What They Keep

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Series Begun:
2026-05-11
Series Updated:
2026-06-18
Description:

People disappear in different ways.

They run. They get left behind. They learn not to expect anyone to stay.

The stories in this series are about the people who do stay.

Found family, loyalty, caretaking, protective attachment, survival, and the complicated relationships that form when one person decides another person's well-being has become their problem.

The characters change. The settings change. The circumstances change.

The question usually doesn't.

What happens when someone decides they are not going to leave?

Notes:

This series is mostly made up of stories about people finding someone who stays.

There is a lot of found family, caretaking, protective attachment, stubborn loyalty, and people accidentally becoming important to each other.

The stories are all separate, but they tend to share the same themes, so I figured they probably belonged together.

Stats:
Words:
337,712
Works:
8
Complete:
No
Bookmarks:
2

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