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1. all that's guaranteed is the state i'm in by m_erlin_s

   Fandoms: Challengers (Movie 2024)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   28 Dec 2025

   Tags

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   • Art Donaldson/Tashi Duncan
   • Art Donaldson/Patrick Zweig
   • Tashi Duncan/Patrick Zweig
   • Art Donaldson/Tashi Duncan/Patrick Zweig
   • Art Donaldson
   • Tashi Duncan
   • Patrick Zweig
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
   • patrick stopped playing tennis
   • Angst
   • Homelessness
   • patrick and art never met
   • idrk how to tag this tbh it's mostly patrick's life sucking
   • Trauma
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • kind of prostitution a little bit
   • honestly im not sure whats happening
   • brief reference to suicidal ideation
   • Depression
   • References to Depression

   Summary

   Life’s kind of always sucked for Patrick Zweig.

   He tells himself otherwise.

   He convinces himself that he’s fine, that he’s still young enough, strong enough, with time to ‘turn it all around.’

   He keeps a script on repeat in his head like a prayer: I’ll get back to tennis, I’ll get serious again, I’ll fix it.

   But it’s been years now, and if he was really going to fix it, wouldn’t he have already?

   He’s a popular guy.

   Well…

   He’s always been liked.

   Language:

   English

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