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1. Picking the Pieces Up by storiesfromagoldenboy

   Fandoms: Hunter X Hunter  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   30 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Gon Freecs & Killua Zoldyck
   • Gon Freecs/Killua Zoldyck
   • Alluka Zoldyck & Killua Zoldyck
   • Nanika & Killua Zoldyck
   • Killua Zoldyck
   • Gon Freecs
   • Alluka Zoldyck
   • Nanika (Hunter X Hunter)
   • Leorio Paladiknight
   • Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Fluff
   • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
   • Aged-Up Gon Freecs/Killua Zoldyck
   • Trans Alluka Zoldyck
   • Post-Chairman Election Arc (Hunter X Hunter)
   • Spoilers
   • Slow Burn
   • Like super slow burn guys
   • Character Study
   • Drug Use
   • Drug Addiction
   • Emotional Manipulation
   • Implied/Referenced Underage Prostitution
   • Mentioned Kurapika (Hunter X Hunter)
   • Mentioned Illumi Zoldyck
   • Canon-Typical Violence

   Summary

   Killua's goal was to escape his family, and he did (woohoo!)—now what?

   Turns out, Killua still hasn't learned how to confront everything head-on yet, so he starts running faster and faster until he stumbles and it all comes crashing into him.

   (The epitome of: it gets worse before it gets better)

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   15,933

   Chapters:

   3/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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   Bookmarks:

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