crack_van | don’t trust the air you breathe, by DevilishKurumi

Fandom: WELCOME TO NIGHT VALE
Pairing: Gen, pre-Cecil/Carlos
Length: wordcount 6,884
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: stories on AO3; DevilishKurumi on Tumblr
Warnings: police brutality, hurt/comfort
Notes: spoilers for episode 3, “Station Management”
Why this must be read:

Shortly after arriving in Night Vale, Carlos runs afoul of the authorities. Good thing that afterwards, one of the locals is willing to clean him up and offer advice.

When he wakes up again, it’s still dark, and Cecil is sitting on the other side of the bed, back propped against the wall and legs crossed, playing Angry Birds on his phone. Carlos can’t help but smile at that, because it’s just one more normal thing about the sharp-toothed radio host that he’d never have expected before this.

“You can probably think again,” Cecil says, as though he'd known exactly when Carlos would be up, “If you start feeling a migraine come on, though, put on some daytime television until the pain subsides.”

Over the course of this prickly story, Carlos realizes that life in a police state requires a mix of black humor, pragmatism, and compromise ... and how lucky he is to have Cecil on his side (even if the staring is a little creepy).

“don’t trust the air you breathe” on AO3

don’t trust the air you breathe, by DevilishKurumi

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