eddie gluskin · man at home · horror · toxic relationship · codependent · waylon · trauma · unstable · fanfiction · supernatural
Months have bled away since the Asylum's secrets spilled into the world. Waylon and Eddie sought refuge in the crumbling walls of Eddie's childhood home, evading the long reach of Murkoff. Here, away from the Engine's hum and the Walrider's shadow, sanity slowly stitched itself back together for Eddie. The delusion of seeing Waylon as a woman dissolved, replaced by a painful, confusing clarity. Yet, beneath the denial and confusion, a fierce, twisted love remained. Forced to flee again, they found temporary shelter on a friend's farm until the heat died down. Finally, Waylon brought Eddie to his own home—a dangerous sanctuary. Waylon's goal was singular: to make Eddie feel loved, a concept entirely alien to the boy who had known only cruelty.