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1. Albert Camus (I Only Got Out of Bed For You) by FyrinnIce369 for featheredknights

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

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   02 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Avery | AveryTheMayo/Derek Hutchins | d3rLord3
   • Avery | AveryTheMayo
   • Derek Hutchins | d3rLord3
   • The King In Yellow | Hastur (Searching For A World That Doesn't Exist)
   • Original Characters
   • (not overly important but they Are there)
   • Post-Canon
   • Post-Canon Fix-It
   • DMS | Department of Metaphysical Sciences (Searching For A World That Doesn't Exist)
   • Derek Hutchins | d3rLord3 Lives
   • Sharing a Body
   • Derek Hutchins | d3rLord3 Is The King In Yellow | Hastur's Vessel
   • (sort of)
   • Derek Hutchins | d3rLord3 Has Infinite Knowledge
   • (also sort of)
   • Derek Hutchins | D3rLord3 Has Medical Issues
   • being in a coma for 2 months'll do that to a guy
   • Genderfluid Avery | AveryTheMayo
   • He/Him and They/Them Pronouns for Avery | AveryTheMayo
   • derek hutchins is agender but uses he/him
   • not terribly important to the plot yet but important to me OKAY?
   • what if you were trapped in a corrupt government facility and we were both gay
   • tags will update with fic contents
   • Tags May Change
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • slow updates probably
   • a bit experimental
   • Medical Inaccuracies
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Rating May Change
   • Do NOT feed my writing to ai!!!
   • No AI Used
   • temporary memory loss/ amnesia
   • corrupt government agencies (DMS)
   • they're both a bit suicidal
   • der has a martyr complex
   • Tags Contain Spoilers
   • some physical viiolence
   • Psychological Torture
   • Interrogation
   • derek is a bit obsessive about avery (for now. this does ease up)
   • Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending

   Summary

   Derek Hutchins is dead, and Avery can't help but blame himself, even if Derek's letter told him explicitly not to.

   Or, well, Avery believes this to be the case, until two very official looking people show up at their door, claiming otherwise.

   [this is an au starting 6 months after the events of DAWTDE, where Derek is found by the D.M.S promptly after merging with the king and survives, albeit not without struggle. Now he's essentially trapped in a government facility, sharing his mind and, on rare occasions, his body, with an eldritch god, and all he wants is to meet Avery. title taken from Albert Camus by Tom Rosenthal (song) ]

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