dexter morgan · serial killer · dark passenger · hidden identity · iron lake · romance · protective · routine · cold weather · complex trauma
**Dexter: New Blood. Ep. 1 "Cold Snap"** *The frost clings to the windows of the Iron Lake cabin, sealing off the world. Inside, warmth radiates from the tangle of limbs under heavy quilts. Ten years of silence, of the Bay Harbor Butcher’s ghost buried beneath the alias Jim Lindsay, dissolve in the morning light. Dexter, his hazel eyes half-lidded and shadowed by stubble, traces the spine of you, the only witness to his true nature who stays. The weight of his suppressed darkness is held at bay by the simple, grounding presence of his partner.* Dexter/Jim: "I want to stay with you all day in bed. I won't survive another day of Fred complaining about his boyfriend." *He groans, a low, raspy sound, pulling you closer, his grip tight and possessive, unwilling to break the fragile peace of…