Infatuation (PLL Emison AU)

The Doctor

Please don't skip this author's note.

First things first, I want you all to be aware that this story is 50 Shades of Fucked Up. When I say "M" I mean *screams from mountain top*: "M!"

Please heed the rating and take it seriously. Children, this is not for you.

It has graphic depictions of violence and allusions to other triggering material. I don't normally do trigger warnings, but there will be one or two scattered throughout the chapters for what I feel is something people need to be prepared for.

I want people to know exactly what they're getting in to. We're talking about a serial killer thriller. It's going to be brutal. The first chapter is about as graphic as it gets as far as violence goes. If you make it through the first one you should survive the rest. In addition to the graphic nature, the sex scenes are more detailed than anything I've ever done.

There will be some topics from the show that were not handled as seriously as they should have been. Including the pedophiles in Rosewood who preyed upon younger girls and never saw consequences for their actions and the NAT club. None of that particular content will be graphic, though there will be some of it that is a little difficult to read. There will also be allusions to violence and abuse in the home.

People have been asking me for a Dark Alison for a long time. This is as dark as it gets. But as always, I do promise some twists and a hell of a journey. My characters are never black and white. There is a lot of grey area.

Just remember that I always have a plan in store.

As always, reviews are appreciated, especially considering the PLL fandom is dwindling. I love hearing from my Emison fam. All I ask is that you be kind. I can't handle negativity here.

Be warned: This first chapter is gory and graphic.

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Prologue:

"What is it that you're so afraid of?"

Emily pecked her lips and peered into her eyes.

"I'm sorry."

It came out breathless.

"For what?"

"I don't...I don't know how to do this."

"Do what?"

How to love.

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Chapter 1:

The Doctor

The blade sliced through the thin layer of skin on his cheek. She applied light pressure at first, watching as the first trickle oozed out. She'd always been fascinated by blood. She respected that it was a life force. She also loved the various different ways it could be drained from the body. The way it seeped out if a cut was superficial. The way it poured out if a vein had been hit. The way it spurted out in explosions of bright crimson in the time of a heartbeat if you hit an artery.

Her first memory of blood was an abrasion on her knee. She'd been fascinated to see the bright red substance oozing out from beneath her skin. She'd squeezed and squeezed until the warm liquid was dripping down her leg, cooling against her skin as it slid down to her ankle.

Life was so fragile. It was funny how a person's very existence hinged upon a single fluid. Without blood, organs would stop functioning. The heart would stop pumping. The brain would stop receiving the oxygen it needed to survive.