Story Title: The Price of Grief

Fandom: Prodigal Son

Link: AO3
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Summary: Malcolm knows his time with the NYPD is over but when he becomes a suspect in a particularly heinous crime along with one of his few childhood friends, he can't sit back and not help the team save children who are being trafficked and killed.

Warnings: angst, suicidal ideation, a pedophilia/human trafficking ring is the crime they’re trying to stop, health issues, references to attempted murder, actual murder and serial killers

Characters: Malcolm Bright, Jessica Whitly, Gil Arroyo, Dani Powell, JT Tarmel, Edrisa Tanaka, Colette Swanson

Pairings: mentions of Gil/Jessica, Malcolm/Dani UST

When I Started: January 2021 so for me this is a relatively recent story.

How I Lost My Shit: Just a few weeks in I had a serious fall and was hospitalized for months.

How I Finished My Shit: For one, Mom brought me my laptop in the hospital and that helped because I wasn’t allowed out of bed (and I needed to teach from there!). Two, this challenge always motivates me. Three, when Fox canceled this show abruptly as they like to do with original programming, I was bound and determined to keep writing and that powered me through this.