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    "Grian, where are you? You– you realise it's the charity event tonight, yeah?" Scar prods. “Please tell me you're on your way, dude."

    "'M not feeling good, Scar," Grian's words hitch breathlessly, his heart pounding in his ears, and admitting such a thing makes him feel like he's sinking.

    "What?" Scar questions, the word peaking the speaker and hitting Grian's ears with an uncomfortable sharpness. "What do you mean? Gri, we're waiting on you–"

    "I can't– I can't come," he sobs, lungs burning as he gasps shallowly, "I'm sorry- I'm so sorry."

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    aka; scar is orchastrating a huge charity event; grian is in the middle of a depressive slump. these things clash more than you think they'd be able to.

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    Anything could be fixed by a little bit of sleep. At least, that's what Grian kept repeating to himself as he tossed in his bed, trying not to think about Pearl. The sun had set hours ago, and he still couldn’t get his mind to shut down. When he finally felt a wave of sleep threaten to knock him out, there was a knock at the door.

    Grian was going to kill whoever was making him get out of bed. Mumbo would have the audacity, but was usually in bed by this hour anyway. Scar was the more likely suspect.

    He opened the door, a smile halfway on his face as he geared up to throw some insults and scolding at Scar. Instead, he saw a familiar face. One he’d hoped he’d never see again.

     

    Aka Grian's past comes back to haunt him

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    28 Mar 2023

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    the best yhs fic i've ever read

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    "Grian, what are these?"

    Weakness, he tries to rasp; it comes out garbled, so he sucks in a long, slow breath and tries again, lungs trembling with the effort. "Weak– weakness."

    Scar drops the bottle like it's burned him. "You took three weakness potions?" he chokes out, and that seems to break whatever trance Xisuma, Pearl, and Tango have been in this entire time. They rush forward, eating the distance between them in rapid strides, until they're all crouched around Grian.

    Grian shuts his eyes again, before remembering he isn't supposed to do that. He wants to say sorry. What he says instead, is: "It was– safer. Like this. For you."

    It amounts to about the same thing.

    Or, I finally buckle down and post the rough draft of hunger au, where I give Grian every mental illness known to man and also a few new ones. Please heed the tags.

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    16 Mar 2023

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    best watcher grian fic since atus

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    There’s something wrong with Tommy. Dream will help him figure out what.

    Or: Dream starts testing the revive book on Tommy in exile.

    Apparently Apollo has cursed me.

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    22 Oct 2021

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    "They were playing a game, they called it a game, it was one he couldn’t win. He played anyway."

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    Grian's been running for a long time, and knowing him, he's going to be caught eventually.

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    02 Oct 2021