A man stands in his baby’s room, talking with a personification of his anxieties that took the form of his late boyfriend’s brain ghost. they try to hatch an escape plan. They get sidetracked. (Candy compliant, CW for discussions of sexual and substance abuse / suicide.)
i felt like i owed it to myself to write this one, all candy things considered we were bound to John’s side of the narrative and that meant a few things… weren’t told. I chose to color code the text to indicate intention shift (blue/red) but on BGD’s case, pink to orange is when it falters to be less jake’s brain and more dirk splinter talking about his own perspective of things. (jake wasn’t raised in rising waters and a scorching sun)
What’s that, want a happier Side B? well, here’s the second part, in a different timeline
You can also read both comics on my AO3, in ‘GOD’S BRAND NEW FATE SELECTOR’