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11 works open to everyone here carry this tag; 100% are complete. The average one runs about 2,400 words. Read any of them in your browser, save it as an EPUB, or listen to it.

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Squid Game (TV 2021)

457: Ashes, Embers, and What Remains

by WreckedAndWanting

Gi-hun, battered and broken, wakes as a prisoner of the games he once swore to destroy, believing he has lost everything. In-ho, once again under the facade of the Front Man, watches from the shadows.His mask cracked in more ways than one, drowning in guilt but still pretending he has everything under control (spoiler: he does not). But as Gi-hun fights to survive, a darker truth begins to surface—the man behind the mask is not just his enemy, but the one he once loved. Betrayal, grief, and longing collide as they are forced to reckon with the devastation between them, the ghosts of who they were, and the embers of what still remains. And in the ashes of it all, where love and ruin are indistinguishable, they must decide if they will rise together—or be consumed by the fire.///Events are immediately after my retelling of S2 457: Ruin and Remedy. Make sure you read that first!

Teen 37k words 10 ch Complete 127 kudos

Checking For Injuries As a Love Language · Front Man Reveal · Possessive Hwang Inho | Front Man (Squid Game) · Rebellion II· +5 more

Undertale+1

Hurty Oneshots

by orphan_account

OneshotsHurting peopleMostly Sans

Teen 11k words 9 ch Complete 43 kudos

Hurt/Comfort · Hurt · Pain · Blood· +22 more

The Transformers (IDW Generation One)

Light of The Dying

by InaliaKitsune

Even in their final moments together, there’s a light filled with warmth and peace.

General 715 words 1 ch Complete 42 kudos

Canon Death · Comfort · Conjunx Endura · Death· +17 more

Squid Game (TV 2021)

While He Was Waiting

by WreckedAndWanting

After In-ho disappears into the shadows of a new Game, Gi-hun is left shattered, with only a promise to hold onto. When grief nearly claims him, it’s Gyeo-eun who pulls him back—gentle, steady, a quiet light in his darkest hour. Their bond grows in the stillness, a tender, temporary paradise between two broken hearts. But Gi-hun's heart was never his to give away. Over a year later, when In-ho returns—bloodstained, battleworn, but alive—the world shifts. What follows is a reunion laced with disbelief and longing, where every unspoken word crashes back into focus. This is a story of love that survives war, silence, and the ache of waiting. A love so deep, even the one who helped him heal knows she was never the destination—only the shelter until his heart found its way home.////Gi-hun and In-ho if they were Odysseus and Penelope in EPIC the Musical. I don't know how to explain it, but I couldn't not.Centered around:"Love in Paradise""Not Sorry for Loving You""Will You Fall In Love With Me Again"

General 26k words 10 ch Complete 17 kudos

Inspired by EPIC: The Musical - Jorge Rivera-Herrans · Loss · Slow Burn · Trauma· +2 more

Over the Garden Wall (Cartoon & Comics)

Autumn Rain

by Pipermccloud

The Beast observes his lantern-bearer for a while.

General 797 words 1 ch Complete 17 kudos

Angst · Character Study · Emotional Hurt/Comfort · Feelings· +5 more

Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling

Ache

by charlotte123456789

He was tired and he ached but he needed to see him.

Teen 348 words 1 ch Complete 11 kudos

Canonical Character Death · Family · Hurt No Comfort · Sad· +4 more

Real Person Fiction

Her Name Was Samantha

by N0THINGMATTERSBUTYOU

Sabrina Carpenter changes the subject every time Samantha's name comes up.

Teen 761 words 1 ch Complete 7 kudos

Emotional · Nostalgia · Tension · ache