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Published:
2018-01-10
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2019-08-29
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To Be Well

Summary:

Three years after the Mount Massive Asylum Slaughter, the surviving patients are well on their way to recovery.

Waylon Park has never felt worse.

(Or: An obsession with the past takes Waylon down a self-destructive path that only leads to one place--Eddie Gluskin.)

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(See the end of the work for other works inspired by this one.)

Chapter 1: Author's Note

Notes:

This is an author's note. The fic begins on "Chapter Two."

I originally wrote and posted this fic on ao3 in 2014 under the username 'Variant', and deleted it along with my account at the time. (Whoever has the username 'Variant' now is not me.)

I could not look at this fic or anything to do with the fandom again until 2017.

"To Be Well" is now complete and has undergone a partial re-write. A lot has changed, particularly Waylon's motivations. The shortest explanation for why I changed some things is that I was afraid to broach certain subjects at the time I originally wrote this. Enough has been changed and added that if you have read this fic previously, you will need to re-read it from the beginning in order to understand it in its entirety. Despite the changes, this is now the story I always intended it to be. Feel free to direct questions about this to the comments section.

I want to say I'm sorry to every person who needed this fic. I'm sorry I couldn't be there to finish it for you at the time of its original posting. I'm sorry this is late. I haven't stopped thinking about how many of you told me this story was important to you. How many of you shared your trauma and struggles with me in the comments section back in 2014/2015. I finished this story for you.

If you were a regular reader back at the time of the original posting, I would love to hear from you again. I won't name names in case you don't want to be associated with this pairing/fandom anymore, but there are a few of you in particular who it would mean the world to me to hear from. You guys saved my life.

DISCLAIMER: This is an "Explicit" rated work of fiction that should only be read by adults who feel confident that they will not be negatively influenced or harmed by difficult subject matter.

With that said, feel free to direct any questions or comments my way. Specific content warnings will be provided per chapter. I'll be trying to post a few times a week until the fic reaches a certain point. As always I'd love to hear from you guys. I hope you enjoy the story despite its changes.

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