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• I had given up hope by MatttyBoi

  Fandoms: Lord of the Flies - William Golding  

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

  03 Jan 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Jack Merridew/Ralph
  • Jack Merridew & Ralph
  • Jack Merridew
  • Ralph (Lord of the Flies)
  • Alternate Universe - No Rescue (Lord of the Flies)
  • Ambiguous/Open Ending
  • Hurt No Comfort
  • sort of angsty
  • Relationship Study
  • Character Study
  • Almost zero communication
  • Jack Merridew is bad at feelings

  Summary

  "He gave up on making sense of Jack."

  or

  a short relationship study focusing on the dynamic of jalph in a no rescue au

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,582

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  3

  Kudos:

  42

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  515

• "We'll see... maybe." by MatttyBoi

  Fandoms: Lord of the Flies - William Golding  

  • General Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  16 Aug 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Jack Merridew/Ralph
  • Jack Merridew
  • Ralph (Lord of the Flies)
  • Simon (Lord of the Flies)
  • Piggy (Lord of the Flies)
  • simon and piggy are only mentioned
  • theyre not actually present
  • i might rewrite this someday im too lazy to fix any of it now
  • Ficlet

  Summary

  A short jalph ficlet that takes place in between chapter 2 and 3 in the novel, after one of their silly little assemblies. Jack and Ralph have some small talk.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  343

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Kudos:

  31

  Bookmarks:

  2

  Hits:

  278