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1. The Order of Things by hushmyache

   Fandoms: Ginny & Georgia (TV)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • No category
   • Work in Progress

   25 Dec 2025

   Tags

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   • Marcus Baker & Maxine "Max" Baker
   • Ellen Baker & Marcus Baker
   • Clint Baker & Marcus Baker
   • Maxine "Max" Baker (Ginny & Georgia)
   • Marcus Baker
   • Clint Baker
   • Ellen Baker (Ginny & Georgia)
   • Maxine "Max" Baker Needs a Hug
   • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
   • Sickfic
   • Sick Character
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Anxiety
   • Anxiety Disorder
   • Family Dynamics
   • Caretaking
   • Trauma
   • Guilt
   • Past Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Role Reversal
   • Self-Harm
   • Emergency Medical Technicians
   • Whump
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Fever
   • Sleep Deprivation
   • Intrusive Thoughts
   • Panic
   • Slow Build
   • Codependency
   • Protective Siblings

   Summary

   Trigger Warnings:
   Mental health crisis; severe illness; sleep deprivation; starvation/not eating; non-graphic self-harm (hitting head); restraint for safety; forced intervention; intense emotional distress.

   When Maxine doesn’t come down for dinner, Marcus finds her feverish, exhausted, and trapped in a rigid routine she believes keeps her family alive. As her illness spirals and her control breaks, Marcus realizes the truth of what she’s been carrying, and makes the same impossible choice she once made for him, stepping in to save her even as she begs him not to.

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