Godless Nights by slashbert (PG)

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Fandom: BOONDOCK SAINTS
Pairing: Gen (although can be vaguely read as Connor/Murphy)
Author on LJ: slashbert
Author Website: None found, other than her LJ.
Why this must be read: This fic, short though it be, sheds light on a question that is never directly asked, but often wondered in the film. How do Connor and Murphy live with the path they have taken?



Murphy's hands were never clean in his dreams. They were always stained with blood, both fresh and dried, smelling sharply of iron and vengeance and remorse.

Connor never dreamed because he never slept long enough for them to take root, letting them toss fruitlessly in the loose soil of his mind. He lay awake, night after night, and thought.


Godless Nights