Title: A larger pattern brought us to this point.
Challenge: Triangle
Fandom: The Wire
Rating: PG
Sumary: Stringer Bell Reflects...
Author Note: Spoilery for the end of season three, inspired by the symmetry of the scene I'm sticking it into. My first work in this fandom, and first thing I did when I woke up on New Year's Day. That bodes well, right?



Stringer stopped laughing. Omar and Brother Mouzone found nothing humorous in his offer. When Omar spoke, it wasn't just this situation that Stringer understood, but how all his betrayals mattered. It wasn't about the money, not how he'd thought of it. That wasn't the game.

Avon had let this happen because Stringer had forgotten about the blood. Not just that they'd shed but that they'd shared, that mortared together all they'd built. He'd been sticking knives in his brother's back for over a year - no wonder it had all flowed away. Blood for blood, then: time to pay up.