Running From Your Shadows
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  • Time 2h 44m
  • Reads 665
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  • Parts 31
  • Time 2h 44m
Complete, First published Mar 20, 2020
(Locus x F!OC, I will address Locus primarily as Sam unless its a situation)
Finally, after freeing himself from the toxic partnership with Felix, Samuel "Locus" Ortez has been going about the galaxy in search of himself, of redemption, and a new purpose. Now attempting to give up killing, he moves and secretly lives at a colony world near Reach. 

Marina Yvonovich is a simple woman who recently moved to a settlement on Reach's moon, Challenger. She returns in an attempt to revive her old life on Reach, to help finish rebuilding, and to achieve her dream of opening a school for gifted children.

Both are running from their pasts until an old adversary returns to settle the score, starting with this woman whom Locus has befriended. While Locus has sworn to never kill, how long until his resolve breaks to save the life of the only one who truly understands him and helps him?

Highest Rankings (I've caught):
#4 nosex
#8 locus
#20 innerdemons
#37 fallinginlove
#65 burn
#72 rvb
#78 redvsblue
#113 scars
#133 clean
#149 recovery
#160 slow
#179 PTSD
#397 abusive-relationship
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