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1. water under the bridge by fortunefindsyou

   Fandoms: Searching For A World That Doesn't Exist - Wifies (Web Series)  

   • Mature
   • Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   16 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Avery | AveryTheMayo/Derek Hutchins | d3rLord3
   • Derek Hutchins | d3rLord3
   • Avery | AveryTheMayo
   • very gay
   • like extremely so
   • Angst!
   • please don't ignore the archive warning
   • Character Death
   • Angst
   • Fluff and Angst
   • I don't know if I can say this ends happily
   • being honest I don't think it does
   • vague comfort? at the end? idk man
   • sorry guys I promise I'll write a universe where they are happy
   • TWO IDIOTS
   • Yeah he dies
   • POV Multiple
   • successful suicide
   • Avery | AveryTheMayo Needs a Hug
   • Avery | AveryTheMayo and Derek Hutchins | d3rLord3 Meet In Real Life
   • Derek Hutchins | d3rLord3 Loves Avery | AveryTheMayo
   • Avery | AveryTheMayo Has Survivor Guilt
   • Derek Hutchins | d3rLord3 Needs A Hug
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • quite descriptive violence (but only hypothetically)
   • brief mention of pet death by old age
   • brief mention of child abuse
   • works made without ai
   • creating is an inherently human process
   • Use your brain
   • better to create shitty art than not create it at all
   • and letting a robot do it for you is not creating it at all
   • Complete

   Summary

   Derek Hutchins wakes up after being in a coma for months. He's alive, so is the King, and they both shouldn't be.

   As soon as he finds confirmation that the King in Yellow still exists within his mind, -a haunting, lurking presence, ready to take over at any point- Derek forms a plan. He knows what he must do - it won't be easy, it'll hurt people, he'll lose his second chance at life, but it's the only option he has. If he wants to keep the World safe; to keep the people he loves safe, he has to.

   But fate is funny, because just as Derek is about to take his life, Avery finds him again.

   And for a short while, Derek's life continues.

    

   Or

    

   The last few months of Derek Hutchins life, and the short happiness he finds in the company of Avery: a best friend, a lover; a beauty he can only have for a few moments, and never longer.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   28,720

   Chapters:

   14/14

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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