LEVERAGE, REVERSED | A Proximity Non-Canon Story
What happens when Walker MacKenzie stops being the one asking the questions.
Some context before you read this.
If you’re a Proximity reader, you’ll have context for the scene below. In Arc 1 Episode 5, Walker MacKenzie has found a contractor named Drew Callahan to do a project in his loft, and he’s found out this contractor has a connection to Ben Langley. A very close connection. (Haven’t read Proximity? Now’s the time because Arc 2 drops any day and you’ll want to be caught up.)
I wrote this scene several months ago, the same night I finished Episode 5 that was published. I’d just left Drew full of tequila and frozen at a table with Walker closing in on the information he wanted, and then my brain wandered off into what if Drew had reacted differently to Walker’s extortion.
First, a definition, because some of you may know these words and some may not. In a published story, Canon is what actually happens; Non-canon is a what-if scenario or didn’t really happen, but was written just for fun. Simply put, Canon = it happened. Non-canon = it didn’t, but it was written anyway.
This scene below is non-canon. It didn’t happen. I wrote it to give readers a little heat because Proximity is a slow burn and the good stuff is still a few episodes out from Episode 5. But then sat on it after I wrote it because I felt it didn’t fairly represent Drew’s character and what happens in this scene isn’t something Drew’s character would do. So don’t hold it against him.
To know what actually happened, read (or re-read) Episode 5, then Episode 7, Scene 3 which is the flashback where Drew breaks in a very different way than what’s here. It happens in the published story with too many words and too much tequila, resulting in Walker getting exactly what he wanted from Drew.
This is the road the story didn’t take and is purely for fun. Enjoy the heat.
LEVERAGE, REVERSED with Walker MacKenzie
DREW POV
The bathroom door clicks shut behind Drew. He braces his hands on the sink and looks at his reflection. His face is flushed, eyes glassy. He doesn’t feel steady on his feet.
