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1. HOW TO BUILD A TOWER (IT'S A LIE) by mariamalaria

   Fandoms: Afraid of Monsters & Cry of Fear  

   • Explicit
   • Rape/Non-Con
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   29 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • Rape/Non-Con
   • Simon Henriksson/David Leatherhoff
   • Simon Henriksson
   • David Leatherhoff
   • Doctor Purnell (Cry of Fear)
   • AU
   • David Is Simon's Dealer
   • Unhealthy Relationships
   • Codependency
   • Power Imbalance
   • Morally Ambiguous Character
   • Age Difference
   • Depression
   • Avoidant/Anxious
   • Obsession
   • Headcanon
   • Drug Use
   • Substance Abuse
   • Fear of Abandonment
   • Desperate Attachment
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Trauma
   • Past Child Abuse
   • Self-Destructive Behavior
   • Emotional neglect
   • Dissociation
   • Loneliness
   • Touch-Starved
   • Dark Humor
   • Failed Therapy
   • Psychiatrist/Patient Dynamics
   • Social Isolation
   • Slow Burn
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • Stockholm
   • 2010s
   • Non-Consensual Sexual Content
   • Sexual Assault
   • Freeze Responce
   • C-PTSD
   • Flashbacks
   • Trauma Bonding
   • Academic Stress
   • University Student Simon
   • Control Issues
   • Identity Issues
   • Explicit Sexual Content
   • Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • Toxic Masculinity
   • OOC
   • Hanging Out
   • Simon-centered
   • Awkwardness
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide Attempts
   • Tragedy/Comedy
   • The Black Day Didn't Happen

   Summary

   Cognitive behavioral therapy assumes that the first step toward overcoming many psychological disorders is changing your actions first. But what if you can’t act at all?

   Simon finds an easier way to hack his brain. And it even works, for a little while — until the line between the relief and the person providing it starts to blur.

   Series

   • Part 2 of Push-and-Pull

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   1,495

   Chapters:

   1/5

   Kudos:

   13

   Bookmarks:

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