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controlled by the pull of another
by abby82
category: AU
rating: Explicit
word count: 21,226
warnings: None
author’s note: So back in 2021 I started a High School/College AU in which Nikita was an international student in Paris and Michael was wrapping up his studies at the Sorbonne. Just like in the series, he was heavily involved in the student protest group L' Heure Sanguine and just like in the series, that group was headed down a very dangerous path that would result in the same deadly bombings that would lead to Michael's incarceration and recruitment into Section One. Except, what if he and Nikita crossed paths and became romantically involved? During this time he regularly lied to her about his increasingly violent protest activities because he knew that she wouldn't approve and wanted to shield her from it. That became the story I'm bare boned and crazy for you which was posted on April 2023 as part of the
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smallfandombang. While noodling out the ending, I reached the conclusion that it was not going to have a happy ending. I started writing an epilogue that got pretty long. I eventually decided that it would now be its own story as well. It didn't take me long to realize that the sequel wasn't exactly going to have a happy ending either, so I started a third part to wrap up the fates of Michael and Nikita. There was a point where I was writing the three stories simultaneously. The sequel, a reminder of how we were was posted in two parts in August and October of 2023. I got distracted writing two very long stories on a deadline and the third part unfortunately stopped getting the attention it deserved...until today. I know that I kind of sound like a broken record, but this story was not supposed to be this long. I thought I'd be lucky if I cracked 10,000 words. It's longer, but it definitely leaves Michael and Nikita in a better and happier place.story began: December 2022
story finished: December 2024
links: LJ | AO3 | Tumblr
summary: Michael and Nikita live on two different continents, but something has to give the longer they spend it apart.