7 Bookmarks by Some_self_deprecating_Chud

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  1. Public Bookmark 11

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    "'Derek knew of so much; every one of his pasts, his presents, his futures. The lifetimes of everyone and everything from the dawn of time till the dusk of extinction, but he himself in this life always eluded him. What he had been before he became a Knight, his reasoning on leaving his life behind, they were so tangled with everything else that he wasn’t sure what was his own truth and what was the truth of the other Dereks. If he knew anything that belonged solely to him, though, it would be this. This and only this."'

    Derek, one of the many Knights that guard the castle housing their 'blessed' King in Yellow, decides to slip notes to the isolated possible Vessel, Avery, in the hopes he could give him a little hope and comfort in knowing that he isn't as alone as he feels.

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    English
    Words:
    21,998
    Chapters:
    5/10
    Comments:
    25
    Kudos:
    54
    Bookmarks:
    11
    Hits:
    519

    09 Jul 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 3

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    Works:
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    Bookmarks:
    3

    06 Jul 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 4

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    Derek is in so much pain he can barely think. ... He thinks he screams. He thinks he is being peeled like old wallpaper. He thinks there are gnats in his eyes like origami and thoughts wedged between his teeth like popcorn shells.


    the king in yellow will not let him die. avery will not let him suffer. derek's grip on reality is not what one would call "solid."

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    6,048
    Chapters:
    6/10
    Comments:
    27
    Kudos:
    33
    Bookmarks:
    4
    Hits:
    384

    04 Jul 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 33

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    (Written for Rook who lives in my inbox and inspired by the knight Avery post by sacchariferouspoet on Tumblr)
    Inherent kindness did not exist. Not as far as Derek was concerned. As the crown prince of the Empire of Quelen, people were never kind to him unless they wanted something.
    People were either sycophantic damn near to the point of insulting, or as rude as possible while leaving room for plausible deniability. They hated or loved him for the crown, he was not a living being as far as they were concerned.
    That is what he believed until Avery waltzed right into his life and sat down and refused to leave, not that he wanted him to leave.
    Why would he want the only one to make the world seem bearable leave?

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    17,892
    Chapters:
    14/?
    Comments:
    337
    Kudos:
    226
    Bookmarks:
    33
    Hits:
    2,768

    04 Jul 2026

  5. Public Bookmark *

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    It starts when Avery mentions Derek's Youtube channel during a Q&A stream. It continues when they start talking, and then become friends, and keep talking to each other. Somewhere along the line, love comes into the picture, too.

    (Youtuber AU where they're happy together, and undoomed, and they become friends and fall in love. It's quite simple, really; this is a world where they can be happy.)

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    Language:
    English
    Words:
    28,465
    Chapters:
    10/10
    Comments:
    572
    Kudos:
    1,177
    Bookmarks:
    192
    Hits:
    12,757

    28 Jun 2026

  6. Public Bookmark 13

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    Avery stares at the death screen, seeing the You Died screen staring back at him. A weird death message lies below, and further down 2 even weirder options for Avery. Try Again or Give up. He would never give up on Derek, so of course he clicks Try Again. At first, nothing. Then, after he closes his eyes, he's back 16 hours earlier. Another chance to save Derek. In a time loop, Avery tries many times to save Derek, waiting for the outcome that will set him free so they can find each other in the real world. Will he succeed? Or will it be a timeless tragedy, doomed to repeat forever?

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    14,676
    Chapters:
    10/14
    Comments:
    22
    Kudos:
    79
    Bookmarks:
    13
    Hits:
    951

    20 Jun 2026

  7. Public Bookmark 7

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    Derek is a free-lance programmer living on his own (if you exclude his cat, Romulus) in a small apartment, as well as a frequent customer at 'the Beanstalk', a coffee shop where his most prominent annoyance, Avery, works as a barista, and doesn't seem to know how to stop bothering him. Enter Hastur, Derek's estranged brother who attempts reconciliation through matchmaking, and chaos ensues.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    12,930
    Chapters:
    3/?
    Comments:
    28
    Kudos:
    62
    Bookmarks:
    7
    Hits:
    494

    19 Jun 2026

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