#bad actors

almost dying from Novichok poisoning"? Never fear, I wrote an entire series of fics to help you through that!

Recovery (5-part series):

Part 1 Nobody got to live happy ever after is the one where River gets poisoned. (One shot, gen, POV: River)

Part 2 Someone Could Get Hurt takes place that same day/night as Lamb, Diana, Louisa, and Catherine all show up at the hospital. (7 chapters, gen, POV: those 4 + Sid)

Part 3 Somebody's either dead or they're not takes place the next day when River goes into cardiac arrest and his visitors Louisa and Sid have to awkwardly sit together while waiting to hear whether or not he is dead, resulting in something like bonding. (One shot, gen, POV: Louisa, fun fact: this contains the most tortured metaphor I've ever written which I always consider editing out but for some reason feel oddly charmed by how terrible it is so I leave it even though I hate it)

Part 4 Don't Die is a bunch of vignettes of River's recovery in the hospital over the next few days/weeks/months. (9 chapters, about half gen, half Sid/River, POV: various, most frequently River, Louisa, and Sid)

Part 5 Sick Leave takes place shortly after River is released from the hospital and is basically Bad Actors if Sophie de Greer had been sent to stay with River and Sid instead of an empty safe house because I was sad they weren't in that book. It's more plot, less whump, but it does feature a River fainting scene (ch. 8), plus it opens with Lech getting hit by a car, as is canon. (15 chapters, Sid/River, POV: various, most frequently River, Louisa, Sid, and Lech)