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He repeats it a few times, scratches his neck, slaps himself again, and then falls into his bed. He groans at the way it bothers his bruised ribs, but he lays there in the pain, letting it cleanse him from his thoughts earlier.
Here, in the haze of his pain, he is whole, normal, pure. He is repenting, paying his dues, accepting his punishment. He doesn’t need his pa for that, he can do it himself, make sure he’s not some dirty gay.
Gary hasn’t believed in God in a very long time; in fact, he’s certain there isn’t one. But there has to be some truths in the world, and this has to be one of them.
Gary Barkovitch is normal. And if he isn’t, he’ll break himself until his bones set right.
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OR - All Gary Barkovitch's life, he has been the starving mutt wandering the edge of the street light, baring his teeth at any approaching person. Maybe, now in Maine, he can learn to lower his hackles and let people in.Series
- Part 1 of aijad-verse
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bare your neck; show your belly by UnlicensedDetective
Fandoms: The Long Walk (Movie 2025)
02 May 2026
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There's a certain kind of vulnerability when it comes to intimacy. It's not just pleasure, it's not just sex—it could never be something that simple. Maybe that's not such a terrible thing.
Gary just needs to learn that, first.
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OR: The explicit scenes for and i'm just as dog so this WILL NOT MAKE SENSE IF YOU DON'T READ AIJAD
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- Part 4 of aijad-verse
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Over and Over (Again and Again) by UnlicensedDetective
Fandoms: The Long Walk (Movie 2025)
27 Apr 2026
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Billy distracts himself by massaging his legs, wanting to make sure everything is warmed up. Someone will likely get taken out by a muscle cramp. Billy won’t be that person. He digs his fingers into his calves with a measured intensity, rubbing his thumb from the back of his heel all the way up to the back of his knee. He focuses on getting his body ready and mind in the right headspace. There’s just one issue.
He can feel the heavy weight of someone staring at him.
He lifts his gaze up back towards that group of people from before, the one with the guy eating the clementines and the other man with the cross necklace. They all seem invested in a conversation with the exception of the blond man to the far right.
He has haunted eyes.
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OR Billy Stebbins is prepared to win the Long Walk. He just wasn't expecting there to be a man with haunted eyes that would cause such a distraction. Inspired by the Day 2 prompt for The Long Walk Rare Pairs Week: Devotion. -
raspberries and brownie batter by UnlicensedDetective
Fandoms: The Long Walk (Movie 2025)
14 Feb 2026
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“You’re a menace,” he accuses, feeling like he can’t get enough air, but he’s not panicked about it in the least. He puts down the rubber spatula on a paper towel he set aside on the kitchen counter. He turns to face Billy fully, unsurprised to find Billy already looking down at him, eyes soft. “I’m tryin’ to make brownies here.”
“I’m helping.”
“You’re distractin’,” Gary corrects, trying and failing to bite back a smile.
Billy raises his eyebrows a bit. “I could always leave.”
“Don’t you dare, asshole,” Gary huffs, lightly nudging Billy’s ankle with his foot. “Start puttin’ in the chocolate chips,” he instructs, passing by him to walk to the freezer, heart racing nervously. “And no, I’m not sayin’ the magic words.”
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OR Gary and Billy have a private date where they make brownies together
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- Part 3 of aijad-verse
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Gary doesn’t want to be touched.
Contact is contact to Billy, but it’s not for Gary. While Billy sometimes gets the overwhelming urge to press his hand to the flushed skin of Gary’s face to see how hot he runs, or desperately wants to press his fingers into Gary’s wrist to see what rate Gary’s heart beats, he refrains. Gary doesn’t want that. Billy will respect it.
Billy won’t touch Gary.
He never thought about whether Gary would touch him.
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OR: 5 times Gary Barkovitch touches Billy Stebbins, + 1 time Billy Stebbins touches Gary BarkovitchSeries
- Part 2 of aijad-verse
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Fandom 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
16 Dec 2023
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He mostly blames his mother for making him hate soulmates.
He mostly blames his boyfriends for changing his mind.
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“So what else is there?”
“What?”
Mike paused and shifted uncomfortably, like his legs were falling asleep or something. He squeezed at his own calf. “That guys do, that makes them gay.”
“I—hah—I don’t know, Mike, like, suck each other off? Probably?” Fall in love, he avoided saying.
“Do you wanna do that?”
Will raised his brows. “To each other?”
(OR: part two of Fence Sitter wherein after their one-off sexual encounter, Mike and Will continue to trip over their feelings and desires until everyone is confused, but at least they get off)
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- Part 2 of Fence Sitter
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i've got you under my skin by Subedarling
Fandoms: The Long Walk (Movie 2025), The Long Walk - Richard Bachman
16 Dec 2025
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Pale, thin scars mark Gary’s arm from his wrist to halfway up his bicep. Some are in straight, almost neat lines, one right after the other, while some of them crisscross each other with a jagged ferocity. Overall, there’s more raised masses of tissue than unmarked skin. There’s no need to ask what caused them, and there’s no way Collie ever would. It’s obvious.
“Well?” Gary snaps, apparently thinking Collie’s been silent for too long. “Can you fix this or not?”
Or: Gary Barkovitch walks into Collie Parker's tattoo shop looking for a scar coverup, and ends up becoming much more than just a client.
Bookmarked by UnlicensedDetective
17 Dec 2025
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They’re such cutie patooties and I love the characterizations for a modern setting. Delicious, will eat this again
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In the wake of a chaotic revolt, the Walkers scatter like rats. Collie and Barkovitch find themselves navigating uncharted territory together -- for better or worse.
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20 Nov 2025
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What a delightful way to procrastinate, reading this. I’m fully invested
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Dancing With Ghosts by mydmdcorner
Fandoms: The Long Walk - Richard Bachman, The Long Walk (Movie 2025)
28 Sep 2025
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Gary Barkovitch wins the Long Walk.
It's the worst thing to have ever happened to him.
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10 Nov 2025
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Barkovitch hated the time leading up to finals. It meant Parker being in their shared dorm room all the fucking time. And that fact left Barkovitch with a very specific problem...
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28 Oct 2025