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1. i don't know why i bite by iwilleatyourankles

   Fandoms: The Long Walk (Movie 2025), The Long Walk - Richard Bachman  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   24 Oct 2025

   Tags

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   • Gary Barkovitch/Collie Parker
   • Gary Barkovitch
   • Collie Parker
   • Ray Garraty
   • Peter McVries
   • Hank Olson
   • Art Baker
   • Stebbins (The Long Walk)
   • Harkness (The Long Walk)
   • Alternate Universe - College/University
   • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Light Angst
   • maybe not that light actually
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Homophobic Language
   • Slurs
   • no beta we die like the major
   • so so so much swearing
   • one thing barko and author have in common: huge fucking potty mouths
   • non smoker writes about smoking
   • Flashbacks
   • baby's first fic EVER
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • gary barkovitch centric

   Summary

   Gary Barkovitch is one lonely son of a bitch. Going to University out of state did absolutely nothing to change him at all. He was still abrasive, hostile, and saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. And he tried, he really did try. Or at least that's what he tells himself. It's also what keeps him awake at night (or at least one of the things), causing him to take long walks outside of campus grounds during the dead of night. It's dangerous, he knows, but let's be honest; if something happened to him, nobody would lose sleep over it.

   or; Gary Barkovitch learns to give a shit about himself and also finds his community and falls in love with a certain someone in the process.

   Language:

   English

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   Chapters:

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