Fan Fiction: Crossovers
And So I Made the Choice

  Peter understood now. Stephen fell silent for a long moment. Then turned back to Peter and said, "So. I am now an accessory to murder; I broke a convicted felon out of jail…" he fell silent again.

  Stephen took the newspaper from Peter and looked at the headline.

  "Burbank reported to me earlier… The Defalks have begun an offensive against the Leyland's. All sides have withdrawn their offensive teams, and begun fortifying their defences. The attacks on the public places have stopped. The Mobsters are even so concerned with each other that they have begun to slip up with covering their tracks. The police have tracked down and arrested 3 sub bosses in the last 2 days, from evidence found at the site of the last attacks."

  Stephen stood and began to pace again.

  "So, this is a GREAT VICTORY, for the good guys." He shouted at the room. "And all it cost was: One condemned criminal, one mob courier, and my conscience. But I just have to keep telling myself, that it was all for the greater good. I can't do anything about it now. So I had better learn to live with it." His voice cracked on those last words. He took a breath and tried again.

  "Because I CAN live with it." He said, his voice still a little unsteady. He tried again.

  "I can live with it." He said levelly.

  "I can live with it." He said, casually now.

  He finished his drink. Peter still said nothing. Stephen turned to Peter the vulnerability was gone now. He was himself again. "So, how was your vacation?"

  Peter answered the questions mechanically. But he still saw something dark within his partner's eyes. He knew that his partner had shown something ruthless inside him. He would not look at him the same way again, and he prayed that he had not lost his partner to darkness.