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1. Sympathy is a Knife by GreenGhoul

   Fandoms: Dispatch (Video Game)  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/F, F/M, Multi
   • Work in Progress

   10 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Robert Robertson | Mecha Man/Original Female Character(s)
   • Blonde Blazer | Mandy/Robert Robertson | Mecha Man
   • Blonde Blazer | Mandy/Invisigal | Courtney (Dispatch)
   • A little bit of Sonar lovin in here too
   • will update as story progresses - Relationship
   • Original character does not have powers
   • Robert Robertson | Mecha Man
   • Blonde Blazer | Mandy (Dispatch)
   • Invisigal | Courtney (Dispatch)
   • Original Characters
   • Z-Team (Dispatch)
   • Chase | Track Star (Dispatch)
   • Shroud | Elliot Connors
   • Robert "Robbie" Robertson | Astral Mecha Man
   • Beef the Dog (Dispatch)
   • whole gang is here and then some
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Fluff and Smut
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Villain- Ex
   • Childhood Friends
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Lovers to Friends
   • then back again
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Flashbacks
   • Post-Canon
   • Pre-Canon
   • No Hate here but a kind of Loyalty only found in Dogs and Children with abandonment issues
   • Not enough L in that LGBT tag on Steam
   • lets fix that
   • World building and expanding especially with SDN and Robert's past
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Shrouds dead Invisigal is missing and z-team is getting a new member

   Summary

   "Last time I went through a breakup, I drank Mezcal till I blacked out."

   Shroud's death is a dust that never really settles. Just pollutes the air and gets clogged in places he didn't know had vents. It's been a month since Robert Robertson left his burdens to rot on the SDN offices' roof. A month since he drove to Mandy's place and never really left. Under Investigation, suspended from duty, two weeks before he's cleared for action, he's forced to reconcile with pieces of his past he's never really learned where to place.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   15,040

   Chapters:

   3/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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   Bookmarks:

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