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1. The Crushing Weight of Choosing to Live by the_word_demon

   Fandoms: Dispatch (Video Game)  

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

   08 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Robert Robertson | Mecha Man/Waterboy | Herman
   • Z-Team (Dispatch)
   • Robert Robertson | Mecha Man
   • Chase | Track Star (Dispatch)
   • Blonde Blazer | Mandy (Dispatch)
   • Beef the Dog (Dispatch)
   • Eventual Smut
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Angst
   • Eventual Happy Ending
   • Found Family
   • Robert Robertson | Mecha Man Needs a Hug
   • Depressed Robert Robertson | Mecha Man
   • Vomiting
   • Emetophobia
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Z-Team Knows Robert Robertson is Mecha Man
   • Passively Suicidal Robert Robertson | Mecha Man
   • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Not a main plot point but it's like a big part of chapter 1
   • The Crushing Weight of Familial Responsibility
   • Generational Trauma
   • Herm and Robert will get together eventually

   Summary

   Robert Robertson was never meant to live a normal life—not the first, not the second, and definitely not the third.
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   Or, after choosing not to kill Shroud, Robert struggles to figure out what his purpose is. The Z-Team rallies around him while he slowly comes to terms with the fact that he can just live for himself.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   3,464

   Chapters:

   1/5

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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