INTRODUCTION

Author's Name: Laurie Q

Title of Story: Coming of Age

Type of Story: AU

Rating of Story:  T

Characters in Story: F, J, Fe, L, Ch, B, OC

Warnings: major character injuries, very mild swearing, and assorted violent bad guys

Date Posted:  April, 2009

Plot Blurb: An old friend of Fenton’s lures him halfway around the world to work a case that’s not what it appears; a minor coup ensues, endangering his family with one son imprisoned the other on the run…

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I can breathe.  I can.  I’ve been doing it forever, nothing new today, Hardy. In.  Out.  Yep, nothing to it.  I can.

He shook his head slightly, steering sweat away from his eyes beneath the cloying fabric. The hood blocked his vision, yet he couldn’t seem to stop attempting to peer through it whenever he could tear his thoughts away from breathing. The stifling humidity combined with the now soggy cloth clinging to his nose and mouth was making that increasingly rare.

Someone had yanked him to his feet hours ago, walking him outside of the hotel only to drop him back to his knees on the ground.  At some point after that, it had started to rain again, soaking him to the bone.  He’d hoped it might be cooler when the deluge finally stopped, but even now when he was sure it was after sundown, it felt more like a terrarium. So he knelt in the mud, knees and back aching, wrists rubbed raw, pretending he wasn’t struggling for air.

…can’t think…could think if I could breathe….in…out….

Hands hooked under his arms, pulling him up again and ending the confused musings. He felt the soles of his feet sink into the mushy ground, but his kinked knees wouldn’t straighten to support him.  As soon as he was released, he flopped forward, bound hands useless, landing face down in the slop.

Special Notes:  All place and political names are strictly fictitious and I have no interest in making any sort of political statement with the story.  The foreign language sections are Indonesian.  I also want to say thanks to Cokie for the beta.

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