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1. puppet strings by bewilderedmoth

   Fandoms: Once Upon a Time (TV)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Gen, M/M
   • Complete Work

   17 Apr 2022

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Pinocchio | August Booth/Original Male Character(s)
   • Pinocchio | August Booth
   • Lucignolo | Lampwick
   • Rumplestiltskin | Mr. Gold
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Angst
   • Whump
   • Torture
   • blunt force trauma
   • Electrocution
   • Blood and Injury
   • Injury Recovery
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • References to Pinocchio Lore
   • Smoking
   • Established Relationship
   • i didn't mean to write a 12k long whump fic but here we are
   • the meanest fic I'll ever write. i'm so sorry

   Summary

   Having technically died on more than one occasion now, having finally put all that trauma behind him and settled down in Storybrooke, August had hoped his troubles were long gone. When Gold returns to town in his quest to find the Author, hopes of a trouble free life in the sleepy town crumble away to dust.

   (A whumpy re-write of August's torture in S4, Ep 16. Set within the 'mess is mine' universe, but not actually canon to that AU)

   Series

   • Part 5 of Mess is Mine (Bitch, you live like this?)

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   11,992

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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   Bookmarks:

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