["Kaleidoscope" update] Need

What a crazy few weeks this has been in the R(/T) world... There's the final new canon to process (!), and several fic challenge communities with dozens of contributions to read and enjoy -- especially redandthewolf, metamorfic_moon, and the ongoing, DH-intensive events at rt_challenge. (I'm still behind on commenting, but I'm working on it!)

I've decided that the Kaleidoscope series will continue through DH (...and beyond? heh). I've just posted a first DH-era installment at rt_challenge:

• Need (1079 words | PG-13/profanity, implied intimacy | DH spoilers)
  In the aftermath of a narrow escape, love surfaces as anger, relief becomes need, and desperation leads to carelessness...with far-reaching consequences.