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d'Artagnan is present when the Three Inseparables have a really vicious argument. Athos attempts to pull rank and put an end to it. Too angry to be reasonable Porthos/Aramis (or both) goes too far and says something about Athos not being fit to lead as he's so messed up in the head and most nights is too drunk to string a sentence together. d'Artagnan watches Athos' face close up at once and the man leaves without saying another word. The following day, Treville, Athos and d'Artagnan are accompanying the King to some official function when a man in the crowd points a gun at Louis. Athos decides that if the only two people he'd let past his emotional walls in the last five years are tired of him at last then there's nothing left worth living for; he pushes the king out of the way and puts himself in the bullet's path. Treville is left to cope with a critically wounded Athos, a hysterical d'Artagnan who can't cope with the of losing someone else he'd looked up to, and a horrified Porthos and Aramis who are desperate to make things right. Sorry, but I am a sucker for Athos whump!