Stay on the Line | A Dexter Fanfiction

Jonah Mercer knows how to make frightened people listen. As a Miami emergency call-taker, he spends his nights turning panic into instructions, one voice at a time. At home, he believes the same attentiveness makes him a good fiancé.

Then the future he built with Leah Bennett breaks apart.

Searching for a reason he can live with, Jonah begins listening for danger in other people's relationships: a tremor in a voice, a hidden bruise, a promise broken too easily. At first, his instincts lead him to a man who truly deserves to be stopped. Soon, suspicion sounds like proof-and protection begins to look a lot like possession.

Two months after the Ice Truck Killer case, Dexter Morgan notices a pattern of violence and the soft-spoken civilian standing near its edges. Jonah believes he has finally found someone who understands him.

Dexter is deciding whether Jonah can be taught restraint-or whether he belongs on the table.

Content notice: This story contains murder, violence, stalking, domestic abuse, psychological manipulation, controlling relationships, and infidelity.

Dexter and its canon characters and settings belong to their respective rights holders. Jonah Mercer and the other original characters are my own. This is a noncommercial fan work.