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1. Up Around The Bend by hamlethallward

   Fandoms: The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt  

   • Mature
   • Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   17 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Theodore Decker/Boris Pavlikovsky
   • Kitsey Barbour/Theodore Decker
   • Andy Barbour & Theodore Decker
   • Theodore Decker & James "Hobie" Hobart
   • Audrey Decker & Theodore Decker
   • Theodore Decker & Pippa
   • Theodore Decker & Welton "Welty" Blackwell
   • Theodore Decker & Larry Decker
   • Theodore Decker
   • Boris Pavlikovsky
   • Kitsey Barbour
   • Andy Barbour
   • Barbour Family (The Goldfinch)
   • James "Hobie" Hobart
   • Pippa (The Goldfinch)
   • Welton "Welty" Blackwell
   • Audrey Decker
   • Larry Decker
   • Popchyk (The Goldfinch)
   • other mentioned characters
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • Drug Use
   • Past Suicide Attempts
   • Post-Canon
   • Alternate Universe - Ghosts
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Marriage of Convenience
   • Time Skips
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Canon Typical Content

   Summary

   "As time wore on, these messages tapered until all word from Boris had gone completely, as if he had never existed at all."

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   Theo Decker is seeing ghosts. Or, perhaps more likely, losing his fucking mind.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   10,162

   Chapters:

   2/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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