"Hey Melissa" Alternate Timeline

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• Is My Integrity Worth Anything At All? by StarryEyedNerd

  Fandoms: Hatchetfield Universe - Team StarKid, The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals - Team StarKid, Hatchetfield Series - Team StarKid  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • F/M
  • Complete Work

  17 May 2024

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Paul Matthews/Emma Perkins
  • Paul Matthews & Melissa
  • Paul Matthews
  • Emma Perkins
  • Frederick "Freddie" Biggs
  • John McNamara
  • Bill Woodward
  • Detective Shapiro (Hatchetfield)
  • Officer Bailey (Hatchetfield)
  • Alice Woodward
  • Other background characters
  • Nightmare Time: Hey Melissa!
  • Fix-It
  • Kidnapping
  • Angst
  • Dehumanization
  • traumatic coping mechanisms
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
  • Recovery
  • Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified
  • Self-Esteem Issues
  • McNamara is a psychologist in this timeline because of reasons!
  • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
  • Stockholm Syndrome-like symptoms
  • (but in a way that makes more sense than how the original did it)
  • (also only temporary)
  • Paul is a little touch-starved
  • Emma Perkins Loves Paul Matthews
  • Paul Matthews Loves Emma Perkins
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • Eventual Fluff
  • Eventual Romance
  • Paul is a movie nerd and I love that for him
  • hand holding
  • Just wholesome fluff and friendship later to offset
  • the Bad Endings these Hatchetfield folks usually get
  • Paul and Emma deserve a happy ending!
  • Paulkins Happy Ending

  Summary

  After a week of hell, Paul thought he’d finally escaped—until another kitty cat club member helps Melissa kidnap an unwilling Paul and escape from the hospital. His hope for rescue dwindling, Paul struggles with demons from outside and within.

  A fix-it story for “Hey Melissa.”

  Series

  • Part 1 of "Hey Melissa" Alternate Timeline

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  42,024

  Chapters:

  8/8

  Comments:

  27

  Kudos:

  159

  Bookmarks:

  23

  Hits:

  2,458

• A Time for Hauntings by StarryEyedNerd

  Fandoms: Hatchetfield Series - Team StarKid, Hatchetfield Universe - Team StarKid  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M
  • Complete Work

  31 Oct 2024

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Paul Matthews/Emma Perkins
  • Paul Matthews
  • Emma Perkins
  • Ziggy
  • Bill Woodward
  • Other Background Characters - Freeform
  • Nightmare Time: Hey Melissa!
  • (takes place months after hey melissa AU)
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
  • Past Abuse
  • Hallucinations
  • Altered State of Mind
  • Recreational Drug Use
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Whump
  • Established Relationship
  • Protective Emma
  • halloween fic
  • Paul is the most introverted boyfriend in the world
  • Panic Attack
  • Paul Matthews Needs a Hug
  • Implied Sensory Issues

  Summary

  Paul accidentally gets high at Ziggy’s Halloween party, and he…does not have a good time.

  Series

  • Part 2 of "Hey Melissa" Alternate Timeline

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  7,521

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  12

  Kudos:

  76

  Bookmarks:

  3

  Hits:

  737

• Worlds Within by StarryEyedNerd

  Fandoms: Hatchetfield Series - Team StarKid, The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals - Team StarKid  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M, Gen
  • Complete Work

  01 May 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Paul Matthews/Emma Perkins
  • Paul Matthews
  • Emma Perkins
  • Bill Woodward
  • John McNamara
  • Mr. Davidson (The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals)
  • Miss Holloway (Hatchetfield)
  • Henry Hidgens
  • Pokey | Pokotho
  • Webby (Hatchetfield)
  • Paul possibly has a touch of the gift
  • Visions
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Established Relationship
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
  • Stress Baking
  • Emma finally gets to graduate community college
  • Paulkins living together
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • Angst
  • Therapy
  • References to nightmare time
  • Spoilers for Workin' Boys
  • the Starlight Theater
  • Fluff
  • and a tiny bit of spice ;)
  • The Houstons (Tom Tim and Becky)
  • Miss Retro's Throwback Diner (Hatchetfield)

  Summary

  In a timeline that hasn’t experienced an apocalypse, Paul begins to get frightening and confusing visions. He fears he’s losing his mind, but maybe someone is trying to send him a message…or a warning.

  Series

  • Part 3 of "Hey Melissa" Alternate Timeline

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  30,251

  Chapters:

  5/5

  Comments:

  24

  Kudos:

  72

  Bookmarks:

  4

  Hits:

  1,156

• In the Blink of an Eye by StarryEyedNerd

  Fandoms: Hatchetfield Series - Team StarKid  

  • Explicit
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M, M/M, Gen
  • Complete Work

  19 Dec 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Paul Matthews/Emma Perkins
  • Paul Matthews/Bill Woodward
  • Emma Perkins & Jane Perkins
  • Alice Woodward & Bill Woodward
  • Paul Matthews & Alice Woodward
  • Blinky | Bliklotep & Alice Woodward
  • Paul Matthews
  • Emma Perkins
  • Bill Woodward
  • Alice Woodward
  • Jane Perkins
  • Ted Spankoffski
  • Background & Cameo Characters
  • Blinky | Bliklotep
  • Webby (Hatchetfield)
  • Original Female Character(s)
  • Deb (The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals)
  • Domestic Bill/Paul
  • Bisexual Paul Matthews
  • Paul explores his bisexuality as God intended
  • Bottom Paul
  • Top Emma
  • Established Paul Matthews/Emma Perkins
  • Jealous Emma
  • Possessive Emma
  • Cuddling & Snuggling
  • Timeline-jumping shenanigans
  • Perkins sisters reunite!
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • Drama
  • Humor
  • Smut
  • (detailed tags will be in the notes of explicit chapters)
  • Minor Deb/Alice Woodward
  • I made Blinky's NPMD teenage form into a character
  • This fic follows the others in the series but can be understood as a standalone
  • Paulkins Timeline Travels Part 1
  • Sexual Tension
  • Allusions to a Caramel Coffee college meet-cute
  • some internalized biphobia
  • Little Spoon Paul
  • Emma Perkins Loves Paul Matthews
  • Paul Matthews Loves Emma Perkins
  • Blinky in the realm of social media makes so much sense
  • Watcher World
  • (WW episode didn't happen in this AU)
  • Hot Chocolate
  • References to PTSD
  • Paul's a good stepdad
  • References to Homophobia
  • Fluff and Smut
  • Love Bites
  • Swordfighting

  Summary

  Paul and Emma are now traveling to different realities, sent by Webby on a mission to find other gifted individuals to help against her struggle with the Lords in Black. In this first world, Emma and Paul face new surprises and struggles in their personal relationships as a Lord in Black lurks nearby to corrupt someone they know.

  Or, Paul is engaged and a soon-to-be stepdad, Emma has to worry what Jane thinks about her again, and Blinky is catfishing Alice.

  Series

  • Part 4 of "Hey Melissa" Alternate Timeline

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  46,285

  Chapters:

  8/8

  Comments:

  20

  Kudos:

  24

  Bookmarks:

  2

  Hits:

  456

• To Escape from the Toy Box (and Other Rooms Like It) by StarryEyedNerd

  Fandoms: Hatchetfield Series - Team StarKid  

  • Explicit
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M
  • Complete Work

  14 Apr 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Paul Matthews/Emma Perkins
  • Paul Matthews
  • Emma Perkins
  • Homeless Man (Hatchetfield)
  • Melissa (The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals)
  • Fireman - Character
  • Ted Spankoffski
  • Sheila Young
  • Paulkins Timeline Travels Part 2
  • References to Nightmare Time episodes: Perky's Buds & Time Bastard & Daddy
  • Nightmare Time: Hey Melissa!
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • Dehumanization
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
  • Cuddling & Snuggling
  • Bisexual Paul Matthews
  • Character Development
  • Fluff and Angst
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • More tags & characters to be added for later chapters
  • Protective Emma
  • Whump
  • Paul Matthews Needs a Hug
  • Self-Esteem Issues
  • Making Pancakes
  • Fluff and Smut

  Summary

  Paul and Emma's timeline-jumping adventure takes a turn for the worse when Paul ends up back at Melissa's. But Webby sent them there for a reason, and they soon learn that more than their own lives are in danger.

  Series

  • Part 5 of "Hey Melissa" Alternate Timeline

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  38,365

  Chapters:

  5/5

  Comments:

  33

  Kudos:

  14

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  316