeth. Malcolm didn’t dare go within punching distance of James; he didn’t want kicked out of here before getting anything out of him.

Chapters: 18/? Fandom: The Thick of It (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Nicola Murray/Malcolm Tucker Characters: Malcolm Tucker, Nicola Murray, Jamie MacDonald, Nicola Murray's children, Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s), Original Child Character(s) Additional Tags: Depression, Anxiety, Serious Illness, angsty, sometimes funny, Mystery Series: Part 3 of Black Water Summary:

"And you booked a ticket, but you don't know where you're going; and you won't tell me for fear I'll follow suit; you've been trying to save me from your past of bad decisions; but my decision's always gonna be to follow you." - 'Glowing' by The Script

Things have quickly gone from bad to worse for Malcolm Tucker. Secrets, he has learned, are toxic. His own secrets drove him to the brink of destruction; Nicola backed herself into a corner by keeping secrets from him. They're better for knowing the truth.

So when Malcolm realises Nicola has kept a deadly secret from him, he would rather know the truth, no matter what it does to him. She, however, has kept silent until there's nothing left to do - except, perhaps, run.

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i just really hope there's an outtake from The Zygon Invasion/Inversion where that one UNIT soldier tells the Doctor to "fuck off, Malcolm!"

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Chapter 13: Staring

The recording cut. Malcolm dared look at his wife, expecting to see tears. She was still staring ahead into the television screen. He reached out to her, touching her arm gently; she pulled it away and shrunk back into the corner of the sofa.

Temporarily giving up on getting anything sensible – or anything at all – out of Nicola, he opened the second and last voice recording.

Chapters: 13/? Fandom: The Thick of It (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Nicola Murray/Malcolm Tucker Characters: Malcolm Tucker, Nicola Murray, Jamie MacDonald, Nicola Murray's children, Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s), Original Child Character(s) Additional Tags: Depression, Anxiety, Serious Illness, angsty, sometimes funny, Mystery Series: Part 3 of Black Water Summary:

"And you booked a ticket, but you don't know where you're going; and you won't tell me for fear I'll follow suit; you've been trying to save me from your past of bad decisions; but my decision's always gonna be to follow you." - 'Glowing' by The Script

Things have quickly gone from bad to worse for Malcolm Tucker. Secrets, he has learned, are toxic. His own secrets drove him to the brink of destruction; Nicola backed herself into a corner by keeping secrets from him. They're better for knowing the truth.

So when Malcolm realises Nicola has kept a deadly secret from him, he would rather know the truth, no matter what it does to him. She, however, has kept silent until there's nothing left to do - except, perhaps, run.

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Chapter 5: Trust

But when he put his phone to his ear, a hand wrestled his arm down and took the phone from him. She hung up and clutched the device in both hands, her knuckles white. Terri appeared at the door. “Listen, I know you’re newlyweds and you’re still smoothing things out but could you please keep the domestics to-”

“Fuck off, Terri!” Malcolm and Nicola roared in unison. Finally, something they fucking agreed on.

Terri closed the door behind her, and Malcolm tried to pry his wife’s fingers from his phone. Her grip was vice-like. There was no getting her hands off the thing without hurting her fingers. “Fucking give me my phone back, Nic’la!”

Chapters: 5/? Fandom: The Thick of It (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Nicola Murray/Malcolm Tucker Characters: Malcolm Tucker, Nicola Murray, Jamie MacDonald, Nicola Murray's children, Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s), Original Child Character(s) Additional Tags: Depression, Anxiety, Serious Illness, angsty, sometimes funny, Mystery Series: Part 3 of Black Water Summary:

"And you booked a ticket, but you don't know where you're going; and you won't tell me for fear I'll follow suit; you've been trying to save me from your past of bad decisions; but my decision's always gonna be to follow you." - 'Glowing' by The Script

Things have quickly gone from bad to worse for Malcolm Tucker. Secrets, he has learned, are toxic. His own secrets drove him to the brink of destruction; Nicola backed herself into a corner by keeping secrets from him. They're better for knowing the truth.

So when Malcolm realises Nicola has kept a deadly secret from him, he would rather know the truth, no matter what it does to him. She, however, has kept silent until there's nothing left to do - except, perhaps, run.