welcome to hell

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Eyewitness (US TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Philip Shea/Lukas Waldenbeck Characters: Philip Shea, Lukas Waldenbeck, Helen Torrance, Gabe Caldwell, Bo Waldenbeck, mentions and brief appearances of original characters Additional Tags: philip's pov, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, No cabin murders, Post-first season, Flashbacks, Christmas, Kind of slow burn but not really, Future Fic, Holidays, Philip Shea needs a hug, Angst with a Happy Ending, Lukas Waldenbeck is in Love, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, stoner Philip Shea because i said so

  Summary:

Reeling from loss, Philip returns to Tivoli three years after he left New York to pursue a happier life in L.A. Its Christmas, and no one seems keen on letting Philip forget that. He smokes, he drives country roads aimlessly, and he smokes some more. Philip Shea does whatever he can to forget what he's lost, to forget where he is, and to forget who he might run into while running errands and trying to survive in this godforsaken town. All in all, everything is going somewhat to plan. That is, until Lukas Waldenbeck shows up unexpectedly to a holiday party and sends Philip on a heartbreaking and bittersweet trip down memory lane while the two rekindle old flames and explore roads not taken.

Told through both present-day and flashbacks, this work explores what might have happened between Philip and Lukas had the cabin murders not occurred—with a (hopefully) fun twist in the form of a Christmas setting!