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• (The Self) Is Such a Fragile Thing by Yourfriendlyneighborhoodgeek

  Fandoms: Ride the Cyclone: A New Musical - Maxwell & Richmond, The Art of Starving - Sam J. Miller  

  • Mature
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Underage Sex
  • M/M
  • Complete Work

  10 Oct 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Underage Sex
  • Noel Gruber/Matt (The Art of Starving)
  • Noel Gruber
  • Matt (The Art of Starving)
  • Tariq (The Art of Starving)
  • Noel Gruber's Father
  • Monique
  • Mental Health Issues
  • Self-Harm
  • Anorexia
  • Social Dynamics
  • messed up teenagers
  • Underage Drinking
  • Dead Dove: Do Not Eat
  • Bonding
  • Non-Explicit Sex
  • Angst
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • Self-Hatred
  • (but the subtly repressed kind)
  • imposter syndrome
  • Self-Destruction
  • and the enabling of such in those you love
  • romanticization of one's own suffering
  • Internalized Homophobia
  • High School Dynamics
  • maladaptive daydreaming
  • Mental Illness
  • Miscommunication
  • to a degree
  • i don't know if this was properly beta read or edited and at this point I'm too afraid to try and check again
  • so I'll just leave it here
  • heavy use of italics

  Summary

  Basically, i noticed that these two fictional gay seventeen year olds with an inclination towards morbid escapism have a lot in common and decided to write a crossover about them. Enjoy!

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  37,201

  Chapters:

  2/2

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