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1. Afterburn by OliOil_82, puffrel

   Fandoms: The Living Tombstone: Chosen (Comics)  

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

   01 Sep 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Rust/Tesla (The Living Tombstone)
   • Rust (The Living Tombstone)
   • Tesla (The Living Tombstone)
   • zero_one (The Living Tombstone)
   • Armstrong (The Living Tombstone)
   • Doc (The Living Tombstone)
   • Blood and Injury
   • Aftermath of Violence
   • Gunshot Wounds
   • Riots
   • They/Them Pronouns for Tesla (The Living Tombstone)
   • He/Him Pronouns for Rust (The Living Tombstone)
   • Tesla gets fucking shot
   • and dies
   • Arguing
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Mental Breakdown
   • We don't know how to tag sorry
   • Title from a Sam Haft Song
   • Strained Relationships
   • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
   • Angst with a Happy Ending

   Summary

   "His body, his mind, betrayed him. Betrayed everything he stood for. For just a heartbeat, Rust questioned himself.
   Was it worth it? Was the one thing he was meant to do—the one thing he was good for—worth the hurt it brought? Tesla was dead. It was his fault."

   or

   Tesla gets shot and killed while in a riot with Rust. After struggling through his guilt and grief, Rust has to cope with Tesla's return and their lack of emotion about the whole ordeal.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   6,234

   Chapters:

   2/4

   Comments:

   17

   Kudos:

   28

   Bookmarks:

   4

   Hits:

   99