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1. fevered by k4ffeinated

   Fandoms: The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   25 Aug 2026

   Tags

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   • Nick Carraway/Jay Gatsby
   • Nick Carraway
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Suicide Attempt
   • Character Study
   • i guess
   • Depressed Nick Carraway
   • Gay Nick Carraway
   • POV Nick Carraway
   • Jay Gatsby Dies
   • World War I References
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Grief/Mourning
   • not super natsby but i mean its implied as always
   • is it pining if theyre dead?
   • I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Post-Canon

   Summary

   He wonders if this was always his destiny–

   and it's so beyond just Jay, but who did it always come back to anyway?

   The good, Nick decides, do not die young. The good are beaten into something else, and whatever is left to shine is a mockery.

   Series

   • Part 1 of tgg: the miserable post-canon

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   614

   Chapters:

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   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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