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1. the face I wear behind my grin by AutisticWriter

   Fandoms: Horizon (Video Games)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   04 Dec 2024

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Aloy & Erend (Horizon)
   • Erend & Kotallo (Horizon)
   • Erend & Varl (Horizon)
   • Erend & Zo (Horizon)
   • Alva & Erend (Horizon)
   • Erend (Horizon)
   • Aloy (Horizon)
   • Kotallo (Horizon)
   • Varl (Horizon)
   • Zo (Horizon)
   • Alva (Horizon)
   • Angst
   • Whump
   • Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
   • Trauma
   • Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
   • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Self-Esteem Issues
   • Flashbacks
   • Nightmares
   • Heavy Angst
   • Vomiting
   • Mental Breakdown
   • Crying
   • Erend Whump (Horizon)
   • Erend Needs a Hug (Horizon)
   • During Canon
   • Rape Aftermath
   • Implied/Referenced Non-Consensual Drug Use
   • Friendship
   • Team as Family
   • Game: Horizon Forbidden West
   • Alternate Universe – Canon Divergence
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Hopeful Ending
   • Title from a Poets of the Fall Song
   • Discord: Fanfiction Library
   • Fanfiction Library Discord's Four Seasons Challenge
   • Two Shot

   Summary

   After someone hurts him, Erend tries to pretend nothing happened, keeping his trauma a secret from his allies. And it mostly works… until he has a flashback in front of his friends, and everything comes crashing down around him.

   Series

   • Part 1 of FFL's Four Seasons Challenge
   • Part 94 of FFL Fics
   • Part 6 of My Horizon Fics
   • Part 22 of Help, I can't stop naming my fics after POTF lyrics

   Language:

   English

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