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1. How bad it must have been for you back then (How hard it was to keep it all inside) by Juliuli

   Fandoms: Dungeon Crawler Carl Series - Matt Dinniman  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   22 Sep 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Carl's Mother (Dungeon Crawler Carl)
   • Carl's Father (Dungeon Crawler Carl)
   • Carl (Dungeon Crawler Carl)
   • Childhood Trauma
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
   • PTSD
   • Healing
   • Found Family
   • Flashbacks
   • Bullying
   • Book 6: The Eye of the Bedlam Bride Spoilers (Dungeon Crawler Carl)
   • Homophobic Language
   • Verbal Abuse
   • Physical Abuse
   • Anacortes Boys Ranch
   • Disordered Eating
   • Punishment
   • Insomnia
   • Nightmares
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • Carl can’t trust any adults even the ones trying to look out for him :(
   • Trauma Recovery
   • Domestic Violence
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Angst
   • First Kiss
   • Homelessness
   • feral barn cats
   • Protective Carl
   • Friendship
   • Goat Farm
   • Therapy

   Summary

   He’d briefly wondered if they were going to kill him. Back when the scenery was thick tall trees and Washington mountains just out of view. It was wishful thinking. Maybe if I piss them off enough they’ll take me out, maybe I’ll just disappear.

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   Carl’s life as a teenager at the Anacortes Boys Ranch.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   18,496

   Chapters:

   6/6

   Comments:

   21

   Kudos:

   35

   Bookmarks:

   7

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