Whumptober 2023 No. 2 'Delirium'

The Musketeers episode 3.07 "Fool's Gold"

Athos (Tom Burke) is wounded and poisoned and he's delirant all night.

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This must be Hell, Athos thinks as flames engulf him and claws rip at his flesh.

He cannot remember dying - not the moment it happened, not the slipping away, the plunge, the flutter of black wings. But he remembers what brought him to the edge, remembers the bite of a musket ball, the frantic, bloody digging it out of his chest, the struggle for air and the fever that followed.

At some point, his brothers, always present at his side with soothing voices and gentle hands, had begun to flicker and fade into a grey haze - the smoke pouring out of Hell’s mouth? It must have taken him, then, against their desperate efforts, against his tired will. Against it?

He’s not entirely sure.