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* UnnervinglyHeartwarming: Like the movie it's based on, there are a few tender moments between Abby and Owen after some of their more [[GainingTheWillToKill emotionally]]-[[DeathOfAChild shocking]] kills.
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* UnnervinglyHeartwarming: Like the movie it's based on, there are a few tender moments between Abby and Owen after some of their more [[GainingTheWillToKill emotionally]]-[[DeathOfAChild shocking]] kills.kills.
* VillainProtagonist: Not too surprising given the subject matter, but especially evident in ''A Story in Retrospect'' in which Abby and Owen are pretty much the narrator's only real, and mostly sincere, friends.
* VillainProtagonist: Not too surprising given the subject matter, but especially evident in ''A Story in Retrospect'' in which Abby and Owen are pretty much the narrator's only real, and mostly sincere, friends.
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* UnnervinglyHeartwarming: Like the movie it's based on, there are a few tender moments between Abby and Owen after some of their more emotionally-shocking [[GainingTheWillToKill emotionally]]-[[DeathOfAChild shocking]] kills.
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* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: By the time the series ends, neither Abby nor Owen has any qualms about killing for sustenance, whether it's adults or children.
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* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: By the time the series ends, neither Abby nor Owen has any qualms about killing for sustenance, whether it's adults or children.children.
* UnnervinglyHeartwarming: Like the movie it's based on, there are a few between Abby and Owen after some of their more emotionally-shocking kills.
* UnnervinglyHeartwarming: Like the movie it's based on, there are a few between Abby and Owen after some of their more emotionally-shocking kills.
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* GameFace: As in the movie and the [[Literature/LetTheRightOneIn original book]], vampires' faces turn into fairly frightening visages when they're hunting or feeding.
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* MustBeInvited: Crops up several times, demonstrating how Abby and Owen manage the limitation without a [[human familiar TheRenfield]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Owen has two moments, one in ''After the Sunset'', and another in ''The Warmth of Spring'', although they're more points along his [[becoming a killer SlowlySlippingIntoEvil]] than anything.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Owen has two moments, one in ''After the Sunset'', and another in ''The Warmth of Spring'', although they're more points along his [[becoming a killer SlowlySlippingIntoEvil]] than anything.
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* MustBeInvited: Crops up several times, demonstrating how Abby and Owen manage the limitation without a [[human familiar TheRenfield]].
[[TheRenfield human familiar]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Owen has two moments, one in ''After the Sunset'', and another in ''The Warmth of Spring'', although they're more points along his[[becoming [[SlowlySlippingIntoEvil becoming a killer SlowlySlippingIntoEvil]] killer]] than anything.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Owen has two moments, one in ''After the Sunset'', and another in ''The Warmth of Spring'', although they're more points along his
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The author has taken the interpretation that Abby genuinely loves Owen, albeit selfishly.
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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/41550675/chapters/104213280 A Cold Winter's Night]]'' is a short series of {{Continuation}} and [[FlashForwardFic Flash Forward Fics]] for the vampire film ''Film/LetMeIn'' by [=VerbalHamster=].
The stories, while fairly short and self-contained, form a loose chronology that follows Owen's ProtagonistJourneyToVillain from shortly after the film leaves off. There are four stories in the series, set in various years spanning from 1983 to 2019.
It can be found on both Archive of Our Own and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14126907/1/A-Cold-Winter-s-Night Fanfiction.net]].
!!''[=A Cold Winter's Night=]'' contains examples of:
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The author has taken the interpretation that Abby genuinely loves Owen, albeit selfishly.
* AmbiguousInnocence: Owen and Abby's maturity and manipulativeness are left ambiguous. While it's clear the two are still children to a degree, they're ruthless about killing and using others.
* AmbiguousSituation: It's ambiguous how much of his "heart" Owen still retains after so many years of killing. He's friendly to the narrator of ''A Story in Retrospect'', but it's not clear if he and Abby would have killed her were it necessary.
* AnachronicOrder: The four self-contained chapters are set, respectively, in 2010, 1983, 2008/2019, and 1991.
* AndTheAdventureContinues: The last we see of Abby and Owen, they've caught a train to parts unknown once more.
* CallBack: The presence of a certain phone in the first chapter, and the mention that same type of phone in the third chapter, pretty much seal a character's fate.
* DeathOfAChild: Occurs a few times offscreen in ''A Story in Retrospect'', and from the perspective of a victim in ''The Warmth of Spring'', although the actual act of killing isn't shown.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Owen is still quite pale, although it's only mentioned in passing once.
* GoryDiscretionShot: Used a couple times, primarily in the third and to a lesser extend the fourth stories, with the third story involving numerous implied deaths off-screen, so to speak.
* MustBeInvited: Crops up several times, demonstrating how Abby and Owen manage the limitation without a [[human familiar TheRenfield]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Owen has two moments, one in ''After the Sunset'', and another in ''The Warmth of Spring'', although they're more points along his [[becoming a killer SlowlySlippingIntoEvil]] than anything.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: As in the film, vampires can transform parts of themselves, like growing wings or claws. That said, the former is only implied but never seen in action.
* ParentalNeglect: There are shades of it in the third story, ''A Story in Retrospect'', slightly mirroring Owen's original home situation, albeit to a lesser degree.
* PrettyBoy: Owen again, although as with the pale skin, it is only mentioned in passing.
* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: By the time the series ends, neither Abby nor Owen has any qualms about killing for sustenance, whether it's adults or children.
The stories, while fairly short and self-contained, form a loose chronology that follows Owen's ProtagonistJourneyToVillain from shortly after the film leaves off. There are four stories in the series, set in various years spanning from 1983 to 2019.
It can be found on both Archive of Our Own and [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14126907/1/A-Cold-Winter-s-Night Fanfiction.net]].
!!''[=A Cold Winter's Night=]'' contains examples of:
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: The author has taken the interpretation that Abby genuinely loves Owen, albeit selfishly.
* AmbiguousInnocence: Owen and Abby's maturity and manipulativeness are left ambiguous. While it's clear the two are still children to a degree, they're ruthless about killing and using others.
* AmbiguousSituation: It's ambiguous how much of his "heart" Owen still retains after so many years of killing. He's friendly to the narrator of ''A Story in Retrospect'', but it's not clear if he and Abby would have killed her were it necessary.
* AnachronicOrder: The four self-contained chapters are set, respectively, in 2010, 1983, 2008/2019, and 1991.
* AndTheAdventureContinues: The last we see of Abby and Owen, they've caught a train to parts unknown once more.
* CallBack: The presence of a certain phone in the first chapter, and the mention that same type of phone in the third chapter, pretty much seal a character's fate.
* DeathOfAChild: Occurs a few times offscreen in ''A Story in Retrospect'', and from the perspective of a victim in ''The Warmth of Spring'', although the actual act of killing isn't shown.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Owen is still quite pale, although it's only mentioned in passing once.
* GoryDiscretionShot: Used a couple times, primarily in the third and to a lesser extend the fourth stories, with the third story involving numerous implied deaths off-screen, so to speak.
* MustBeInvited: Crops up several times, demonstrating how Abby and Owen manage the limitation without a [[human familiar TheRenfield]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Owen has two moments, one in ''After the Sunset'', and another in ''The Warmth of Spring'', although they're more points along his [[becoming a killer SlowlySlippingIntoEvil]] than anything.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: As in the film, vampires can transform parts of themselves, like growing wings or claws. That said, the former is only implied but never seen in action.
* ParentalNeglect: There are shades of it in the third story, ''A Story in Retrospect'', slightly mirroring Owen's original home situation, albeit to a lesser degree.
* PrettyBoy: Owen again, although as with the pale skin, it is only mentioned in passing.
* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: By the time the series ends, neither Abby nor Owen has any qualms about killing for sustenance, whether it's adults or children.
