A collection of one shots, short stories and imagines of River Cartwright from the Slow Horses tv series and the Slough House book series by Mick Herron. I accept requests!

❝and I won't confess that I waited but I let the lamp burn as the men masqueraded I hoped you'd return❞ Only screwups get sent to Slough House...and Georgie Knightly, she's one of them. Six years after River Cartwright broke her heart, the pair find themselves forced to work together. Will such close proximity repair or further break their hearts?

He fell in love with her the moment he spilt shots down her dress

A broken man drowns his rejection in whiskey until a stranger sits at his table-a woman who feels both unfamiliar and hauntingly known. In one night of confessions, shame, and fragile hope, River Cartwright discovers that sometimes the smallest kindness can feel like salvation... or like a ghost reaching out from the past. ⚠️(Haven't seen season 5 yet, so I might need to rewrite the whole story)

Ella Cole - the only reject at Slough House to view her banishment as a fresh start and a chance to change her life for the better. Ella never again wants to draw attention to herself the way she did at the Park, but the past has a nasty habit of catching up with even the most cautious of people, and Ella is about to find out that keeping herself distanced from everyone is no guarantee she can keep them safe.

F!Reader Insert. You've had a bad day & River wants to help you forget it. No use of Y/N, L/N. Zero plot. Based on a Tumblr prompt: River x female!reader insert, where after a really shitty day, River wants to help make his girl feel good/take her mind off her day, by spending the evening going down on her? I mean... have you seen the guy's mouth?!

River gets arrested and ends up making an unexpected friend.

River decides, finally, that David needs some help at home, so sets about employing someone to do just that without really thinking of the consequences.

Undercover on a job, River Cartwright's jealousy begins to reveal itself.

River needs fixing up when he returns to Slough House a bit worse for wear