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1. Babylon, the Great by Nicotine_phantom

   Fandoms: The Long Walk (Movie 2025), The Long Walk - Richard Bachman  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   29 Sep 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Ray Garraty/Peter McVries
   • Ray Garraty
   • Peter McVries
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Post-Canon Fix-It
   • Introspection
   • Domesticity
   • Bittersweet
   • short and sweet
   • Ray Garraty-centric
   • Imagine getting everything you wanted but the systemic tragedy still lives on
   • Ray Garraty Character Study
   • Hopeful
   • True Love
   • It will find you in the end!
   • All other characters mentioned in passing - Freeform
   • Specifically follows movie canon and characterization
   • (no i have NOT read the book)
   • But there are small references to the book

   Summary

   McVries, the immutable fucking bleeding heart, had decided to use up his wish right before the Major cocked the hammer backwards with his thumb.

   He wished–no, begged, with his voice raw and uninhibited with panic–for Ray’s life. For a second winner of the Walk. Not a seat at the table, not ten naked ladies or a great big rocket to bring him to the moon, not even the carbine. But a life. Because, impossibly, Peter McVries saw a light in everything.

   (or: years after the walk, ray and pete keep moving along)

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