Fics like Truth Hurts

River thinks he’s starting to understand the rules. If he doesn’t answer a question, he’ll be punished. If he answers but they don’t like what he has to say, he’ll be punished. The questions are easy now and the punishment light, but River strongly suspects that this is just a warm-up meant to get him talking, and that as the questions get more detailed (and more classified), the punishment will change accordingly. It isn’t going to be a good time, that’s for fucking sure, but it isn’t overly complicated, either. No tricky mind games here, at least not for the time being. He can handle this. - OR—River is kidnapped and the slow horses have to get him back, even if it means breaking the rules a little (or more than a little). - Written for the 2026 Slow Horses Big Bang! Rating for canon-typical language and violence. Chapter-specific warnings will be in the chapter notes (:

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