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• How About an Ideal Continuation? by nihlisticwhimsy

  Fandoms: Malevolent (Podcast)  

  • Mature
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  22 Apr 2026

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • John/Arthur Lester
  • John & Arthur Lester
  • Noel | Charlie Dowd/Oscar
  • Arthur Lester
  • Oscar (Malevolent)
  • John (Malevolent)
  • Peter "Parker" Yang (Malevolent)
  • The Manager (Malevolent)
  • The King in Yellow (Malevolent)
  • Yellow (Malevolent)
  • Andrew Larson | Wallace Larson
  • Original Characters
  • Marie (Malevolent)
  • Lilith
  • Noel | Charlie Dowd
  • Post-Canon
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • just let my boys be happy fr
  • first fanfic ever wooooo!!!!
  • Fluff
  • Angst
  • Fluff and Angst
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Panic Attacks
  • just two men that survived a lot fr
  • you finna see them go through it
  • Eventual Romance
  • Eventual Smut
  • Eventual Happy Ending
  • bitch how many tags am i supposed to use?????
  • oh and there will be spoilers
  • spoilers up to part 55 and on
  • Action
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • John is Black because I say so
  • argue with ya mama
  • Bella and Faroe too
  • Yellow Is Traumatized
  • explorations of trauma/mental illness/trauma recovery
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
  • Period-Typical Racism
  • Period Typical Bigotry
  • okay NOW we have enough tags
  • i think
  • nope wait
  • there will be beta
  • so much beta
  • but I'll let you know when i change something I promise

  Summary

  "He was in his apartment.

  The apartment he hadn’t seen in months.

  The apartment he was convinced he'd never return to.

  And if he woke up here despite everything, then maybe that meant…"

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  Arthur just wanted to go back home and be with the people he loved, and John wanted to know what it was like to be human. Both of them were willing to give up what they wanted for the sake of saving the world, but an ally felt that they deserved more.

  Language:

  English

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  Chapters:

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