Robert Angst

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Listing Series

• In Darkness, Light Persists by gh0sthunt

  Fandoms: Dispatch (Video Game)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • No category
  • Complete Work

  08 Dec 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Robert Robertson | Mecha Man
  • Beef the Dog (Dispatch)
  • Angst
  • Hurt No Comfort
  • Blood and Injury
  • Injury Recovery
  • Substance Abuse
  • Alcohol
  • it's pretty mild but tagging just in case
  • Bad Parent Robert "Robbie" Robertson | Astral Mecha Man
  • Robert Robertson | Mecha Man Needs a Hug
  • Hurt Robert Robertson | Mecha Man
  • Passive Suicidal Ideation
  • no beta we die like Shroud
  • Canon Compliant
  • Whump

  Summary

  Robert was never in a coma after the bomb destroyed his suit. It was all a lie to keep him out of the public eye, delaying the inevitable. Left without purpose, Robert's physical and mental health spirals as he desperately tries to fix his mistakes.

  Series

  • Part 1 of Robert Angst

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  2,554

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  4

  Kudos:

  48

  Bookmarks:

  5

  Hits:

  423

• We Are Broken Bodies Bound For Each Other by gh0sthunt

  Fandoms: Dispatch (Video Game)  

  • Explicit
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  26 Jan 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Flambae | Chad/Robert Robertson | Mecha Man
  • Robert Robertson | Mecha Man
  • Flambae | Chad (Dispatch)
  • Z-Team (Dispatch)
  • Post-Canon
  • Forced Proximity
  • Mutual Pining
  • Slow Burn
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Soft Flambae | Chad (Dispatch)
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • Implied/Referenced Suicide
  • Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
  • Drugging
  • Attempted Kidnapping
  • NOT BY FLAMBAE I SWEAR
  • Eventual Smut
  • Resolved Sexual Tension
  • Robert Robertson | Mecha Man Needs a Hug
  • Bisexual Robert Robertson | Mecha Man
  • Depressed Robert Robertson | Mecha Man
  • Bad Parent Robert "Robbie" Robertson | Astral Mecha Man
  • Chronic Pain
  • Robert Robertson | Mecha Man Has Chronic Pain
  • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
  • Nightmares
  • Panic Attacks
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD

  Summary

  Robert's mental health had been hanging by the thinnest thread for a while now. After killing Shroud, it finally snapped, and he struggles to move on. Nightmares plague his sleep, furthering his depressive spiral. Luckily, he's not alone anymore.

  Series

  • Part 2 of Robert Angst

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  19,316

  Chapters:

  4/?

  Comments:

  18

  Kudos:

  257

  Bookmarks:

  52

  Hits:

  3,038