This fic was inspired by the fact that Charles says Edwin's told him about Hell (as you can see from the summary...) but also that it's clear Charles has absolutely no idea exactly what Edwin went through there, so I wanted to explore what Edwin did tell him. I ended up doing so in the format of drabbles, so this will be a 10k fic, but in the form of 100 chapters/drabbles, all from Edwin’s POV. Everything is pre-canon, and the drabbles will be in a vague chronological order without following any specific timeline. If you want to imagine everything taking 1 month, or 1 year, or 10 years, go ahead.
All of the drabbles are related to at least one other drabble; you'll be able to tell which by the chapter titles. Some are just following vague themes, others, posted back to back, will follow from each other more directly. I'll be posting one drabble/chapter a day until everything is done, though I may skip some days here and there if I'm traveling/can't get to the computer that day. In the interest of not spending too long on author's notes (this thing is over three times the length of a chapter!) I’ll hold off on writing any more until we get to the very end – but if you want to hear me ramble on about any of the chapters, just leave a comment saying so (or shoot me a message on tumblr, also justafandomfollower).
This first chapter is the only directly-from-canon scene/dialogue in the fic, so, not very exciting to get us started. Everything else will have a lot of headcanons thrown into the writing, but I don’t think I’ve written anything that directly contradicts the show, so it’s technically all canon compliant. Content warnings are minimal given the short lengths of the chapters, but this is a fic about Hell, and Edwin recovering from that, so, assume canon-typical content warnings apply in that regard. Feel free to message me if you want to know any more. Some drabbles will be more along the lines of hurt/comfort, some angst, and some fluff, etc.
The drabbles have been looked over/beta read by archer414 and yourmonstershowatemygodmetaphor over on tumblr, though any mistakes remain my own, so shout out to both of them!
