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#and its not a romantic relationship. its not sexual. cleo has no desire for either of those
kraviolis · 1 year
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writing fics for cleo shaw is fucking HARD cus i literally started watching her when she came back from purgatory and have never really looked into her past much. everything i know about cleo’s life before she died and came back has been gleaned from cleo being told about her own life by everyone else.
#im writing a canon divergence thing about like. if cleo ACTUALLY trapped tessa for joe. if she was able to go through with it.#and how her relationship with joe would evolve from that bcus she'd be in such a vulnerable place#knowing she'd hurt someone she really cares about just to save herself. because she was too much of a coward to say no.#knowing that if anyone found out it was her then she'd have absolutely no one and be alone again#joe would play the sympathetic card and be the one to comfort her because he's the only other person who knows what she did#and the rest of the bundy bunch would be angry bcus they were worried sick abt cleo bcus she dipped without a word after getting STABBED#and then LYING to them all about it#and cleo wouldnt be able to stomach being around them all for very long bcus of her guilt#and would keep pushing them away while joe encourages it with manipulation and gaslighting#and cleo would literally just keep running to joe over this because as much as he disgusts her and she doesnt trust him#hes the only one who knows her now. he knows what she's capable of. he knows her darkest fears and her biggest dreams.#and shes the only one in the city who knows he and jonathan moore are one in the same. well bryce has suspicions#and its not a romantic relationship. its not sexual. cleo has no desire for either of those#but... joe wont leave her. no matter what she did. but cleo cant say the same for any of the bundy bunch#because they dont know what terrible things she's done.#and at that point#thats when cleo starts being afraid to lose joe#which is the worst fucking outcome in the world. thats game over. thats when cleo goes from victim of a blackmail & hostage situation#to a full blown accomplice of joe's#GOD i love writing fucked up shit#krav talks#np
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