Stefan's Renaissance

This is a piece I wrote after I saw "The Secret", the final episode in the first series of Wallander.

**Spoiler alert!!!**  Towards the end of the episode Stefan shoots himself because of the dark secret he's been carrying and its consequences.  I found this quite upsetting, not least because he's my favourite character.  Because I wasn't ready to say goodbye to him yet, I wrote this story, which creates an alternative reality in which he doesn't die, and actually has to come to terms with what's happened in his life.

I had the gun to my head and I was waiting for the resolve to pull the trigger.  You see, I didn’t shoot him.  He shot me, but I didn’t return the favour.  And when I crawled out of that animal’s hole, Roffe, that even bigger animal followed in my tracks.  He fired the gun, then came to screw with my head.

 

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