#now. ill be brutally honest. i dont really like mac centric fics that often which i feel phantom pains leans towards and the summary of-

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🌅: Phantom Pains by poetoutofthebeast is really good. Shadowpeach are back together but that doeesnt mean both monkeys don't still have trauma and communication issues. Really good, both monkeys have a good amount of time focused on them specifically but I especially love how they wrote macaque abandonment and uselessness fears

If you like that story, Raining on Your Parade by the same author. Macaque is sick and wukong for a mysterious reason takes care of him it's because he still cares

oh hey, i read phantom pains! it's cute. i like the chosen angst for wukong and mac here (mac's huge abandonment issues and wukong's fear that all he does is hurt others). good read for the shadowpeach enjoyers that like angst and like closure

personal opinion time: i think mac was focused on more than wukong? now, beat me over the head because i am a wukong stan first human being second, but i just wish there was more dedicated to wukong actually getting to express his constipated emotions. he does, dont get me wrong, but im a sap that just likes to read about it. that's a personal preference thing. tldr i wish wukong crying was longer and had the same attention/comfort that mac had *gets shot by the mafia*

haven't read the other fic, but i'll try to read it tonight if i can :3