Somewhat Clear

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somewhatclear

Rating: SAFE
Fandom: the under garden (MAF)
Relationship: kostya & maxim
Tags: dreams, missing moment, snuggling & cuddling
Wordcount: 652
Notes: the under garden is a work by velnna | MAF that you can read on gumroad. this particular missing moment is set between chapter 5 and 6 (the latter still unpublished at the moment of posting)

Summary:
Kostya has a dream while a stranger is sleeping in his bed.

Excerpt:

“Are you scared of me, kitten?”

Rough with sleep, Maxim’s voice echoed through Kostya’s ribcage, reverberated down his spine. Violet irises peeked from under heavy eyelids.

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deerna
somewhatclear

Rating: SAFE
Fandom: the under garden (MAF)
Relationship: olga & staeve & kori
Tags: swearing, word play
Wordcount: 266
Notes: the under garden is a work by velnna | MAF that you can read on gumroad. i know nothing of kori, take his characterisation with a grain of salt

Summary:

Excerpt:

“Anthill,” Staeve repeated, “starts with an A. Say something that starts with B, now.”

She tilted her head at him. “Why.”

“It’s a game.” It suddenly seemed a stupid idea, but when did that ever stop him? “I say anthill, what says you?”

Olga stared him down for a moment, and then in a flat voice she said, “Bollocks.”

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somewhatclear

Rating: SAFE
Fandom: the under garden / baldur's gate
Relationship: vesta & logue brimstone
Tags: backstory, sibling relationship, coping mechanisms
Wordcount: 1964
Notes: vesta and logue belong to MAF. the original idea of little stib having been sewn by logue comes from a headcanon by nubs. the title comes from summer skeletons, by radical face

Summary:
the story of how the little staeve doll came to be

Excerpt:

Hearing those words made Logue wince. He didn’t feel much of a grown-up, when he had spent all day making a doll of his own brother because he was lonely.

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somewhatclear

Rating: mature
Fandom: the under garden (maf)
Relationship: ashton rose/dahlia
Tags: Body Horror, Stillbirth, Suicidal Thoughts, Chronic Pain, Drug Use, Forced Abortion, Corpse Desecration, Dysfunctional Relationships, Neglect, Implied/Referenced Drug Addiction
Wordcount: 522
Notes: the under garden is a work by velnna | MAF. you can read it on gumroad. find out more about ashton in the under garden comic tag on velnna | MAF's tumblr

Summary:

Excerpt:

Lucky thing spared from a pitiful life.

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deerna
somewhatclear

Rating: SAFE
Fandom: the under garden (MAF)
Relationship: ashton rose/dahlia
Tags: body horror, bug metamorphosis
Wordcount: 570
Notes: the under garden is a work by velnna | MAF. you can read it on gumroad. find out more about ashton in the under garden comic tag on velnna | MAF's tumblr

Summary:

Excerpt:

Rebirth. It made him wonder how lucky it was that they couldn't remember what the first time had been like. Because, if every time it was anything like what he was going through right now, then it meant they truly were being born to this world only to suffer, and suffer, and suffer—and to suffer again, as they tore themselves to pieces to try and make it into something worth living.

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