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1. caught in a catalyst by CallicoKitten

   Fandoms: The Outer Worlds (Video Game), The Outer Worlds 2 (Video Game)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   18 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Male Commander/Tristan Rao
   • Tristan Rao
   • Male Commander
   • Niles Abara
   • Marisol Delgado (The Outer Worlds 2)
   • Azahelia "Aza" Leitenger
   • Inez Silang
   • Slow Burn
   • Slow Build
   • Non-Explicit Sex
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • References to Addiction
   • Anxiety
   • Deprogramming (is that what we think happens to tristan if you're nice to him?)
   • Grief/Mourning
   • i wrote this from tristan's pov and law it was exhausting
   • Not Beta Read
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Blood and Injury

   Summary

   Commander Kharakhov is quite unlike anyone Tristan has ever met.

   or,

   Arbiter Rao sets out to solve a murder and ends up living out the kind of periodicals he certainly does not read (and saving the system)

   Language:

   English

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