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1. Wide awake by Baby_on_A_Beanstalk

   Fandoms: Hollow Knight (Video Games)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • No category
   • Work in Progress

   15 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • The Hollow Knight | Pure Vessel & The Pale King
   • The Hollow Knight | Pure Vessel & Hornet
   • The Hollow Knight | Pure Vessel
   • The Pale King (Hollow Knight)
   • Lurien the Watcher (Hollow Knight)
   • Monomon the Teacher (Hollow Knight)
   • The Radiance (Hollow Knight)
   • (mentioned)
   • Hornet (Hollow Knight)
   • Soul Master | Soul Tyrant (Hollow Knight)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • pk deals with radiance himself
   • Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies
   • except radiance and vessels
   • Tags will be updated
   • THK has serious mental issues
   • ammending family relationship
   • Personal Growth
   • I am writing this because I wantd to see PK and THK being together again
   • Slow Burn
   • PK is a 'God'-king and I am depicting it that way
   • Bittersweet
   • they love each other your honor
   • Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • psychological horrors (in 4K)
   • character centric
   • bug politics & religion
   • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
   • Earn Your Happy Ending
   • depressed dad and his traumatized kid strives to saves Hallownest
   • for all those thirsty for angsty PK & HK relationship
   • takes place after the binding and before downfall of Hallownest
   • emotional constipation everywhere

   Summary

   After the Hollow Knight's containment the Pale King finds out another way to deal with the infection.

   However by that time Hallownest is at brink of downfall, leading them to another round of hardship to save it.

   (Currently accumulating buffer chapters for story integrity, might take a while before updating)

   Language:

   English

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   Chapters:

   20/?

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