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• Burning Alive by Halbarad

  Fandoms: The Hitcher (1986)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  28 Jan 2026

  Tags

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  • Jim Halsey/John Ryder
  • Jim Halsey
  • John Ryder
  • Angst
  • Unresolved Sexual Tension
  • Whump
  • Canon Universe
  • Canon Divergence
  • There Was Only One Bed
  • forced caretaking
  • Jim is my stress ball and I want to squeeze him until he pops

  Summary

  Jim’s walk from the police car wreck back to civilization doesn’t go as planned. John takes care of him.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  5,450

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  2

  Kudos:

  36

  Bookmarks:

  8

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