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• Why Would I? It's Only The Death Of Me. by Rayle_173

  Fandoms: Outer Wilds (Video Game)  

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  • Other
  • Work in Progress

  20 Aug 2025

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  • Gabbro/Player Character (Outer Wilds)
  • Feldspar/Gossan (Outer Wilds)
  • Player Character (Outer Wilds)
  • Gabbro (Outer Wilds)
  • Gossan (Outer Wilds)
  • Feldspar (Outer Wilds)
  • Riebeck (Outer Wilds)
  • Chert (Outer Wilds)
  • Slate (Outer Wilds)
  • Hornfels (Outer Wilds)
  • Gneiss (Outer Wilds)
  • Porphy (Outer Wilds)
  • Solanum (Outer Wilds)
  • Hal (Outer Wilds)
  • Esker (Outer Wilds)
  • Rutile (Outer Wilds)
  • Marl (Outer Wilds)
  • Tektite (Outer Wilds)
  • Galena (Outer Wilds)
  • Tephra (Outer Wilds)
  • Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies
  • Angst
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Pining
  • Slow Burn
  • Near Death Experiences
  • Eventual Romance
  • Eventual Smut
  • Panic Attacks
  • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
  • Mild Gore
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • first fic
  • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
  • Dissociation
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
  • tags r hard
  • Everyone Needs A Hug
  • Love/Hate
  • Love Confessions
  • Regret
  • Smut
  • it just takes a while for main ship sorry
  • sometimes beta we die depending on the loop
  • Drunken Confessions

  Summary

  Their fate had already been sealed, but the universe didn’t stay gone.

  The eye gave them a chance at life, but after living a life on borrowed time, two Hearthians now have the impossible task of learning how to live normally again.

  And things don’t go well.
  Not at first. Not between them. Not after everything.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  21,066

  Chapters:

  6/?

  Kudos:

  19

  Bookmarks:

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