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Title: Tide-Water Dogs
Author: subluxate
Fandom: The Departed
Characters/Pairings: Sean Dignam, Captain Queenan, Ellerby, Frank Costello, Mr. French, Gwen, original characters, Dignam/OMC, Costello/Gwen, Queenan/OFC
Disclaimer: The Departed belongs to many wonderful people, none of whom are me. No disrespect to the canon is intended.
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 67,918
Warnings (highlight to view): Sexual content, homophobia, discussion of violence and murder, mild violence, discussion of torture, discussion of underage pornography (as part of a police investigation), discussion of drug use, referenced domestic violence, drinking.
Author's Notes: Written for queer_bigbang's first round. Thanks to five_steps_back and shipwreck_light for their wonderful beta jobs. Many, many thanks to five_steps_back for her amazing artwork, and to geena for her awesome mix.
Summary: Sean Dignam might be having a crisis of sexuality, but that doesn't mean life, and especially work, hit pause while he figures it out. He still has to help Captain Queenan run the undercover unit of the Boston branch of the Massachusetts State Police, testify against two people who worked for Frank Costello while Sean was undercover, and relearn how to actually interact with humanity, all while adjusting to the fact that he's not as straight as he once believed and figuring out how to have an actual serious relationship, with a guy no less. Takes place in 1998, well before canon and shortly after Dignam gets out of working undercover.

• Book Cover by five_steps_back
  
• Fanmix, made by geena
  
• Chapter One
  
• Chapter Two
  
• Chapter Three
  
• Chapter Four
  
• Chapter Five
  
• Chapter Six
  
• Chapter Seven
  
• Chapter Eight
  
• Chapter Nine
  
• Chapter Ten
  
• Chapter Eleven
  
• Chapter Twelve
  
• Chapter Thirteen
  
• Chapter Fourteen
  
• Chapter Fifteen
  
• Chapter Sixteen
  
• Chapter Seventeen
  
• Chapter Eighteen
  
• Chapter Nineteen
  
• Chapter Twenty
  
• Chapter Twenty-One
  
• Chapter Twenty-Two
  
• Chapter Twenty-Three
  
• Chapter Twenty-Four
  
• Chapter Twenty-Five
  
• Chapter Twenty-Six
  
• Chapter Twenty-Seven
  
• Chapter Twenty-Eight
  
• Chapter Twenty-Nine
  
• Coda

Title: Tide-Water Dogs, Chapter Sixteen
Fandom: The Departed
Rating: NC-17
Word Count (this chapter): 1,112
Warnings this chapter (highlight to view): Mentions of drug use and violence.

( Chapter Sixteen )

Chapter Fifteen

Index

Chapter Seventeen