#I don't want to spam post a bunch of tumblr chapters so it probably won't be available anywhere else asjlkdg

[dramaticsnakes]

The Worldless Woods

@ts-storytime Oh damn it's time. Welcome to my entry for The Sanders Sides Big Bang challenge of 2021!

I've been working on this since February and it's been quite a journey. I'm incredibly proud to have planned and completed a project of this size with a deadline. I had no idea I'd be able to do something like that.

Please check out this incredible art by @doydoune.

Thank you to my beta-reader @rainbowbutterfrosting, to @a-vintage-snake, as well as my queerplatonic partner @anxiously-creating. A longer author’s note can be found by the actual fic on ao3.

AO3 LINK

Pairings: Qpr Dukeceit, Qpr Royality, Romantic Analogical

Word count: 88,974

Cw: past child abuse, past psychological and physical abuse, ableism, death/murder mentions, slight hints at suicidal thoughts but nothing explicit, body horror/animal body horror illusions, dead animal illusions, things that move when they shouldn't, basically Remus makes creepy illusions, isolation, being trapped, threats, manipulation, unsympathetic side-characters, spider mentions, organ mentions, blood mentions, innuendos, food

Fic summary: Janus seeks an escape after being locked away by his parents his entire life, rushing through the dark and magical forest that separates his town from the rest of the world, hoping they won't find him. Tales of the fae and other terrifying creatures in the forest make him on guard, and he expects either death or an escape. What he doesn't expect is to encounter a faerie, who is not at all what he imagined one to be, and who is in many senses of the word, just as stuck as he is.

When Patton learns of Janus' escape, he rushes after him, fearing the worst has happened. What Patton finds in the forest however, is both startlingly similar, and exceptionally different to what Janus found there.

Meanwhile, there are whispers among the townspeople, and new attempts at scientific discoveries, that seem to bring increased attention upon the otherwise solitary forest.