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Works which have used it as a tag:

• Haunted (By the Silence in Your Place) by Ceris_Malfoy

  Fandoms: Shadow and Bone (TV), The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • F/M, Gen
  • Complete Work

  03 Nov 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Mal Oretsev/Alina Starkov
  • The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova/Alina Starkov
  • General Kirigan/Alina Starkov
  • Alina Starkov
  • Mal Oretsev
  • The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova
  • POV Alina Starkov
  • BAMF Alina Starkov
  • Alina Starkov Loves The Darkling | Aleksander Morozova
  • Alina Starkov Has Feelings
  • Alina Starkov has PTSD
  • introspective piece
  • Depression
  • the metaphors are strong with this one
  • Fighting Depression
  • Sometimes Literally
  • Metaphysical nonsense
  • look - Freeform
  • The Author doesn't know what the fuck this is
  • To be honest
  • The Author Regrets Nothing
  • the author projecting her own traumas onto fictional characters
  • dream or reality?
  • is there a difference?
  • pairings and characters are nominally mentioned at best
  • Alina is the main character in this
  • the Mal/Alina is toxic and does end

  Summary

  Alina wins the war against the Darkling.

  Now she gets her happily ever after, right?

  ...Right?

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  2,414

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  2

  Kudos:

  37

  Bookmarks:

  6

  Hits:

  333