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1. A little softer than I used to be by Star_Dog_144

   Fandoms: Twenty One Pilots  

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

   13 Oct 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Josh Dun/Tyler Joseph
   • Jenna Joseph/Debby Ryan
   • Josh Dun
   • Josh Dun's Family
   • Tyler Joseph
   • Tyler Joseph's Family
   • Debby Ryan
   • Jenna Joseph
   • Chronic Illness
   • Established Relationship
   • Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
   • pots - Freeform
   • Chronic Pain
   • author is projecting onto josh a little bit
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Josh Dun Has Issues
   • Marching Band
   • josh dun is a music teacher
   • No beta we die like Keons
   • jenby (jenna/debby) is real but not important to plot
   • focusing more on the mental health aspect. physical health is second to it and is usually tied to it

   Summary

   Josh has always been in some amount of measurable pain but it has never been this bad. On top of this his mental health struggles his pain is at the highest its been since he was in high school.

    

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   14,303

   Chapters:

   8/?

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