crack_van | Before the Darkness by Dawn Cunningham (R)

This month, I feel like reccing a lot of Richie-centric fic of all kinds, with a few other stories thrown in for variety. So to start us off...

Fandom: HIGHLANDER
Pairing: Duncan/Tessa, Richie/OFC
Author Website: Dawn's Highlander Fanfiction Page
Why this must be read:

Dawn Cunningham is one of the fandom's classic angst authors, and she has a real knack for making Richie's pain tear at your heartstrings. Here, one inexplicable event after another seem to suggest that Richie is going crazy, suffering from a split personality. And then people start getting hurt...

"I didn't send it either," Duncan said as he glanced at the letter again. "Tessa is right, there are things listed here that I didn't know either."

Richie looked back and forth between them. "Then who did this?"

"It could be anybody," Duncan theorized. "It wouldn't be that difficult for someone to take a blank sheet of our stationary from the office. Do you have any friends that might be mad enough at you to do this?"

Richie shook his head no.

"Okay, I have an idea. Come with me." Duncan led them into the office where he turned on the computer. A few minutes later, he looked at Richie. "This was definitely printed from this computer. I found the file it was printed from. The time stamp on it is from this morning ...when you were here alone, Rich."

Richie went pale as Duncan showed him the file. "Oh, no," he muttered before fleeing to his room.

Before the Darkness