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1. by design (how many ways can i resign?) by KateAndCat

   Fandoms: Twenty One Pilots, Scaled And Icy - Twenty One Pilots (Album), Trench - Twenty One Pilots (Album)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   27 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Clancy/Torchbearer (Twenty One Pilots)
   • Josh Dun/Tyler Joseph
   • Sacarver (Twenty One Pilots)
   • Original Characters
   • Banditos (Twenty One Pilots)
   • Takes place right after No Chances (livestream experience)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst
   • loss of senses
   • implied heart attack?
   • Tyler Joseph is Clancy
   • Josh Dun is Torchbearer
   • Scaled and Icy Era (Twenty One Pilots)
   • title from a spill tab song - by design
   • Self-Hatred
   • Self-Doubt
   • Deaf Tyler Joseph
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • mental health parallels
   • body horror?
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Developing Relationship

   Summary

   Torchbearer drags Clancy out of the Dema during the livestreamed show, and together they make their way back to the camp.

   Clancy is back in the forest of Trench, but something feels wrong.

   "Josh, why can't I hear you?"

   or

   Clancy loses each of his senses, and Torchbearer is there to guide him through it.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   8,822

   Chapters:

   6/6

   Comments:

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