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1. Deus Ex Machina. by whistleplowwer

   Fandoms: Poppy Playtime (Video Game)  

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

   03 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • The Player/Harley Sawyer
   • Harley Sawyer
   • The Player
   • other characters make cameos - Character
   • Pre-Canon
   • slight AU
   • harley sawyer centric
   • Misanthropy
   • ref to child abuse
   • Objectification
   • Harley Sawyer Being Harley Sawyer
   • 50 shades of author’s headcanons
   • Hints of humor
   • Male Player
   • Selective Mutism
   • 80s
   • ref to child death/murder
   • Abuse of Authority
   • Mild Verbal Humiliation
   • touch-repulsed & touch-starved
   • sawyer is both of those things
   • Communication Failure
   • aka harley sawyer can’t treat anyone right ever
   • passive-aggressive sexual tension
   • Older Man/Younger Man
   • Hand Kink
   • slice of life but it’s a horror game
   • Slow Burn-ish
   • angel is a handy-man
   • innuendos
   • from faux pleasantries to backhanded endearments
   • sawyer calls angel ‘luv’ bc he’s british
   • Off screen Torture
   • Jealousy
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Getting to Know Each Other
   • some minor boo-boos get kissed
   • Possessive Behaviour
   • implied voice kink
   • wet dreams
   • miserable old man masturbation
   • Foreshadowing
   • the story will stay in pre-canon era tho
   • shotgun smoke kiss
   • canon divergence regarding some of the lore & chronology of events
   • Human Experiments
   • Karma is a Bitch
   • workplace injuries
   • Antagonism
   • hurt/comfort elements
   • angel might or might not have a latent savior complex
   • kill them with kindness
   • chad angel vs old man virgin sawyer
   • Kissing
   • proposition of transactional relationships cuz just raw feelings are scary
   • Tags TBA

   Summary

   Harley Sawyer was a genius. An outstanding scientist. He was the man, who was about to change the world forever. He was never one for lowly, human pleasures. It always felt like something that was below him.

   However, one dumb comment from Pierre had catched his attention and try as he might, he cannot get it out of his head. And being the smart man he is, Sawyer decides that he will have to do something about it sooner than later, unless he wants this to affect his work.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Poppy’s Angel and the PlayTime Co Machine

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   80,490

   Chapters:

   11/?

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