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1. The Road Not Taken by Hayashi_l1n

   Fandoms: Malevolent (Podcast), Searching For A World That Doesn't Exist - Wifies (Web Series), The King in Yellow - Robert W. Chambers, Expanded Cthulhu Mythos & Related Fandoms  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Multi
   • Work in Progress

   05 Oct 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Avery | AveryTheMayo/Derek Hutchins | d3rLord3
   • Avery | AveryTheMayo & Arthur Lester
   • Avery | AveryTheMayo & John Doe (Malevolent)
   • John Doe/Arthur Lester
   • John Doe & Kayne (Malevolent)
   • John Doe & Yellow (Malevolent)
   • John Doe/Kayne (Malevolent)
   • John Doe/Noel | Charlie Dowd
   • Roland Cummings & Noel | Charlie Dowd
   • Derek Hutchins | d3rLord3 & Arthur Lester
   • Avery | AveryTheMayo
   • Derek Hutchins | d3rLord3
   • Arthur Lester
   • John Doe (Malevolent)
   • Kayne (Malevolent)
   • The King in Yellow (Malevolent)
   • Yellow (Malevolent)
   • The King In Yellow | Hastur (Searching For A World That Doesn't Exist)
   • Noel | Charlie Dowd
   • Oscar (Malevolent)
   • Roland Cummings
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Alternate Universe - College/University
   • Alternate Universe - Reincarnation
   • John Doe Needs a Hug (Malevolent)
   • Hospitals
   • References to Poetry
   • Based on a Tumblr Post
   • My Own Tumblr Post
   • no beta we die like arthur
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Arthur is dead
   • And Reincarnated
   • but they don't know that so shhhh...
   • Possessive Kayne (Malevolent)
   • One-Sided Relationship
   • One-sided John/Kayne
   • "Which one?" You can guess.
   • Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault
   • Lovecraftian Cults
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Canon-Typical Behavior
   • Arguing
   • Kidnapping
   • Sort Of
   • Spells & Enchantments
   • Kayne being kayne
   • Amnesia
   • "But the age gap-"
   • Most of them are ATLEAST 100
   • trust me - Freeform
   • Body Horror
   • how do i say this
   • tree - Freeform
   • tree turn to man
   • Cannibalism
   • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
   • Kayne is his own warning
   • Sadism
   • its really bad sadism
   • Some OOC
   • Yellow is renamed later on
   • This is technically a more adult version of my other fic

   Summary

   Derek wakes up in a hospital bed to Avery and his theatre professor standing on either side of his head, and an all-too-familiar voice in his head. But, with this voice’s help, he is able to go on with his now… eldritch-plagued life. But the professor and the voice seem to recognise him all too well.

   Alt: Another jab at Malevolent x SFAWTDE

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   17,325

   Chapters:

   15/?

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