Remember Babylon? (3)

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title: Remember Babylon? (3)
rating: PG-13 to hard R/NC-17 in later chapters
summary: "She had to grow up sometime". When Charles Widmore attempts an island coup, the only safe place for Alex Linus is far, far away. With Richard Alpert overseeing her safety, everything should have been fine, but nothing Ben wants ever works out precisely as he had planned, and even for Richard, things do not stay entirely the same. Alex/Richard romance, along with a few other pairings, island history and Richard back-story. AU, utterly.
pairings: Richard/Alex mainly, mentions of several others, particularly rare pairings
author's note: Inspired by any number of Godless things, among them possessiveness and Nabokov, fickle weather, Oscar Wilde, Radiohead, world history and the Marquis de Sade.
author's note for this chapter: Yes, “Cassidy” is used on purpose. And I’m sorry, because this was a hard chapter to write. I hope it doesn’t disappoint too bad.
warnings: semi-graphic sexuality in later chapters, some violence and character deaths
previous: part one part two

Richard no longer has to remind Alex to take her coat when she leaves the hotel room. (part three)