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1. i want to be your guide dog. by um_itsavalie for veritas-victi ♡

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

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   02 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Gary Barkovitch/Stebbins
   • Gary Barkovitch & Stebbins
   • Gary Barkovitch & Rank
   • Gary Barkovitch
   • Stebbins (The Long Walk)
   • Rank (The Long Walk)
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Canonical Character Death
   • Canon Rewrite
   • Canon-Typical Behavior
   • POV Gary Barkovitch
   • POV Third Person Limited
   • Character Study
   • Hurt No Comfort
   • Emotional Hurt
   • Angst
   • Heavy Angst
   • Angst and Tragedy
   • Blood and Injury
   • Blood and Gore
   • Seriously it gets REALLY gory at the end
   • Suicide
   • Graphic Description
   • Religious Imagery & Symbolism
   • just a little though
   • Possibly Unrequited Love
   • The Mortifying Ordeal of Being Known
   • Self-Hatred
   • Self-Worth Issues
   • They ragebait each other so much
   • Ambiguous Relationships
   • Tragedy
   • Tragedy/Comedy
   • Loneliness
   • Childhood Trauma
   • Childhood Memories
   • Enemies to Friends
   • The Author Regrets Everything
   • Attempt at Humor

   Summary

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   "Will you remember me?" Gary asked.

   Stebbins reached out then, lacing his fingers with Gary's. Neither of them pulled away. Instead, they just kept looking at each other and walking. What else was there to do?

   "I'll remember you as the boy who talked too much and died too young," Stebbins said. "I'll remember you as Gary Barkovitch, who wanted to be liked and settled for being feared, who loved a cat named Patty, who made one terrible joke and killed someone and couldn't forgive himself for it. I'll remember all of it."

   ╚═════ -ˋˏ *.·:·.♡.·:·.* ˎˊ- ═════╝

   Series

   • Part 6 of starkovitch fics
   • Part 4 of TLW rewritten in other POVs

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   English

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