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1. testing what is real, what is good by ohmxbeliever

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

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   10 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Clancy/Torchbearer (Twenty One Pilots)
   • Clancy & Torchbearer (Twenty One Pilots)
   • Clancy (Twenty One Pilots)
   • Torchbearer (Twenty One Pilots)
   • Banditos (Twenty One Pilots)
   • Devorah (Bandito) (Twenty One Pilots)
   • <- that’s debby
   • Fluff
   • 5+1 Things
   • 5+1
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Fluff and Hurt/Comfort
   • Clancy Needs a Hug (Twenty One Pilots)
   • Traumatized Clancy (Twenty One Pilots)
   • Clancy and Tyler Joseph are Different People
   • POV Clancy (Twenty One Pilots)
   • Protective Torchbearer (Twenty One Pilots)
   • Josh Dun and Torchbearer Are Different People
   • Torchbearer Needs A Hug (Twenty One Pilots)
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Light Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • clancy is in love with torchbearer
   • (like the whole time)
   • torchbearer is in love with clancy
   • Location: Trench (Twenty One Pilots)
   • Pre-Slash
   • Post-Slash
   • Strangers to Friends to Lovers
   • Kind of goes through their whole arc
   • REALLY slow
   • Exploration
   • Character Study
   • (kinda)
   • Relationship Study
   • I wrote Clancy as too down bad agaib
   • Clancy is whipped
   • torchbearer is whipped
   • Title From a Twenty One Pilots Song
   • Based on a Twenty One Pilots Song
   • Possibly OOC
   • I wrote them too soft and in love from the start again
   • and I blame the fluff I’ve been reading
   • you know who you are
   • No beta we die like Clancy (again and again and again—)
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • Rabbits
   • Song: heavydirtysoul (Twenty One Pilots)
   • Panic Attacks
   • Dema sucks
   • bishops suck
   • cws in summary and tags
   • Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault
   • Suicide Notes
   • Suicide Attempt
   • Self Harm
   • References to Forest Fic | stay in place (sing a chorus) - SoloChaos
   • Nightmares
   • Dreams and Nightmares
   • Tooth Rotting Fluff
   • clancy says “I love you”
   • Torchbearer says “I love you”
   • Pet Names
   • shoutout faberschlap for the pet names I’m taking this idea bc it’s cute
   • Sign Language
   • Selectively Mute Torchbearer (Twenty One Pilots)

   Summary

   He doesn’t care if this is real anymore. This man— this beautiful man, who came to Dema of all places and saved him, who’s staring at him like he holds all the answers, like he matters, who’s smiling at him like he’s truly happy he’s there— is definitely too good to be true.

   or: 5 ways that Clancy makes sure that Torchbearer is real +1 way Torchbearer had been checking the entire time

   Title from Vignette by Twenty One Pilots

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   13,653

   Chapters:

   5/6

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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