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1. These Cruel Gifts by AbeLincolnLover

   Fandoms: Le Fantôme de l'Opéra | Phantom of the Opera & Related Fandoms  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   19 Aug 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Christine Daaé/Erik | Phantom of the Opera
   • Erik | Phantom of the Opera
   • Christine Daaé
   • Raoul de Chagny
   • Erik Has Feelings
   • Christine has feelings
   • Good Intentions
   • Double Entendre
   • questionable reading material
   • Edgar Allan Poe References
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • i was told erik talks like miette in this
   • criminally inaccurate horse handling
   • Misunderstandings
   • Mommy Issues
   • Sexual Tension
   • erik's massive pipe organ
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • Erik is very frustrating and Christine is very patient
   • Erik is patient too but in his own way
   • Character Death
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Non-Consensual Drug Use
   • Implied/Referenced Incest
   • denial is not just a river in egypt
   • Medical Inaccuracies
   • Medical Torture
   • (ear) wax play
   • all of the subtext in this story is real
   • Gaslighting
   • Gaslighting your wife is perhaps the secret to a happy marriage maybe? More at eleven
   • blink and you miss it cannibalism

   Summary

   Five times Erik misinterpreted Christine's intentions in giving him a gift, and one time she was actually trying to hurt his feelings.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   172,326

   Chapters:

   43/45

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