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1. Give You Love by embersofonyx

   Fandoms: The Empyrean - Rebecca Yarros  

   • Not Rated
   • Major Character Death, No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   26 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Garrick Tavis/Original Female Character(s)
   • Garrick Tavis
   • OC Aerin Valeryan
   • Major Character Injury
   • Violence
   • Blood and Injury
   • Chronic Pain
   • post relationship trauma
   • Slow Burn
   • Mutual Attraction
   • Banter
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Found Family
   • Smut
   • Fluff
   • Angst
   • Psychological Trauma
   • Implied/Referenced Abuse
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Character Death

   Summary

   Aerin Valeryan has learned to protect herself, keeping her heart closed and her walls firmly in place. Garrick Tavis is persistent, bold, and infuriatingly patient — refusing to accept her distance or the defenses she’s built over years of guarding herself.
   As he slowly chips away at her walls, Aerin realizes that some risks are worth taking, and that letting someone in might mean allowing them to give you love in ways you never expected.

   Series

   • Part 4 of All the Ways We Stay Alive

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   10,419

   Chapters:

   4/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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