Slowhorses Stories

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)

In which Sasha absolutely, definitely, seriously, does not have a crush on River Cartwright.

My deplorable mania for analysis exhausts me. I doubt everything, even my doubt. - slow horses: season one, onwards - slow horses novel, onwards

"We're constantly walking the line between success and failure. I don't want us to end up on the wrong side." - Slough House. Home of misfits, losers and addicts. Also known as the place where River Cartwright met the love of his life. [Slow Horses] [River Cartwright x OC] [Book One of One]

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